Week In Pictures: 27/07/2012

This brave lioness risked her own life by taking on a lurking crocodile so that the rest of her pride could cross a river in safety. The plucky big cat's terrifying tussle with the scaly reptile in the Okavango Delta of Botswana was caught on camera by wildlife photographer Pia Dierickx. Amazingly, the lioness emerged from the scuffle with nothing more than a cut lip (Picture: Rex)

This brave lioness risked her own life by taking on a lurking crocodile so that the rest of her pride could cross a river in safety. The plucky big cat's terrifying tussle with the scaly reptile in the Okavango Delta of Botswana was caught on camera by wildlife photographer Pia Dierickx. Amazingly, the lioness emerged from the scuffle with nothing more than a cut lip (Picture: Rex)