Week in wildlife

Ciorlano, Italy: Buffalo at a farm. The Caserta region is the heartland of buffalo-milk mozzarella Photograph: Mario Laporta/AFP

Macedonia: Hundreds of swallows perch on canes on Dojran lake Photograph: Georgi Licovski/EPA

Nakhon Province, Thailand: A diamond-eye Thai cat or 'khao manee' ('white jewel') at the Royal Thai cats park. The park has 70 khao manee cats. The owner claims they are the only surviving direct descendants of the khao manees belonging to Thai king Rama V, who ruled from 1868 to 1910 Photograph: Rungroj Yongrit/EPA

Leiferde, Germany: Three brown owl siblings in the Nabu-Artenschutzzentrum Photograph: Nabu-Artenschutzzentrum/EPA

Stuart, United States: Urchin, a sub-adult loggerhead sea turtle, heads to the ocean at Stuart beach after being rehabilitated at Mote marine laboratory Photograph: Matthew Ratajczak/The Stuart News/AP

Moscow, Russia: Two polar bear cubs and their mother in Moscow zoo Photograph: Yuri Kochetkov/EPA

A collared dove. The number of finches in UK gardens was at their highest level for five years this winter. But overall the number of birds seen in the RSPB's annual Big Garden Birdwatch has dropped by a fifth since 2004 because of milder winters and long-term declines in some species Photograph: Sue Tranter/RSPB/PA

Kangding county, China: A Tibetan woman and young girl herd a flock of sheep Photograph: Teh Eng Koon/AFP

Wood's Hole, United States: A six-month-old seabass swims to the water surface in a tank at the marine biological laboratory. The fish are reared in the lab and participate in an experiment where their behavior is studied when sounds are broadcast into the water Photograph: Steven Senne/AP

Charlottetown, Canada: A harp seal pup lies on an ice floe Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty

Surrey, UK: Blossom in Richmond park Photograph: Fiona Hanson/PA

Amman, Jordan: A hornet on a honeycomb Photograph: Jamal Nasrallah/EPA

Budapest, Hungary: A brown hare in a meadow near the river Lajta Photograph: Atilla Kovacs/EPA

Srinagar, India: Tulips in full bloom at the Siraj garden, which has over 1.2m tulip bulbs in about 60 varieties Photograph: Dar Yasin/AP

Naha, Japan: Conan, a male chihuahua, mimics Buddhist priest Joei Yoshikuni at Jigenin temple Photograph: Toru Yamanaka/AFP