Week in wildlife

Conwy, Wales: A young chick. People who spot newly fledged baby birds which seem to have been abandoned by their parents have been urged not to try to help them by the RSPB, who warned that they may be doing them more harm than good by intervening Photograph: Ben Hall/PA

Piriapolis, Uruguay: Penguins covered in oil sit at the centre run by the SOS Marine Life Rescue organisation after being rescued from the beach. Fuel oil was released into the ocean after ships slammed against another one near the harbour of Uruguay's capital Photograph: Marcelo Hernandez/AP

Bangkok, Thailand: An endangered slow loris climbs from a cupboard past a picture of Jesus Christ as it tries to avoid capture in a house. Thai police from the Natural Resources and Environmental Crime Division seized endangered species including crocodiles, sun bears, civet cat slow loris and rare parrot, most being kept in the home of a Thai man. Thai police said the man was charged with illegally keeping wildlife without a permit Photograph: Virunan Chiddaycha/EPA

Guwahati, India: A damaged giant water lily commonly known as Makhana after its seeds were collected in the Deepor Beel bird sanctuary. Puffed seeds from the lily are a delicacy in this region and villagers often damage the plants in order to obtain the seeds Photograph: EPA

Hong Kong, China: One of 2,700 chickens about to be slaughtered by workers from the Health and Environmental Hygiene Department is seen in a market after it was declared an infected area. The government has ordered an immediate ban on all poultry imports from the mainland, after the H5N1 virus was found in samples collected from poultry stalls at the market Photograph: Bobby Yip/Reuters

Milan, Italy: A phasmatodea (stick insect) perches on a leaf in the Butterfly House opened at the Milan natural history museum Photograph: Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty

Switzerland: Nolane and Zen, dogs of the Saint Bernard on the Great St Bernard Pass return from their winter quarters. The dogs will spend their summer on the pass and return to Martigny at the onset of winter Photograph: Olivier Maire/EPA

Budapest, Hungary: Albino baby Bennett kangaroo climbs out of its mother's pouch. The cub, born at the beginning of the year, weighs 4-5kg and regularly leaves its mother's purse Photograph: Gyoergy Nemeth/EPA

California, USA: A man tries to calm a horse after he finally captures it in an effort to save it from being burned after a fire in its pasture Photograph: Bill Husa/AP

Scotland, UK: Puffins on the Isle of May, a nature reserve owned by Scottish Natural Heritage, have increased from a handful of pairs in the 1950s, to about 69,300 pairs in 2003, despite puffin numbers dropping overall Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/Guardian

Tuscany, Italy: A roe deer with only one horn in the middle of its forehead at the Prato natural science centre. The 10-month-old deer is living in a herd of normal two-antlered deer. ''It's proof that the mythical unicorn celebrated in iconography and legends was probably not just a fantastic creature but a real animal: a deer or other species with an anomaly similar to that of our deer,'' said centre director Gilberto Tozzi Photograph: Carlo Ferraro/EPA

Berlin, Germany: Young Meishan pigs take a nap at the Tierpark Friedrichsfelde zoo where the piglets were born. The animals are domestic pigs originating from China Photograph: Barbara Sax/AFP/Getty

Berlin, Germany: Two black-tailed prairie dogs share a carrot Photograph: Barbara Sax/AFP/Getty

Chengdu, China: A three-year-old panda named Yuanda has his photo taken with a tourist. Tourism is down since the eathquake last month. In the Wolong giant panda reserve, workers buried Mao Mao, a panda killed in a landslide during the quake. Mao Mao is the only Panda confirmed dead while another one, Xiao Xiao, is still missing Photograph: Paula Bronstein/Getty

Beijing, China: Chen Xuanyun attracts a group of spectators as he removes aquatic plants from a pond in Ritan Park. The 468-year-old park is one the oldest in China Photograph: Robert F. Bukaty/AP

Singapore: Orang-utans from the Singapore zoo admire the city view from a capsule in the world's largest observation wheel, the Singapore Flyer. The 30-minute scenic flight for the orang-utans up the 165-metre tall observation wheel is part of the promotional activities organised by the Singapore zoo and the Singapore Flyer to encourage wildlife conservation Photograph: How Hwee Young/EPA