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Team Africa Geographic
Thursday, 21 January 2021
Our Photographer of the Year 2021 is open for submissions, with cash prizes of US$10,000 for the overall winner and the two runners-up. They and their partners will also join our CEO Simon Espley and his wife Lizz on the ultimate private safari in Botswana.
The competition runs from January to June 2021. Get your entries in now and join us in celebrating Africa! Proudly brought to you by Hemmersbach Rhino Force and Natural Selection .
Here are the best submissions for this week
An extraordinary close-up of a rain spider (Palystes sp. ) in Ruira, Kenya © Robin James Backhouse Thousands of wildebeest brave the currents and crocodiles of the Mara River. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya © Ana Zinger While storm clouds gather, a lioness shifts into stalk mode. Liuwa Plain National park, Zambia © Andrew Macdonald A portrait of a Mundari cattle herder standing guard amongst his cattle in the South Sudan © Joe Buergi An African jacana takes flight. Chobe River, Botswana © Bruce Staples The fossa – the largest carnivorous mammal on the island of Madagascar. Kirindy Forest, Madagascar © Callum Lootsma African barred owlets at Ingwelala Private Nature Reserve, South Africa © Charlie Lynam A luckless scrub hare lies stunned and frozen in the clutches of a hungry leopard at Goas waterhole. Etosha National Park, Namibia © Dora Vecsey A group of elephant orphans at the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust enjoy a dust bath. Umani Springs, Kenya © Ana Zinger A lucky sighting of the world’s largest nocturnal primate, the aye-aye. This animal was feeding on a coconut left out to attract night visitors. Madagascar © Dr Sougata Halder Four giraffe dwarfed by an impressive baobab tree. Tarangire National Park, Tanzania © Fabian Fridholm A young male leopard cradled in the cavity of a massive Mashatu (nyala) tree. Kruger National Park, South Africa © Garry Mills Morning reflection – lionesses guard a buffalo carcass while hyenas lurk hopefully in the background. Sabi Sands Game Reserve, South Africa © Garry Mills Hidden Vlei – a beautiful scenic area found on the road towards the renowned Sossusvlei, Namibia. © Hesté de Beer A Maasai giraffe tenderly cleans her minute calf. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya © Ana Zinger Local Beninese women use the beach to spread lake grasses into fan-like shapes, drying them out for mat weaving. Here, guide Assou Cosme Segla lays on the mats as a size reference. Grand-Popo, Benin © Inger Vandyke A portrait of a young boy from the Turkana tribe in Kenya © Joe Buergi A close-up shot of a vibrant Southern tree agama. Kruger National Park, South Africa © Joschka Voss A young male lion hidden in the lush green shade of one of Liuwa Plain’s few woodlands. Liuwa Plain National park, Zambia © Andrew Macdonald How many tails can you count? Six lions quench their thirst while a black-backed jackal observes from a safe distance. Etosha National Park, Namibia © Dora Vecsey A young Temminck’s ground pangolin (a “pangopup”) emerges with its mother late one summer evening to relocate burrows for safety and better foraging. South Africa © Kevan Dobbie A gaping Nile crocodile lays basking in the sun. Victoria Falls National Park, Zimbabwe © Mitchell Riley A once-in-a-lifetime sighting of a Southern African python suffocating an impala before swallowing it. Londolozi Private Game Reserve, South Africa © Mrisho Luge A fascinating armoured lily weevil (Brachycerus sp.) photographed in Ruira, Kenya. © Robin James Backhouse A flurry of horns emerge from the dust cloud created by thousands of migrating wildebeest. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya © Ana Zinger The golden sunset highlights every wrinkle on a dust bathing elephant. Khwai Community Area, Botswana © Eben Van Heerden Playful leopard siblings. Londolozi Private Game Reserve, South Africa © Rod Watson One of the Tano Bora cheetah males attempts to take down a young zebra on his own. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya © Suhaib Alvi A journey of Maasai giraffe on high alert at the water’s edge. Komboy, Tsavo West National Park, Kenya © Tim Nicklin To comment on this story: Login (or sign up) to our app here - it's a troll-free safe place 🙂.
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