Beautiful photos of the week: The reindeer herds feed

Admire the most beautiful animal images in the past week by the Guardian newspaper.

Sparrow perches on willow trees in the sky bought in cold winter in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Herds of reindeer feeding on the steppe in Aviemore, Scotland.

Seals are resting on icebergs off Spitsbergen Island, Norway.

Swans swim in a wetland in Wenquan, China
National.This area attracts many migratory birds in the winter.

Praying Mantis in an experimental garden in Lima, Peru.

The pelican bird silhouetted on the Sun is rising on
Lake Taudaha on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal.

A South American guinea pig across the crocodile on the shore of the lake in Hato La Aurora, Colombia.

Herds of elephants walk in the grasslands in the Amboseli wildlife reserve in Kenya.

Whale carcasses washed up on the coast in New York, USA.

Otters enjoy a meal in the London Zoo, England.