Best Wildlife Photos of the Week

Rescued slow lorises at a wildlife centre in Bogor, Indonesia. From cutting-edge DNA barcoding to smartphone apps that can identify illegal wildlife sales, conservationists are turning to hi-tech tools in their battle against Indonesia’s animal traffickers.
Photograph: International Animal Rescue Indonesia/AFP/Getty Images

African wild dogs. Half the plant and animals in the world’s most nature-rich areas are at risk of dying out if greenhouse gas emissions rise unchecked, wildlife experts have warned
Photograph: Martin Harvey/WWF/PA

A booted racket-tail hummingbird at the cloud forest of San Antonio, in the rural area of Cali in Colombia.
Photograph: Luis Robayo/AFP/Getty Images

An iguana in Miami, Florida, where conservationists and volunteers are trying to eliminate the invasive reptiles by killing them, to prevent them from eating native plants and wildlife
Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

A wandering gartersnake basks outside its winter den in Jefferson County, Colorado, US.
Photograph: Andrew DuBois/Alamy