Bees suck nectar under the spring sunshine, ecmin weasel fights, seals play with the waves . are the most beautiful animal images of the past week.

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A bee is sucking nectar in the spring sunshine in the national botanical garden in Carmarthen, Wales.

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The red deer stands on the snow-white Pfänder mountain in Bregenz, Austria.

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Two ecmin weasels fight. Award-winning photo of the Mammal Society competition.

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A 3-year-old orangutan sits next to an animal care worker at a private zoo in Bangkok, Thailand.

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Heron heron spares dry to build a nest near the village of Sujiayingzi in Liaoning Province, China.

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Mother humpback whales swim with their children in the waters near Vava'u island, Tonga.

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Polar bears are trapped on Cross Island outside Prudhoe Bay, Alaska.

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Elephant seals play with waves at Gold Harbor, Antarctica.

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Grasshoppers fly on sand dunes in the Negev desert, Israel.

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Giant rays swim in the waters off Mirissa, Sri Lanka.

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Membrane gecko in the Namib desert in Namibia.