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Best photos of the week
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Our Photographer of the Year 2020, with a stunning safari prize provided by Djuma Private Game Reserve, is now in full swing.
The overall winner, first runner-up, and second runner-up (along with their partners), will experience the ultimate private safari at Djuma Private Game Reserve, located in the Sabi Sand Private Game Reserve in the Big 5 Greater Kruger, South Africa. Read about the safari enjoyed by the 2019 winners here.
There are four galleries showcasing this week’s Weekly Selection. To see the other gallery click here: Gallery 2, Gallery 3, Gallery 4
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? A cheetah cub blotched in blood from feeding on a kill. Samburu National Park, Kenya © Adnan Savani
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? A monitor lizard uses its forked tongue to smell the air. Zimanga Private Game Reserve, South Africa © Alan Smith
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? A lioness moves her cub at first light. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya © Andreas Hemb
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? A newly-hatched hawksbill turtle makes it safely to the ocean. Nosy Ankao, Madagascar © Andrew Macdonald
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? A cheetah cub hones its hunting skills with a Thomson’s gazelle lamb. Olare Motorogi Conservancy, Kenya © Andy Howe
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? A cheetah cub in the soft morning light. Phinda Private Game Reserve, South Africa © Caleb Shepard
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? An adult and juvenile African fish eagle compete over a kill. Chobe National Park, Botswana © Charl Stols
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? An eland charges a spotted hyena intent on hunting a calf. Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa © Christo Giliomee
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? A dominant elephant bull claims the best spot at a waterhole for himself. Khwai Concession, Botswana © Daniel Crous
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? A crocodile tosses a fish before swallowing it whole. Chobe National Park, Botswana © Charl Stols
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? Two black-backed jackal pups pouncing and wrestling. Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa © Dewald Tromp
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? A Portuguese man o’war (Physalia utriculus), commonly known as a blue bottle. False Bay, South Africa © Geo Cloete
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? A baby baboon huddled in a charred tree cavity. Pilanesberg Game Reserve, South Africa © Ilna Booyens
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? An aerial view of a river system soaking into the Namib Desert, Namibia. © Marcus Westberg
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? A crocodile snaps its jaws closed around a tigerfish. Chobe River, Botswana © Charl Stols
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? A striking portrait of a leopard at night. Sabi Sands Game Reserve, South Africa © Christo Giliomee
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? A female cheetah and her cub using a termite mound as a vantage point. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya © Marcus Westberg
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? Crossing paths with a shy aardvark seen on foot in Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, South Africa. © Mark Winckler
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? A mob of banded mongooses hide in a safe tree cavity. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya © Patrice Quillard
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? A freshwater crab clings onto the bill of an African openbill stork. Chobe National Park, Botswana © Sabine Stols
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? A rufous beaked snake wraps itself tightly around its rodent meal. Tsavo East National Park, Kenya © Sammy Mugo
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? A lone gemsbok against the red sand dunes of Sossusvlei, Namibia. © Thomas Vijayan
![](https://africageographic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Antonio-Sánchez-Chamorro-wildebeest-horns-Masai-Mara-National-Reserve-Kenya.jpg)
? A forest of thousands of wildebeest horns during the Great Migration. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya © Antonio Sánchez Chamorro
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? An elephant looming over the photographer from the banks of the Chobe River, Botswana © Charl Stols
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? A paradise flycatcher on its nest in the lush Andasibe Forest, Madagascar. © Tim Desilets
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? A leopard cub peeks out from its hiding place, while its mother was away hunting. Mashatu Game Reserve, Botswana © Vicki Santello
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