Best Wildlife Photos of the Week

A swallow flying over a snow-capped Mount Ararat in Armenia.
Photograph: Artyom Geodakyan/Getty Images

A marmot comes out of hibernation in Vanoise national park, in the French Alps.
Photograph: Romain Barca

Flowering gorse on Ilkley Moor, West Yorkshire, UK
Photograph: Rebecca Cole/Alamy

A young seal rubs its head on the Isle of Man, UK
Photograph: Mike Radcliffe

A bear rests in a tree in a suburban area of Paramus, New Jersey, US. Authorities waited for the bear to come down before trying to move it to a less populated area.
Photograph: Seth Wenig/AP