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Team Africa Geographic
Thursday, 3 June 2021
Our Photographer of the Year 2021 is now closed for submissions, it’s been a wonderful 21 weeks. We will announce the overall winner and two runners-up in late June. They will share US$10 000 in prize money and join their partners and our CEO Simon Espley and his wife Lizz on the ultimate private safari in Botswana.
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Here are the best submissions for the final week
A bearded vulture flies into the light. Giant’s Castle, Drakensberg, South Africa. © Ernest Porter The Cauldron on a winter morning. Arniston, South Africa. © Lucy Gemmill Sustainable games . Madagascar. © Aimin ChenPillars through pillars. Nxai Pan National Park, Botswana. © Sabine Stols Cape weaver taking an air drink. Yzerfontein, West Coast, South Africa. © Geo Cloete Cherry spot moth with its (hopefully) next generation. Ruiru, Kenya. © Robin Backhouse ‘How many times must I tell you?!’ Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. © Ana Zinger Desert adder in a rush. Namib Desert, Namibia. © Andrea Friedrich Fly in the eye. Chobe National Park, Botswana. © Hannes Lochner Taking a load off – white-backed vulture. Zimanga Private Game Reserve, South Africa. © Andries Janse van Rensberg Female pririt batis foraging for insect snacks amongst the pink blossoms of Senegalia erubescens . Erongo Mountains, Damaraland, Namibia © Annabelle Venter The Great Sphinx of Giza dwarfs a horse and carriage. Egypt. © Astrid Diana Fernandes A mother’s duty. Ethiopia. © Bob Chiu Horned adder waiting for the mist to lift. Dorob National Park, Namibia © Chantelle Bosch Flap-necked chameleon hiding in the garden. Kasane, Botswana. © Charl Stols Salt and micro-organisms create the perfect canvas for a flock of flamingos. Lake Magadi, Kenya. © Jie Fischer Ivory. Malilangwe Wildlife Reserve, Singita Pamushana, Zimbabwe. © Chris Renshaw An old alpha male chimpanzee contemplates how to remain dominant. Kibale National Park, Uganda. © Chris Renshaw A dwarf crocodile breaks the surface. Toumoula, Mali. © David Rouge Yellow-crowned bishop in full voice. Rietvlei Nature Reserve, South Africa. © Eleanor Hattingh A juvenile African harrier hawk giving a sociable weaver chick its final ride. Etosha National Park, Namibia. © Ernest Porter Cape gannets hunting a sardine bait ball, black tip sharks circling below. Port St Johns, Wild Coast, South Africa. © Geo Cloete Thick hide and razor claws. Okavango Delta, Botswana. © Charl Stols A five-week-old lion cub examining the world. Thornybush Private Game Reserve, South Africa. © Marcus Westberg Sandy anemones (Bunodactis reynaudi ) with a fogbow in the background. West Coast, South Africa. © Geo Cloete An unusual angle of a painted lady butterfly. Freestate, South Africa. © Haig Fourie Sibling rivalry. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. © Patrice Quillard Shaking off the dust at dusk. Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa. © Hannes Lochner The king sneaks past the emperor. Chobe National Park, Botswana. © Hannes Lochner Eastern black rhino testing the air for a mate (photobombed by a yellow-billed oxpecker). Kenya. © Ian Mears Dwarf adder waiting in ambush. Iona National Park, Angola © Javier Lonon Rovira Climbing for coconuts. Madagascar. © Jinyan Yang Black-collared barbet having a risky meal. Kolwezi, Lualaba Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. © Kirkamon Cabello ‘Can I take this home mum?’ Nxai Pan National Park, Botswana. © Charl Stols A bull elephant, named Vronsky, examining the camera. Amboseli National Park, Kenya. © William Fortescue The cliffs of Arniston just after a storm. Arniston, South Africa. © Lucy Gemmill It takes a village to raise a child. Ethiopia. © Lu Minqiang Lion guardian, Kamunu Saitoti, comes face to face with a bull elephant while patrolling in the Amboseli ecosystem. A former killer of lions himself, Kamunu now works to reduce conflict between the apex predators and his fellow Maasai. Amboseli National Park, Kenya. © Marcus Westberg Young Mundari man playing his Tung (a wind instrument made from a cow’s horn) at a celebration. Central Equatoria, South Sudan. © Mojgan Arashvand A young cheetah cub inspects the photographer. Olare Motorogi Conservancy, Kenya. © Olli Teirilä ‘Dad, you need to brush your teeth.’ Savute, Chobe National Park, Botswana. © Charl Stols Crocodile foot. Kruger National Park, South Africa. © Sharlene Cathro Last ivory. Tarangire National Park. © Tuomas Kirjavainen Fighting titans. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. © Patrice Quillard Rescued chimpanzee on the way to Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary, Freetown, Sierra Leone. © Renato Granieri Dancing at sunset. Namibia. © Aimin Chen Crossing a dry lake in Amboseli National Park, Kenya. © William Fortescue Jackson’s chameleon. Limuru, Kenya. © Robin Backhouse A guiding paw. Thornybush Private Game Reserve, South Africa. © Rudi Hulshof Disrespecting one’s elders. Savute, Chobe National Park, Botswana. © Sabine Stols A silverback striking a pensive pose. Virunga National Park, Democratic Republic of the Congo. © Shane McLean Hunting red-eyed amphipods. False Bay, South Africa. © Geo Cloete Red landscape. Deadvlei, Namibia. © Shaun Malan Sunrise over the Mara from a balloon. Maasai Mara, Kenya. © Sridaran Karthik Lunch dispute. South Luangwa National Park, Zambia. © Andrew Macdonald Bob Marley (famed lion of the Maasai Mara) catches a warthog as it escapes an inundated burrow. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. © Suhaib Alvi In the shadows of Mount Kilimanjaro. Amboseli National Park, Kenya. © Sushil Chauhan ‘This tastes odd.’. Kruger National Park, South Africa. © Sylvie Failletaz A fly resting on a Wahlberg’s Kalahari gecko. Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, South Africa. © Thilo Beck Plunging across the murderous Mara River. Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. © Tomasz Szpila A male African jacana and his chicks – he normally carries them under his wings for protection. Chobe River, Botswana. © Charl Stols A huge herd of wildebeest crosses a dusty gulley. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. © William Fortescue A very special pair of African painted wolves – one with partial albinism. Chinko area, Central African Republic. © Yannick Exalto Morning chores in a Maasai village. Kajiado County, Kenya. © Ying Shi A juvenile bearded vulture attacking an adult. Giant’s Castle, Drakensberg, South Africa. © Ernest Porter To comment on this story: Login (or sign up) to our app here - it's a troll-free safe place 🙂.
