Best Wildlife Photos of the Week

Cosmos flowers at dawn in Delta Park in Johannesburg, South Africa. The flowers are early signs of the shift from summer to autumn
Photograph: Kim Ludbrook/EPA

A rabbit in front of almond tree blossoms at Akdamar island in Lake Van, Turkey
Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

A whale shark with a school of suckerfish at night in the waters of the Indian ocean, Fuvahmulah, Maldives
Photograph: Andrey Nekraso/Barcroft Images

Hyloscirtus japreria – a new species of frog discovered by scientists in the Sierra de Perija mountain range on the Venezuela and Colombia border.
Photograph: Fernando Rojas-Runjaic/AFP/Getty Images

Goldfinches in a snowy garden, Burley in Wharfedale, West Yorkshire, UK
Photograph: Rebecca Cole/Alamy Stock Photo