The week in wildlife

Storks circle above the city of Odessa in Ukraine Photograph: Sergei Supinsky/AFP

A coquerel sifaka, a type of endangered Lemur named for its distinctive alarm call in Ankafarantsika national park, Madagascar. By encouraging environmentally-sensitive tourism Madagascar hopes to nurture the wildlife that has seen it labelled the Noah's ark of the Indian Ocean Photograph: Gregoire Pourtier/AFP

Owls sit in their enclosure at the raptor rescue centre in Beijing, China. Established in 2001 by the International Fund for Animal Welfare it cares for sick, injured and lost wild birds of prey as well as those confiscated from illegal traders Photograph: Reinhard Krause/Reuters

A ladybird walks on Queen Anne's lace wildflowers in Roseburg, USA Photograph: Robin Loznak/The News-Review/AP

The rare silver-studded blue butterfly was among wildlife threatened when a five-day blaze ripped through Thursley national nature reserve in Surrey in 2006. It is now thriving again Photograph: Roger Key/PA

A group of cushion stars feeding on seal faeces in South Cove, Antarctica. Shrinking sea ice is significantly increasing the rate at which icebergs scour the Antarctic seabed, a study has found. About 80% of Antarctic marine life is found on the seabed and these scours crush animals and plants living up to 500m below the surface Photograph: Simon Brockington/AFP

A baby elephant stands on a truck transporting it from an elephant transit home in Udawalawe national park, Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka treats wounded and orphaned baby elephants and sends them back to the wild as part of an effort to conserve the dwindling jumbo population on the island Photograph: Lakruwan Wanniarachchi/AFP

A vendor waits for customers at his shop at an animal market in Jakarta, Indonesia while primates huddle in wire cages in open view on the smoggy streets of the capital. The sale is the visible end of the international animal trade that is stripping the country's forests of endangered species Photograph: Jewel Samad/AFP

A flamingo chick in Hanover, Germany, seeks its mother's protection at the zoo. The first chick to hatch at the zoo in six years it is now a week old Photograph: Jochen Luebke/EPA

A stray cat rests on a wall in the small house of Ding Shiyang in Beijing, China. Known as Grandma Ding the animal lover has over 250 cats and dogs in her home. Beijing authorities have been clearing the streets of stray animals in the run up this year's Olympic games Photograph: David Gray/Reuters

A painted donkey, known as a Mexican Zebra, dries in the sun after being painted with black stripes in Tijuana, Mexico. Mexican zebras have been a fixture of life in the border town since the 1940s Photograph: Guillermo Arias/AP

A 2.2m long swordfish found on the beach near Zingst, Germany. Swordfish are native to the North Atlantic and do not usually reach the Baltic Sea. A biologist from the German oceanographic museum said the fish probably went astray via the North Sea Photograph: Deutsches Meeresmuseum/EPA

Rose petals in a plastic bag in a rose field in Tarnichene, Bulgaria. This tranquil valley has bloomed in recent years as EU cash and a global boom in organic beauty products containing rose oil have helped revive the region's traditional industry Photograph: Bogdan Cristel/Reuters