The week in wildlife

Zhdanovichi, Belarus: A tree frog croaks in a lake Photograph: Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters

Boston, US: A hawk watches a baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the Toronto Blue Jays at Fenway Park Photograph: Brian Snyder/Reuters

A meerkat basks in the sun in a zoo near Frankfurt Photograph: Johannes Eisele/Reuters

Belarus: A golden eagle stands over its nesting chick Photograph: Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters

Ahmedabad, India: A pair of chameleons face off Photograph: Amit Dave/guardian.co.uk

Hungary: Blooms of crimson clover (Trifolium incarnatumin) in fields near Budapest. The species' name - incarnatum - means 'blood red' Photograph: Lajos Nagy/EPA

London, UK: Pelicans in St James's Park Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA

Nairobi, Kenya: Orphaned baby elephants play in the mud while their keepers and tourists watch at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust. The centre, which was established in 1976 in memory of naturalist David Sheldrick, cares for abandoned or orphaned elephants and rhinos by hand-rearing them until they are old enough to be released back into the wild Photograph: Stephen Morrison/EPA

Cape Town, South Africa: Penguins walk towards the ocean after being released on a beach. The Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds released 84 African penguins back into the wild after they were treated for oil pollution in Namibia Photograph: Gianluigi Guercia/AFP/Getty Images

Olmen, Belgium: A snowy owl Photograph: Yves Herman/Reuters

Floodwaters inundate normally dry land in Kempsey, Australia. Northern New South Wales has been declared a disaster zone after storms and heavy rain over the past week have caused mass flooding prompted the evacuation of thousands of people from Queensland to Coffs Harbour Photograph: Ian Waldie/Getty Images