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Team Africa Geographic
Thursday, 29 April 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
Maasai warriors competing to jump over a stream that flows into Lake Natron, Tanzania. © Hesté de Beer A pair of angry Cape teals chase an intruder from their waterhole. Etosha National Park, Namibia. © Andrew Schoeman A female crab spider ruins the day for a honey bee. If you look carefully, you can see her husband clinging onto her abdomen. Olivedale, Johannesburg. © Stephen Mintram A ground squirrel pays (unwillingly) for a caracal’s patience. Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa. © Charlene Bacchioni A baby mountain gorilla honing his climbing skills. Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park, Uganda. © Daniel Walther The beautiful Fitzsimon’s thick-toed gecko (Chondrodactylus fitzsimonsi ) emerging after rain in search of insects. Iona National Park, Angola. © Javier Lobon-Rovira The Shawnee shipwreck just south of Sandwich Harbour. The ship ran aground under mysterious circumstances in 1976. Skeleton Coast, Namibia. © Lizet Grobbelaar Twilight snack: a melanistic serval enjoys a mouse at the end of an eventful day. Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. © Malini Pittet Attack is the best form of defence. A mole snake wraps its tail around the neck of a tawny eagle which underestimated its supper’s will to live. The eagle managed to escape after a long struggle. Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa. © Willie van Schalkwyk The Nile crocodile’s fearsome, if slightly unhygienic, teeth. Chobe National Park, Botswana. © Nikki Humphrey A python confusing an old weaver’s nest for a hammock. Pilanesberg National Park, South Africa. © Pierre van der Berg A black-backed jackal with the last bit of a double-banded courser snack. Etosha National Park, Namibia. © Anja Denker Tuareg. Sahara Desert, Mauritania. © David Rouge Mother Egyptian goose with goslings having a break on hippo island. Sabi Sands Game Reserve, South Africa. © Prelena Soma Owen A wild, male white lion enjoying breakfast. Kruger National Park, South Africa. © Rudi Hulshof Ground-based scavenger taking exception to his avian competitors. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. © Srikanth Santhinathan A cruel fate: a clan of hyenas were dancing around a lion with a kill when one of the hyenas stumbled on a young Grant’s gazelle hiding in the grass. Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. © Malini Pittet To comment on this story: Login (or sign up) to our app here - it's a troll-free safe place 🙂.
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