Best Wildlife Photos of the Week

Ibexes fight during the species’ oestrus cycle in the Ein Gedi nature reserve along the Dead Sea in Israel
Photograph: Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images

A raccoon rests in the hollow of a tree near Orchard Beach in New York, US
Photograph: Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Images

A male frog embraces a female in a pond in the UK. Males have nuptial pads that help them to hold on during amplexus, a coupling that can last for days as the male waits for the female to lay her eggs.
Photograph: Courtesy of John Beatty

A coyote looks for food in a field in British Columbia, Canada.
Photograph: Alamy Stock Photo

A great tit on a tree in the Jakupica mountain range in Macedonia.
Photograph: Georgi Licovski/EPA