The best 101 photos

Africa Geographic Editorial

Friday, 10 May 2019

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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 1, Top 101 Gallery 2, and Top 101 Gallery 4.

Lion cubs spotted in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa © Corlette Wessels

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

"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 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

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

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

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

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

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 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

"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

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

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