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Africa Geographic Editorial
Friday, 19 April 2019
Our Photographer of the Year 2019 competition is heading into the last week for receiving entries and at midnight on April 30th (CAT time) the competition will close for submissions.To see the other gallery for this week’s selection click here: Weekly Selection Gallery 1
A leopard rests on a lazy afternoon after feasting on an impala kill in Manyeleti Private Game Reserve, South Africa © Armand Grobler Portrait of spotted hyena in Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya © Patrice Quillard A lioness watches on as her curious cub approaches the photographer in Timbavati Private Nature Reserve, South Africa © Luke Street “Hanging out” – a young mountain gorilla displays its climbing skills in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda © Tina Antrobus Hippos spotted at sunrise in Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe © Vittorio Ricci “This lazy boy was clearly not in the mood for ‘fast’ food, he probably had springbok for breakfast” – Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa © Wilmari Porter A fish eagle takes flight in Lower Zambezi National Park, Zambia © Carol Barry Buffalo and yellow-billed oxpecker in Kruger National Park, South Africa © Colin Taylor An incredible sight as a herd of elephants emerge from behind the horizon in the fading evening light in Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya © Santhosh Krishnamoorthy A leopard cub climbs up the nearest tree after mommy charged towards an approaching hyena in Sabi Sands Private Game Reserve, South Africa © Ernest Porter “Leap of faith” – wildebeests cross the Mara River in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania © Simone Basini Endemic Sokoke scops owls roost together in Arabuko Sokoke Forest Reserve, Kenya © Steve Holroyd A red toad sings his mating call in the waters of the Walter Sisulu Botanical Gardens, South Africa © Wilmari Porter A lion cub grabs his mother’s leg as she gets up after resting in Etosha National Park, Namibia © Owen Jason Kandume A black-backed jackal approaches a waterhole for a late afternoon drink in Mabuasehube Game Reserve, Botswana © Mart-Mari Duvenhage “Hidden beauty” – a black-fronted duiker spotted in the thick brush in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda © Tina Antrobus A serval pounces on its prey in Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya © Derek Howes A vulture takes flight in Kruger National Park, South Africa © Guy Scott A solitary elephant bull in the Makuleke Concession, Kruger National Park, South Africa © Colin Taylor Lanner falcons fight over the remains of a dove in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa © Michiel Duvenhage An elephant mother with her calf in Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya © Patrice Quillard A leopard with a porcupine which he killed swiftly without any injury to himself in Kruger National Park, South Africa © Mari van Bosch “Twist and curl” – Timbavati Private Nature Reserve, South Africa © Luke Street A cautious rock monitor passes by Shingwedzi Camp in Kruger National Park, South Africa © Alfred Mark Watts “This herd of zebra waited on the sidelines until the elephants had had their fill and then took the opportunity to fill every available space at the waterhole” – Kruger National Park, South Africa © Colin Taylor ALSO IN THIS WEEK’S ISSUE
GALLERY To see the other gallery for this week’s selection click here: Weekly Selection Gallery 1 .
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