A bee collects pollen on a hot summer’s morning in Burley-in-Wharfedale, UK
Photograph: Rebecca Cole/Alamy Live News/Alamy Live News.
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The week in wildlife – in pictures
The best of this week’s wildlife photographs, including hot monkeys, baby flamingos and a hitchhiking cygnet
A European hoverfly (Helophilus pendulus) on pyracantha blossom in Dunsden, UK
Photograph: Geoffrey Swaine/Shutterstock
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