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The best photos
of the week

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Africa Geographic Editorial

Friday, 26 April 2019

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Our Photographer of the Year 2019 competition is now in the last week for receiving entries and at midnight on April 30th (CAT time) the competition will close for submissions, after which our judges will spend the month of May considering every selected photo before announcing our winners!
There are four galleries showcasing this week’s Weekly Selection. To see the other galleries for this week’s selection click here: Weekly Selection Gallery 1, Weekly Selection Gallery 2, and Weekly Selection Gallery 4.

"The power of a lion's roar is immense. It’s always one of the best things to hear when in the bush. Such a distinctive and mesmerising sound" – Kruger National Park, South Africa © Justin Thorne
“The power of a lion’s roar is immense. It’s always one of the best things to hear when in the bush. Such a distinctive and mesmerising sound” – Kruger National Park, South Africa © Justin Thorne
A female Grauer's gorilla in Kahuzi-Biega National Park, Democratic Republic of the Congo © Hesté de Beer
A female Grauer’s gorilla in Kahuzi-Biega National Park, Democratic Republic of the Congo © Hesté de Beer
Early morning hot air balloon over Sossusvlei, Namibia © Dale G. Davis
Early morning hot air balloon over Sossusvlei, Namibia © Dale G. Davis
A unique capture of a woolly-necked stork in Lower Zambezi National Park, Zambia © Mark Nicholson
A unique capture of a woolly-necked stork in Lower Zambezi National Park, Zambia © Mark Nicholson
A gelada (also known as a bleeding-heart monkey) yawns in Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia © Patrice Quillard
A gelada (also known as a bleeding-heart monkey) yawns in Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia © Patrice Quillard
A Goliath heron preens itself at the Umkhobi Lagoon in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa © Jacques Sellschop
A Goliath heron preens itself at the Umkhobi Lagoon in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa © Jacques Sellschop
An adorable blue-eyed leopard cub in Sabi Sands Private Game Reserve, South Africa © Carol Barry
An adorable blue-eyed leopard cub in Sabi Sands Private Game Reserve, South Africa © Carol Barry
A genet prepares for a hard day's sleep in Klaserie Private Nature Reserve, South Africa © Sophie Brown
A genet prepares for a hard day’s sleep in Klaserie Private Nature Reserve, South Africa © Sophie Brown
Butterflies look for moisture in the mud in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa © Vittorio Ricci
Butterflies look for moisture in the mud in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa © Vittorio Ricci
An elephant calf amongst adults in Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa © Prelena Soma Owen
An elephant calf amongst adults in Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa © Prelena Soma Owen
A mother lion and her three cubs walk into the sunset in Maseke Balule Game Reserve, South Africa © Adrian van Zyl
A mother lion and her cubs walk into the sunset in Maseke Balule Game Reserve, South Africa © Adrian van Zyl
A curious juvenile great white shark breaches close to the boat in Mossel Bay, South Africa © Matthew Scerri
A curious juvenile great white shark breaches close to the boat in Mossel Bay, South Africa © Matthew Scerri
A leopardess and her cub play in Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya © Ruzdi Ekenheim
A leopardess and her cub play in Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya © Ruzdi Ekenheim
"This fish eagle attempted to catch a fish and missed (you can see the fish just in front the eagle’s talons)" – Kruger National Park, South Africa © Ernest Porter
“This fish eagle attempted to catch a fish and missed (you can see the fish just in front the eagle’s talons)” – Kruger National Park, South Africa © Ernest Porter
Portrait of a Mursi tribesman in Omo Valley, Ethiopia © Janet Regan
Portrait of a Mursi tribesman in Omo Valley, Ethiopia © Janet Regan
A saddle-billed stork with its tiny prey in South Luangwa National Park, Zambia © Daniela Anger
A saddle-billed stork with its tiny prey in South Luangwa National Park, Zambia © Daniela Anger
Vulturine guineafowl in Tsavo West National Park. Kenya © Thomas Retterath
Vulturine guineafowl in Tsavo West National Park. Kenya © Thomas Retterath
Climbing up a sand dune in Sesriem, Namib Desert, Namibia © Vittorio Ricci
Climbing up a sand dune in Sesriem, Namib Desert, Namibia © Vittorio Ricci
Black-winged stilt looks for food in Zimanga Private Game Reserve, South Africa © Vittorio Ricci
A black-winged stilt looks for food in Zimanga Private Game Reserve, South Africa © Vittorio Ricci
A Cape ground squirrel spotted in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa © Charmane Baleiza
A Cape ground squirrel spotted in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa © Charmane Baleiza

ALSO IN THIS WEEK’S ISSUE

GALLERY
To see the other galleries for this week’s selection click here: Weekly Selection Gallery 1, Weekly Selection Gallery 2, and Weekly Selection Gallery 4.

Photographer of the Year 2019 Weekly Selection Gallery 1

Photographer of the Year 2019 Weekly Selection Gallery 2

Photographer of the Year 2019 Weekly Selection Gallery 4

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