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Africa Geographic Editorial
Friday, 22 March 2019
Our Photographer of the Year 2019 is now in full swing and there is only a month left to go before entries close!To see the other two galleries for this week’s selection, click here: Weekly Selection Gallery 1 and Weekly Selection Gallery 2 .
A flock of 300 African grey parrots feed on the aquatic plants in a large Baï in Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Republic of Congo © Daniella Kueck A painted wolf (African wild dog) rests in Zimanga Private Game Reserve, South Africa © Andreas Hemb Three of the Fast Five, locally known as Taro Bono, getting ready to hunt zebra in the pouring rain in Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya © Krishnan Gopala Krishnan A sociable weaver colony, with a storm brewing in the distance in Sesriem, Namibia © Gary Proctor A mother springbok nuzzles her newborn in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa © Mike Cawood A Hildebrandt’s starling spotted in Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya © Patrice Quillard “Heads or tails” – warthogs rest in the shade in Kruger National Park, South Africa © Jo Fankhauser Zebra drink at a waterhole in Tarangire National Park , Tanzania © Anthony Goldman “Kgalagadi prince” – a cheetah on an early morning hunt in the Kalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa © Gideon Malherbe “Windows to the soul” – close up of an elephant’s eye in Welgevonden Game Reserve, South Africa © Michael Raddall Lion cubs play in Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, South Africa © Hesté de Beer A juvenile martial eagle takes flight with determination in Grumeti Game Reserve, Tanzania © Ross Couper Cheetahs on the lookout in Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya © Patrice Quillard Grooming time for a cheetah in Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa © Kevin Dooley Young chacma baboons play a game involving a stick in uMkhuze Game Reserve, South Africa © Ernest Porter A Cape weaver in flight in Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden, South Africa © Ernest Porter A sand boa swallows a superb starling in Tsavo West National Park, Kenya © Tim Nicklin A spotted hyena cools down by a waterhole after a fight in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa © Margie Botha Three cheetahs sit on a termite mound in Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya © Patrice Quillard A leopard in Mashatu Game Reserve, Botswana © Kevin Dooley An Egyptian goose in Kruger National Park, South Africa © Jo Fankhauser Lionesses at an impala kill in Sabi Sands Private Game Reserve, South Africa © Arnoud Quanjer A young chacma baboon drinks in Mashatu Game Reserve, Botswana © Lennart Hessel A white lion cub in Singita Lebombo Concession, Kruger National Park, South Africa © Wesley Cragg A young male leopard stands up to survey the vast grassland in Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya © Nitin Michael ALSO IN THIS WEEK’S ISSUE
To see the other two galleries for this week’s selection, click here: Weekly Selection Gallery 1 and Weekly Selection Gallery 2 .
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