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Team Africa Geographic
Thursday, 6 May 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
Battle of the spears. Kij-Kij waterhole, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa. © Paul Nash Concentration – African wild cat. Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa. © Juan Venter A chimpanzee judging. Budongo Central Forest Reserve, Uganda. © Patrice Quillard An Ethiopian wolf, Africa’s most endangered carnivore, surveys his mountain fastness. Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia. © Christopher Walti A topi atop a termite mound displays himself at dawn. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. © Alexandre Bés Drinks time. Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa. © Darren Donovan Time to leave – posthaste. Kruger National Park, South Africa. © David Rouge The Namib Desert flowing into the Atlantic. Namibia. © David Rouge Shoebill. Mabamba Swamp, Uganda. © Dirk Johnen Red-knobbed coot chick waiting for a meal. Zibulo bird hide, Mpumalanga, South Africa. © Eleanor Hattingh Young male white lion severely wounded from inter-pride battles. Kruger National Park, South Africa. © Hans Wagemaker ‘Do you think they’ve seen us?’ ‘Yes, quite probably.’ Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa. © Ernest Porter Flight over Tanzania’s Lake Manyara National Park with its meandering rivers and animal tracks. © Gabriela Staebler Patient spotted hyena cub waiting for its mum. Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. © Sonja Metzger Green pigeons aggregate in spectacular groups on the muddy grounds around the bai. Lango Baï, Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Republic of the Congo. © Gaël R. Vande weghe African jacana chick learning to use its outlandish toes. Chobe National Park, Botswana. © Gonnie Myburgh Drinking on the move. Kruger National Park, South Africa. © Tiffany Franks The world’s smallest known reptile – nano-chameleon or Brookesia nana . Park V.O.I.M.M.A. Community Park, Andasibe, Madagascar. © Andreas Just Unimpressed with the desert rain. Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa. © Juan Venter A male gelada demonstrates annoyance. Debre Libanos, Ethiopia. © Vittorio Ricci A chimpanzee calmly observes his human relatives. Budongo Central Forest Reserve, Uganda. © Patrice Quillard Eastern golden weaver…weaving. Watamu, Kenya. © Peter Derry A male boomslang ruins the day for an African bullfrog. Pilanesberg National Park, South Africa. © Ernest Porter A lion cub waits patiently for its mother, perched about nine feet above the Serengeti plains. Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. © JaNet Hennie A curious young vervet monkey fascinated by his photographer. Pafuri region, Kruger National Park, South Africa. © Siegfried Schroeder Red-billed firefinch comes for a drink in suburbia. Nairobi, Kenya. © Sourish Trivedy Hunting buffalo is so exhausting. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. © Gabriela Staebler Dew-soaked, morning pose. Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa. © Riaan Wolhuter Baobab Alley. Madagascar. © Andreas Just Camouflage. Khwai Community Concession, Botswana. © Shaun Malan To comment on this story: Login (or sign up) to our app here - it's a troll-free safe place 🙂.
