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Photographer of the Year 2025

WEEKLY SELECTION 6 - Photographer of the Year 2025

Tuesday, 25 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

Africa Geographic African safari — A moment of peace as the rising moon silhouettes a crowned crane in Busanga Plains. Kafue National Park, Zambia. © Andrew Macdonald

Photographer of the Year 2025 — An elegant portrait of a lion king. Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. © Raymond Stone

Photographer of the Year 2025 — A fatal mistake. Seeking refuge from a pack of wild dogs, a red lechwe stumbles into the jaws of two crocodiles. The Okavango waters take no prisoners. Masters of the ambush, the crocodiles use the receding waters to hunt large prey. Okavango Delta, Botswana. © Pedro Amaral

Africa Geographic African safari — A gentle yet precise spiral. An elephant’s trunk curls around a burst of fresh green. A simple moment, beautifully captured. Chobe National Park, Botswana. © Daniela Anger

Photographer of the Year 2025 — From ash to abundance. A stork flees a controlled fire, lit to clear the way for fresh growth that invites the great wildebeest herds home. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. © Nicolas Urlacher

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Photographer of the Year 2025 — A giant forest hog emerges from the evening rain, a rare glimpse into the secretive world of the Aberdare mountain range. Aberdare National Park, Kenya. © Nicolas Urlacher

Photographer of the Year 2025 — A high-speed pursuit as a lanner falcon locks onto its prey – a Burchell’s sandgrouse. Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa. © Oliver Rood

Photographer of the Year 2025 — A hippo pops out of hiding for a brief moment, before slipping back into the cool waters, hidden by foliage. Katavi National Park, Tanzania. © Giovanni Frescura

Photographer of the Year 2025 — A tigerfish too big to swallow? Not for this African darter, whose patience and precision turn the impossible into a feast. The darter made this exceptional catch in the Chobe River. “The body of the fish was as long as the neck of the darter! I watched in amazement through my viewfinder. Finally, it was able to position the fish vertically so it could slide down its gullet. Within minutes, the fish was devoured whole.” Chobe Riverfront, Botswana. © Vicki Santello

Photographer of the Year 2025 — Across a scorched Maasai Mara, the Rongai Pride moves as one. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. © Udara Karunarathna

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A fish too big to swallow? Not for this African darter, whose patience and precision turn the impossible into a feast. An African darter made an exceptional catch in the Chobe River. “The body of the fish was as long as the neck of the darter! I watched in amazement through my viewfinder. Finally, it was able to position the fish vertically so it could slide down its gullet. Within minutes the fish was devoured whole.” Chobe Riverfront, Botswana. © Vicki Santello — “Lying down flat on the ground in front of this African rock python allowed me to capture an intimate portrait of an incredible snake.” Okavango Delta, Botswana. © Devon Jenkin

Photographer of the Year 2025 — Dust in the wind. A juvenile Shelley’s francolin enjoys a dust bath just before sunset. Kruger National Park, South Africa. © Karen Blackwood

Africa Geographic African safari — A Maasai giraffe folds into the perfect pose to sip from the waterhole. Shompole Conservancy, Kenya. © Alison Mees

Africa Geographic African safari — As the sun sinks below the horizon, a troop of baboons heads up into the trees to settle for the night – a silhouette of one young baboon creating a striking photo opportunity. Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe. © Daniela Anger

Africa Geographic African safari — A lesson in speed and precision as a young lanner falcon learns the rules of the hunt, guided by a seasoned master at Lijersdraai Waterhole. Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa. © Antionette Morkel

Africa Geographic Travel

Photographer of the Year 2025 — A hyena savours the remains of a buffalo while a vulture lurks silently nearby. Zambezi National Park, Zimbabwe. © Liz Lane

Photographer of the Year 2025 — A tender moment between mother and calf. “This was a moment that left us in awe… The way the little one gazes at its mother and holds her tusk with its little trunk, full of trust, warmth, and love.” Amboseli National Park, Kenya. © Imash Kaluthanthri

Photographer of the Year 2025 — Quiet architect of the lake. A Tofinou fisherman gathers vegetation to use in the construction of labyrinth fish traps on Lake Nokoué. Benin. © Inger Vandyke

Africa Geographic African safari — Elephants are consumed by the sunset, mirrored by the Runde River at the base of the Chilojo Cliffs. Gonarezhou National Park, Zimbabwe. © Benine du Toit

Photographer of the Year 2025 — Battle in black and white. After an outsider tries to breech a dazzle of zebras, the intruder and herd’s dominant stallion lock in combat, their black-and-white forms dancing against a storm-darkened sky. Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa. © Peter Delaney

Africa Geographic African safari — Negotiation time! A pygmy falcon faces some resistance from a lizard in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa. © Willie van Schalkwyk

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