A newborn Sitatunga calf and an orange-bellied parrot are among this week’s pick of images from the natural world

Birds in Barbuda gather in one of the world’s largest bird colonies.
Prince Harry visited the colony during a boat tour of the Caribbean island.
Photograph: Chris Radburn/PA



Migrating birds fly over the Yellow River Delta in Dongying, China.
Photograph: Xinhua / Barcroft Images



A white-tailed deer buck in Michigan, US.
Photograph: Eric Wengert/Alamy




Fishes swim in the tropical waters of a Polynesian archipelago,
which provided inspiration for the Disney film Moana.
Photograph: Valerio Berdini/Rex/Shutterstock



Johan Kloppers’ photo, entitled The Stare of Death, is a contender for wildlife image of the year. Kloppers captured the lion’s attack on a wildebeest in Kgalagadi Transfrontier park in South Africa.
Photograph: Johan Kloppers/2016 Wildlife Photographer of the Year



A newborn lora turtle on a beach at the Ostional national wildlife refuge
in Guanacaste on the North Pacific coast of Costa Rica.
Photograph: Jeffrey Arguedas/EPA



A newborn Sitatunga calf at ZSL Whipsnade zoo in the UK. T
he swamp-dwelling species is Africa’s only true amphibious antelope.
Photograph: Tony Margiocchi/Barcroft Images


Snowfall covers Huangshan mountains In China.
Photograph: Xinhua / Barcroft Images


A squirrel eats a nut in Valentino Park in Turin.
Photograph: Marco Bertorello/AFP/Getty Images


A swan swims on a pond near Steingaden in southern Germany.
Photograph: Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/AFP/Getty Images


A wild tiger cub in India. A recent WWF report states that
Asian transport projects may thwart efforts to save the world’s tigers.
Photograph: Joseph Vattakaven/WWF

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