A photographer captured this bald eagle with a leg-hold trap clamped to a talon, struggling to fly near Bonneauville in south-central Pennsylvania, US. Volunteers were trying to locate the bird that experts say will die if not helped because eagles need their talons to hunt, eat, perch and defend themselves. Legally, leg-hold traps should not be set up out in the open, where bait would be visible from the air, and must be staked down and identify the trapper by name, the state Game commission said.

Photograph: Susan Boardman/AP