Best Wildlife Photos of the Week

A freshly cut Malagasy rosewood tree illegally harvested in Madagascar’s Masoala national park. The UN describes the rosewood trade as the world’s costliest wildlife crime, with seizures totalling more than almost all other species combined.
Photograph: Toby Smith/Environmental Investigation Agency/AP

A common toad carrying two males on its back in the German village of Altenbrak.
Photograph: Klaus-Dietmar Gabbert/AFP/Getty Images

Peacock butterflies during a sunny day in Jicin, Czech Republic. British butterflies suffered their seventh worst year on record in 2017.
Photograph: Slavek Ruta/REX/Shutterstock