The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world
Joanna Ruck
Main image: A koala at Endeavour Veterinary Ecology, Australia. Photograph: Darren England/AAP
Fri 12 Sep 2025 08.00 CEST
Horsemen known as yegüerizos take part in the traditional saca de las yeguas (collecting of horses) in Doñana national park, near the coast in south-western Spain. The annual event, which has been running since 1504, involves collecting semi-wild horses, which are herded to Almonte town to be cleaned, branded and blessed by a priest before being sold. Horses that are not sold are returned to the park and freed to roam until the next year
