Best photos of the week
Our Photographer of the Year 2020 competition, with a stunning safari prize provided by Djuma Private Game Reserve, is now in full swing and open for submissions!
There are two galleries showcasing this week’s Weekly Selection. To see the other gallery click here: Gallery 1, Gallery 3 
? A spotted hyena attempts to get her cub into the den. Kruger National Park, South Africa © Anna-Carina Nagel
? A purple-crested turaco in flight. Kruger National Park, South Africa © Dave Pusey
? An endless sea of wildebeest during the Great Migration. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya © Ross Cooper
? White-backed vulture. Chobe National Park, Botswana © Tanya Nadauld
? A very young elephant calf suckling from his mother. Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe © Jens Cullmann
? Lioness and cub feeding. Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Botswana © Eben van Heerden
? A yellow-billed hornbill displays a perfect reflection at a waterhole. Indlovu River Lodge Private Game Reserve, South Africa © Braeme Holland
? Buffaloes in the dust at sunset. Kruger National Park, South Africa © Willem Kruger
? Cheetah feasting on a wildebeest kill. Ndutu, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania© Matrishva Vyas
? Dark silhouettes of dead trees against the light of sunset in Deadvlei, Namibia © Linda Klipp
? Up close with a southern ground-hornbill. Kruger National Park, South Africa © Kyle Lewin
? Boomslang (tree snake) makes a surprise visit to a garden at a holiday resort on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast, South Africa © Leon Heyes.
? A spotted hyena cub looking after its younger sibling. Timbavati Game Reserve, South Africa © Tina Antrobus
? Wildebeest giving birth. Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa © Hilda Le Roux
? Baglafecht weavers use colourful string from fisherman to build their nests. Lake Naivasha, Kenya © Deborah Hill
? Close-up of a green tree frog. Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Republic of Congo © Liam Charlton
? A young baboon quenches his thirst at a waterhole. Indlovu River Lodge Private Game Reserve, South Africa © Braeme Holland
? Standing’s day geckos on a baobab tree. Zombitse-Vohibasia National Park, Madagascar © Kim Paffen
? A spotted hyena feeds on a buffalo. The buffalo was killed by lions, which where chased away by the hyenas. Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe © Jens Cullmann
? African rock python. Lephalale, Limpopo Province, South Africa © Ryno Jones
? A leopard observes guests on a game-viewing vehicle a few metres away from him. Sabi Sands Private Game Reserve, South Africa © Zaheer Ali
? Lion cub resting in the late afternoon sun. Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa © Katja Voth
? A juvenile pale chanting goshawk takes off with elephant dung, which it was searching for worms. Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa © Braeme Holland
? African hummingbird hawk-moth drinking nectar from a flower. Kruger National Park, South Africa © Morne Grobler
? Elephant taking a swim. Mashatu Game Reserve, Botswana © Kevin Dooley
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