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Photographer of the Year

WEEKLY SELECTION 5 - Photographer of the Year 2025

Tuesday, 18 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 — The hunter’s first lesson. Talons outstretched, a juvenile gabar goshawk perfects the art of the chase as it catches a Namaqua dove. Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa. © Bomber Kent

Africa Geographic African safari — In the tea plantations alongside the tangled forest, a young gorilla contemplates the photographer. Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park, Uganda. © Eduardo del Alamo

Africa Geographic African safari — Bat blizzard at dawn. Thousands of straw-coloured fruit bats return from a night of feasting, painting the sky with wings. “Sneaking off to the fringe of the forest, in the pitch dark of my last morning in Kasanka National Park, I set my camera up on a tripod and waited. The sun seemed to take forever to rise and when it finally did, I looked to the opposite horizon and saw an almighty bat blizzard on its way back to the forest. The bat blizzard continued for the next hour, giving me time to contemplate that I was witnessing the largest mammal migration on Earth.” Zambia. © Greg du Toit

Photographer of the Year 2025 — Great white pelicans on Lake Nakuru just before sunrise, in the early morning mist, framed by the skeletal remains of a drowned forest. Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya. © Nicolas Urlacher

Photographer of the Year 2025 — Elephants weave through a landscape of decimated mopane trees, fading light, and elephant bones, riverbed dust adding to the eeriness of the scene. Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe. © Paul Crosland

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Africa Geographic African safari — The hunted becomes the hero. A lone buffalo battles six lions in a display of true grit. Just as it seems hope is lost, after being brought down by the lions three times, the cavalry – a herd of buffalo 400-strong – stormed in to save the day. After the dust had settled, the buffalo joined the herd, relatively unscathed, but for a few scratches. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. © Ivan Glaser

Photographer of the Year 2025 — Lone wanderer. Bathed in light, a black-backed jackal treads the ghostly dunes of the Skeleton Coast. Skeleton Coast National Park, Namibia. © Nausherwan Ahmed

Photographer of the Year 2025 — A straggling giraffe pauses for a taste of vachellia leaves, as his four companions continue slowly onwards, off camera, across the Mara plains. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. © Peter Delaney

Photographer of the Year 2025 — Beneath a veil of rain, three male lions share a moment of quiet camaraderie and cleaning in a fleeting desert storm. Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa. © Paul Crosland

Photographer of the Year 2025 — Before returning to its pack, a battered and decrepit wild dog turns to scope out the photographer. Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe. © Turgay Uzer

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Photographer of the Year 2025 — Perched upon the rocks – a throne carved by time – a leopard surveys his territory. Samburu National Reserve, Kenya.© Nili Gudhka

Africa Geographic African safari — Biting off more than he can chew, a lion is met with bare teeth and a warning growl. Khwai Community Concession, Botswana. © Jannes Drotsky

Photographer of the Year — A Cape clawless otter dances with the waves along the rugged Cape Point coast. Cape Point Nature Reserve, South Africa. © Callum Evans

Africa Geographic African safari — A quiet moment of guardianship. A Suri boy stands before a hut, goat kid cradled against his body. Omo Valley, Ethiopia. © Hesté de Beer

Photographer of the Year 2025 — A young elephant travels an archway of trunks created by some of Addo’s tuskless female elephants. Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa. © Charlotte Cornwallis

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Photographer of the Year 2025 — Lion at dawn. A golden silhouette on the edge of a waking Maasai Mara National Reserve. Kenya. © Vicki Jauron

Photographer of the Year — An Ethiopian wolf, the world’s most endangered carnivore, rests on the roof of Africa. Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia. © Hesté de Beer

Photographer of the Year 2025 — Deep in Kibale, a chimpanzee contemplates the symphony of the forest. Kibale National Park, Uganda. © Eduardo del Alamo

Photographer of the Year 2025 — The herd moves slowly as one across the plains of Amboseli. Amboseli National Park, Kenya. © Jinal Shah

Africa Geographic African safari — Conflict over, tension lingers. Two lionesses cautiously approach the pride after being chased off by the dominant male. Khwai Community Concession, Botswana. © Jannes Drotsky

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