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Photographer of the Year 2025

WEEKLY SELECTION 3 - Photographer of the Year 2025

Tuesday, 4 March 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 are the best Photographer of the Year submissions for this week

Photographer of the Year 2025 — Stripes and stories. A pristine zebra takes a drink in Lumo Community Wildlife Conservancy, Kenya. © Thorsten Hanewald

Africa Geographic African safaris — An affectionate greeting undisturbed by the pouring rain. Mashatu Game Reserve, Botswana. © Kevin Dooley

Photographer of the Year 2025 — A chimpanzee contemplates the clicking of the camera below. Kibale National Park, Uganda. © Thorsten Hanewald

Photographer of the Year 2025 — A bateleur bathes on a bridge over a drainage line, wings raised in theatrical flair as it enjoys the cool waters of a quiet pool. Kruger National Park, South Africa. © Mac Stevenson

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Photographer of the Year 2025 — Silent as a shadow, unseen but all-seeing. A leopard waits in the branches of a sausage tree, a master of patience and the art of surprise. Leopards have learnt to wait in the tops of these trees for impalas to gather below, drawn to the tree’s fallen flowers. South Luangwa National Park, Zambia. © Michael Stavrakakis

Photographer of the Year 2025 — A silent conversation spoken in touch. Elephants touch heads in the last rite of an intimate greeting at a waterhole in Addo Elephant National Park. South Africa. © Charlotte Cornwallis

Africa Geographic African safaris — Black-backed jackals dart, a hyena claims, and a cheetah watches – a brazen heist in the fading light. Mashatu Game Reserve, Botswana. © Kevin Dooley

Africa Geographic African safaris — Wide-eyed and watchful. Tiny lesser bushbabies – nocturnal acrobats – peer from the safety of their wooden fortress. Okavango Delta, Botswana. © Liz Hart

Photographer of the Year 2025 — A slow traveller blends seamlessly into the green embrace of Bwindi. Chameleon in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda. © Thorsten Hanewald

Photographer of the Year 2025 — Perfecting the pounce. Leopard mother and cub in Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. © Boone Thomson

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Africa Geographic African safaris — A bat-eared fox kit finds safety and warmth in the soft hush of its mother’s fur. Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa. © John Mullineux

Photographer of the Year 2025 — “After removing this scorpion from where it could get hurt, I took the opportunity to photograph it, only realising in post-processing it had a hitchhiker – a small praying mantis!”. Okavango Delta, Botswana. © Devon Jenkin

Photographer of the Year 2025 — The closing chapter of a life well-lived. A warthog takes its last moments in Mana Pools National Park. “It was the height of the dry season. Possibly exhausted from the lack of food around or just from old age, this warthog died peacefully. Quite a rare thing to witness in the bush. Just shortly after this photo, he exhaled his last breath.” Zimbabwe. © Devon Jenkin

Photographer of the Year 2025 — A lion cub and older male glow in the golden light of Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. © Amy Martinez

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Photographer of the Year 2025 — A tenacious hyena lugs away the spoils of a midnight feast – one last prize from a lion pride’s conquest over a buffalo. Strength and cunning are the currency of survival, and on this first day of the year, fortune favoured the scavenger. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. © Alex Brackx

Africa Geographic African safaris — The golden hour turns to dusk as a lone impala crosses into the night. Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe. © Jannes Drotsky

Africa Geographic African safaris — The wild spirit of painted wolves at play. Wild dogs share a moment of abandon after a long rest in the heart of Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe. © Guillaume Niger

Africa Geographic African safaris — “We were heading out of Ngorongoro Crater after spending the day there. It was getting dark. I noticed this olive baboon hugging a tree. We stopped, it turned its head, looked at my camera and seemed to say, ‘I’ve got my eye on you!’” Tanzania. © Lynn Rosenzweig

Africa Geographic African safaris — The silent sentinel of the Highlands. A Walia ibex rests, gazing over the valley below. Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia. © Kevin Dooley

Photographer of the Year 2025 — A moment of thought below the canopy. Chimpanzee in Kibale National Park, Uganda. © Boone Thomson

Photographer of the Year 2025 — A mother vervet monkey indulges in a sweet treat as a curious baby realises the true focus of mom’s affection. South Luangwa National Park, Zambia. © Michael Stavrakakis

Photographer of the Year 2025 — A topi feast in the Mara River is reduced to its final relic – a bony crown in the jaws of a primaeval reptile. In the realm of the Nile crocodile, nothing goes to waste. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. © Turgay Uzer

Africa Geographic African safaris — A clash of scavengers. A daring black-backed jackal challenges a white-backed vulture and pays in blood. Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa. © Kevin Dooley

Africa Geographic African safaris — The king of Namiri Plains: battle-fit, and unchallenged. Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. © Guillaume Niger

Photographer of the Year 2025 — A living tapestry – intricate wrinkles that tell an elephant’s history. South Luangwa National Park, Zambia. © Michael Stavrakakis

Photographer of the Year 2025 — A shoebill – an ancient predator in a modern world – stands motionless, its mouth open wide to cool down. Mabamba Swamp, Uganda. © Thorsten Hanewald

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