Best Wildlife Photos of the Week

Wild ringed snakes mate on a tree in the marsh of Weingarten near Karlsruhe, Germany.
Photograph: Ronald Wittek/EPA

A penguin from the Taronga wildlife hospital is released at Shelly beach in Sydney, Australia, after being nursed back to health following a fishing hook injury.
Photograph: James D. Morgan/Getty Images

Flamingos fly over the Karavasta lagoon in the Divjake Karavasta national park. Almost four years after Albania instituted a moratorium on hunting, the population of species has started to stabilize.
Photograph: Gent Shkullaku/AFP/Getty Images