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The best 101 photos

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Africa Geographic Editorial

Friday, 10 May 2019

Our Photographer of the Year 2019 competition is now closed for entries and this week we will look at the first of our finalists: The Top 101!
There are four galleries showcasing the Top 101. To see the other galleries for the Top 101 click here: Top 101 Gallery 1Top 101 Gallery 2, and Top 101 Gallery 4.

Lion cubs spotted in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa © Corlette Wessels
Lion cubs spotted in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa © Corlette Wessels
The dry season in Kruger National Park, South Africa © Hilda le Roux
The dry season in Kruger National Park, South Africa © Hilda le Roux
An Atlantic Portuguese man-o'-war, False Bay, South Africa © Geo Cloete
An Atlantic Portuguese man-o’-war, False Bay, South Africa © Geo Cloete
A painted wolf (African wild dog) with a baboon's hand in its mouth, Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe © Jens Cullmann
A painted wolf (African wild dog) with a baboon’s hand in its mouth, Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe © Jens Cullmann
Fishermen at sunrise on the Chobe River, Chobe, Botswana © Johan Van Rensburg
Fishermen at sunrise on the Chobe River, Chobe, Botswana © Johan Van Rensburg
"Master of camouflage" – a puff adder in Kruger National Park, South Africa © Theo Busschau
“Master of camouflage” – a puff adder in Kruger National Park, South Africa © Theo Busschau
A black-backed jackal flies to catch breakfast in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa © Michiel Duvenhage
A black-backed jackal flies to catch breakfast in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa © Michiel Duvenhage
A colourful blue-headed agama takes a minute to pose in Kruger National Park, South Africa © Alice van Kempen
A colourful blue-headed agama takes a minute to pose in Kruger National Park, South Africa © Alice van Kempen
A bateleur in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa © Charlie Lynam
A bateleur in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa © Charlie Lynam
An elephant bull kicks up the mud with his feet while standing in a waterhole in Nxai Pan National Park, Botswana © Fred von Winckelmann
An elephant bull kicks up the mud with his feet while standing in a waterhole in Nxai Pan National Park, Botswana © Fred von Winckelmann
A young female leopard resting in a dead tree in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa © Willem Landman
A young female leopard resting in a dead tree in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa © Willem Landman
Scaly-feathered finch chicks in southern Namib Desert, Namibia © Sanet Rossouw
Scaly-feathered finch chicks in southern Namib Desert, Namibia © Sanet Rossouw
A ground pangolin (also known as Temminck’s pangolin) takes a break between eating ants and termites in Namibia © Jacha Potgieter
A ground pangolin (also known as Temminck’s pangolin) takes a break between eating ants and termites in Namibia © Jacha Potgieter
An elephant leans its head up against a tree in Kruger National Park, South Africa © Henk Albronda
An elephant leans its head up against a tree in Kruger National Park, South Africa © Henk Albronda
Sunset illuminates elephants as they roam the Okavango Delta, Botswana © Panos Laskarakis
Sunset illuminates elephants as they roam the Okavango Delta, Botswana © Panos Laskarakis
A goshawk takes off with a meerkat in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa © Prof. Gert Lamprecht
A goshawk takes off with a meerkat in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa © Prof. Gert Lamprecht
"The prize" – a lion with a piece of a buffalo kill in Sabi Sands Private Game Reserve, South Africa © Joni Munsterteiger
“The prize” – a lion with a piece of a buffalo kill in Sabi Sands Private Game Reserve, South Africa © Joni Munsterteiger
Lesser flamingos at Lake Nakuru, Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya © Dave Richards
Lesser flamingos at Lake Nakuru, Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya © Dave Richards
Spitzkoppe after a dust storm in winter, Namib Desert, Namibia © Hesté de Beer
Spitzkoppe after a dust storm in winter, Namib Desert, Namibia © Hesté de Beer
"Best pillow in the world" – a lion cub rests with his mother in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania © Yaron Schmid
“Best pillow in the world” – a lion cub rests with his mother in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania © Yaron Schmid
A painted wolf (African wild dog) in South Africa © Kevin Dooley
A painted wolf (African wild dog) in South Africa © Kevin Dooley
A lion attacks an already injured spotted hyena near a waterhole in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa © Barry du Plessis
A lion attacks an already injured spotted hyena near a waterhole in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa © Barry du Plessis
An egret preens itself in Plettenberg Bay, South Africa © Prelena Soma Owen
An egret preens itself in Plettenberg Bay, South Africa © Prelena Soma Owen
"Queen with her meaty crown" – a lioness feasts on a nyala bull in Sabi Sands Private Game Reserve, South Africa © Ernest Port
“Queen with her meaty crown” – a lioness feasts on a nyala bull in Sabi Sands Private Game Reserve, South Africa © Ernest Port
An Ethiopian mountain man with his horse, Ethiopia © Kevin Dooley
An Ethiopian mountain man with his horse, Ethiopia © Kevin Dooley

ALSO IN THIS WEEK’S ISSUE

GALLERY
To see the other galleries for the Top 101 click here: Top 101 Gallery 1Top 101 Gallery 2, and Top 101 Gallery 4.

Photographer of the Year 2019 Top 101 Gallery 1

Photographer of the Year 2019 Top 101 Gallery 2

Photographer of the Year 2019 Top 101 Gallery 4

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