Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website.

This week, we chose a brown bear sow with four cubs in the Alaskan wilderness.

©Valerie Van Griethuysen

Photographer Valerie Van Griethuysen captured this amazing image while photographing bears near Brooks Falls in Katmai National Park!

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