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WEEKLY SELECTION 10 - GALLERY 1 - Photographer of the Year 2025

Thursday, 24 April 2025

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Our Photographer of the Year 2025 is open for submissions. The overall winners, runners up and their partners will enjoy a teamAG safari to explore the primal forests of Odzala-Kokoua National Park in the remote north of Congo-Brazzaville – in search of lowland gorillas, forest elephants, forest buffaloes, bongos and much more. Read more about the Photographer of the Year 2025 prizes here. In association with Ukuri and African Parks.

Photographer of the Year is open for entries from 1 February 2025 to midnight on 30 April 2025. Judging will take place throughout those months and for the month of May 2025, and the winners of Photographer of the Year will be announced in early June 2025.

Here is Gallery 1 of the best Photographer of the Year submissions for this week. To see the other gallery, follow the link: Gallery 2

Photographer of the Year 2025 — The silverback leader of the Sabyinyo mountain gorilla family, contemplating a bamboo grove. Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda. © Charlie Wemyss-Dunn

Africa Geographic African safari — A Namaqua dove fans its feathers while preening. Kruger National Park, South Africa. © Erhard Kruger

Africa Geographic African safari — “This brave hyena snatched an elephant foot from a lion’s kill and was eager to get home with her prize.” Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe. © Gail Odendaal

Photographer of the Year 2025 — High spirits. Local children walk the fine line between play and performance atop handmade stilts, an everyday feat of balance and bravery. Omo Valley, Ethiopia. © Aimin Chen

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Photographer of the Year 2025 — Renowned super tusker One Ton and friend at the waterhole. Amboseli National Park, Kenya. © Raymond Stone

Photographer of the Year 2025 — Clinging like a rucksack, a juvenile diademed sifaka hitches a ride through the canopy. Listed as critically endangered, these sifakas face severe threats from habitat loss, making each new generation vital to the survival of the species. Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, Madagascar. © Tomasz Szpila

Africa Geographic African safari — Reaching for the stars. Oloti, a cheetah with ambitions far taller than his stature, breaks from stalking warthogs to charge a herd of giraffes – more specifically, their calves. It ends in retreat as the adults close ranks with lethal legs. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. © Ivan Glaser

Photographer of the Year 2025 — Three gemsbok run across the barren landscape of the Namib Desert. Walvis Bay, Namibia. © Dewald Tromp

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Photographer of the Year 2025 — Dorylus army ants construct a living tunnel – one body protecting another – as their colony move eggs to safety. Mikumi National Park, Tanzania. © Peta Nias

Africa Geographic African safari — The fire still warm from the evening’s stories, the Milky Way arched overhead. “This is Africa!” Namib Desert, Namibia. © Joost Meyer

Photographer of the Year 2025 — The honey badger’s reputation says “fearless.” But reputations don’t always win. Here, a young lion flips the script on Africa’s most pugnacious mammal. Ndutu, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania. © Tomasz Szpila

Africa Geographic African safari — One of Tsavo’s large elephants notices the photographer through flying queleas and rusty dust. Tsavo East National Park, Kenya. © George Dian Balan

Africa Geographic African safari — “Captured during a dramatic crossing of thousands of zebras at the Mara River in the Mara Triangle. At first, crocodiles lunged half-heartedly, their attacks clumsy and often unsuccessful. But as the crossing continued, the river darkened – not just with mud, but with rising crocodile numbers and sharpened intent. What began as a dash became a gauntlet.” Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. © Nicolas Urlacher

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Africa Geographic African safari — At the edge of Erta Ale’s black abyss, an Afar man stands against a backdrop of heat and fire. Life on the volcano’s doorstep is not for the timid. Afar, Ethiopia. © Marcio Lisa

Photographer of the Year 2025 — In a curious reversal of roles, a bull elephant looms behind a sleeping lioness, conjuring an almost theatrical image of predator stalked by herbivore. The elephant creeps with intent, before veering away, leaving the lioness to her sun-drenched obliviousness. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. © Aidan Tinney

Photographer of the Year 2025 — Wildebeest in motion – trying to keep up with the rest of the herd. Photographed during the Great Migration calving season, complemented by cloudy weather and vibrant green grass. Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. © Charlie Wemyss-Dunn

Africa Geographic African safari — A red-headed finch survives by an inch as a young lanner falcon strikes and misses. Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa. © Ernest Porter

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