Best Wildlife Photos of the Week

Greater pasque flowers bloom on the rocky terrain near Salgótarján, Hungary. This protected perennial plant flowers from February to April on dry grasslands and in some forests
Photograph: Peter Komka/EPA

Spotted seals rest on the coastal mudflat of Sandaogou in Panjin, northeast China’s Liaoning Province
Photograph: Xinhua / Barcroft Images

An oleander hawk moth caterpillar in Thailand
Photograph: Nopadol Uengbunchoo/Alamy

Egrets in Xiangshan forest park in Nanchang, capital of Jiangxi Province, China
Photograph: Xinhua / Barcroft Images

A family of Scandinavian brown bears in Sweden, where scientists have found that female brown bears have learned to protect themselves from being shot by spending more time caring for their young as they adapt to legislation banning the hunting of mothers with cubs.
Photograph: Ilpo Kojola/PA