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Best photos of the week
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Our Photographer of the Year 2020, with a stunning safari prize provided by Djuma Private Game Reserve, is now in full swing.
There are two galleries showcasing this week’s Weekly Selection. To see the other gallery click here: Gallery 2
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? A tiny foraging field mouse. Serengeti National Park, Tanzania © Alice van Kempen
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? A leopard in dappled light. South Luangwa National Park, Zambia © Alice Péretié
![](https://africageographic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Alessandro-Belloni-Mating-Lions-Etosha-National-Park-Namibia.jpg)
? Mating lions. Etosha National Park, Namibia © Alessandro Belloni
? A leaf-tailed gecko at night. Saha Forest Camp, Madagascar © Ben Price
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? Back-lit baby vervet monkey. Kruger National Park, South Africa © Gareth Thomas
![](https://africageographic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Gareth-Thomas-rescued-African-Pangolin-Working-Group-@africanpangolinconservation.jpg)
? A pangopup rescued by @africanpangolinconservation and cared for by @johannesburgwildlifevet. Undisclosed location © Gareth Thomas
![](https://africageographic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Gerbus-Vermaak-Little-Grebe-surfaced-from-a-dive-Zibulo-Colliery-South-Africa.jpg)
? A little grebe surfaces from a dive for food. Zibulo Colliery, South Africa © Gerbus Vermaak
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? A dazzle of zebra gallop across a dry lake. Lake Magadi. Kenya © Gurcharan Roopra
![](https://africageographic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Irene-Amiet-A-nesting-pair-of-marabous-Moremi-Game-Reserve-Botswana.jpg)
? A nesting pair of marabou storks put on a display. Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana © Irene Amiet
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? A spotted hyena chews on a zebra leg. Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe © Jens Cullmann
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? A pack of painted wolves (African wild dogs) take down a helpless eland calf. Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe © Jens Cullmann
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![](https://africageographic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Jeroen-ten-Haaf-Boomslang-Dispholidus-typus-Kruger-National-Park-South-Africa.jpg)
? A colourful juvenile boomslang. Kruger National Park, South Africa © Jeroen ten Haaf
![](https://africageographic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Josef-Kastner-gelada-baboon-also-known-as-a-bleeding-heart-monkey-Simien-Mountains-National-ParkEthiopia-Ethiopia.jpg)
? A gelada baboon (also known as a bleeding-heart monkey) exposing an impressive set of teeth. Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia © Josef Kastner
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? A chameleon catches and devours a mantid. Madagascar © Kirill Dorofeev
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? A humpback whale breaches out of the waters of St Helena. Island St Helena, Madagascar © Kirill Dorofeev
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![](https://africageographic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Marta-Nieto-Aicart-Road-to-beauty-NamibRand-Nature-Reserve-Namibia.jpg)
? An endless road to beautiful landscapes. NamibRand Nature Reserve, Namibia © Marta Nieto Aicart
![](https://africageographic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Peter-Reitze_Red-Bishop-Clinging-onto-bullrushes-Addo-Elephant-National-Park.jpg)
? A red bishop clings to a bulrush. Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa © Peter Reitze
![](https://africageographic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Rupert-Bridgman-Elephants-at-Sunset-Madikwe-Game-Reserve-South-Africa.jpg)
? A herd of elephants at sunset. Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa © Rupert Bridgman
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? A clan of muddy spotted hyena scavenge on a hippo carcass. Mara North Conservancy, Kenya © Tommy Mees
![](https://africageographic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Tommy-Mees-Wet-Infant-Baboon-Maasai-Mara-Game-Reserve-Kenya.jpg)
? A wet female baboon and her infant. Maasai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya © Tommy Mees
![](https://africageographic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Vanessa-Thorimbert-Sandy-dunes-at-sunset-Namib-desert-Namibia-1.jpg)
? An aerial view of sandy desert dunes at sunset. Namib desert, Namibia ©Vanessa Thorimbert
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