Week in wildlife: acrobatic dolphins, a lost baby raccoon and a pair of Bambis

The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world

Joanna Ruck

Main image: A baby raccoon found on doorstep in Belchertown, Massachusetts, US. Photograph: Belchertown Animal Control/SWNS

Fri 20 Jun 2025 08.00 CEST

Michigan wildlife experts finally were able to trap a black bear and remove a large lid that was stuck around his neck – after two years. They don’t know how it managed to get the lid stuck on its head or how it fed itself for two years. The bear was said to be doing well after it was freed