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Wildlife Photo of the Week: Brown Bears in Finland

Emily Deemer

Wildlife photography lovers, rejoice! We’re starting a new weekly column where we’ll be choosing our favorite photo of the week from our new Wildlife Photo of the Day, opens in new tab website. Some weeks, we’ll let our Facebook fans vote for a winner!

This week we chose this beautiful portrait of brown bears in a remote area of Finland called Martinselkonen, near the Russian border.

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“Reflections” by Alexei Shaskolsky

Photographer Alexei Shaskolsky not only captured an intimate moment between a mama bear and her cubs, but also a crystal clear reflection of all four bears in the lake below. Read the full story behind the shot here, opens in new tab.

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