Week in wildlife: ospreys reunited, a monkey thief and a London fox cub

Up in arms … two Père David’s deer squabble at a nature reserve in Yancheng, eastern China

Back home … Dorcha and Louis, two ospreys, on their nest at Loch Arkaig pine forest in Lochaber, Scotland. Louis, who became an online star during the first Covid lockdown, has returned from west Africa for the summer, despite fears he might not make it back after illness. He and Dorcha have been an item since 2021

A dragonfly, or more specifically a fulvous forest skimmer, perches on an iron gate in Telhatta, India

A swallow hunting in wetlands in Bursa, Turkey

A firefighter hoses down a juvenile beached minke whale on the shores of Emeryville, California, US. Sadly, the whale later had to be euthanised as it was struggling and unable to feed

Stranger in town … a brahminy kite flies past a hovering drone in Mariveles, Philippines

Turtles glance up in surprise as a golf ball skips on the water in front of them during a practice round for the 2025 Masters tournament in Augusta, Georgia, US

Thirsty work … a rhesus monkey makes off with a bottle of juice on a hot day in New Delhi, India

Bill of health … Great white pelicans rest on a lakeshore in Ilgin, Turkey, pausing on their migration from Africa to Europe and Russia

Safe and sound … a fox cub is cared for by the RSPCA after being found wedged between a fence and a garden wall in Clapham, London

Warm and fuzzy … Processionary caterpillars form a group on the ground in the undergrowth in the village of Doizieux, France

It’s a fair cop … a blue crab surrenders to law enforcement officers in Cali, Colombia – one of 109 that were due to be illegally sold in the market at Easter

A Cape sundew plant traps an insect at an exhibit of carnivorous plants in Bogotá, Colombia

Final approach … a roseate spoonbill comes in for a landing on a tree at a bird rookery in St Augustine, Florida

I am a passenger … An Indian one-horned rhinoceros grazes with a guest at Pobitora wildlife sanctuary in Assam, India

A colony of giant red bugs gather on a tree trunk in Assam, India. The species is also known as ‘red ghoul face stink bug’

Make a splash … A kingfisher captures a fish mid-hunt at Teddesley Park in Staffordshire, UK

A blue crab, a highly invasive alien species, takes a stroll on Lio Piccolo in Venice, Italy. The island is being replanted with 16,000 trees that will protect the salt marsh ecosystem

Love nest … Egrets in their nests in Chongqing, China

Beauty spot … A Sri Lankan leopard prowls through the dense jungle of Yala national park, home to one of the biggest leopard populations in the world