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Best photos of the week

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Africa Geographic Editorial

Friday, 06 March 2020

Our Photographer of the Year 2020, with a stunning safari prize provided by Djuma Private Game Reserve, is now in full swing. Here is this week’s selection: 

?  A lioness walks through the burnt vegetation, perfectly contrasted against the scorched earth. Phinda Private Game Reserve, South Africa © Alexandre van Dievoet

?  A pair of zebra look out across the pink sand lilies. Liuwa Plain National Park, Zambia © Andrew Macdonald

?  A glowing yellow full moon makes for a perfect silhouette. Montenegro, Kunene Region, Namibia © Ben McRae


?  A group of armed warriors stand silhouetted against a dramatic sky. Omo Valley, Ethiopia © Kevin Dooley

?  A serval launches into the perfect pounce to ambush its unsuspecting prey from above. Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe © Blade Bester

?  Male lions frozen in a brief burst of fury, teeth bared and claws extended. Kruger National Park, South Africa © Corlette Wessels

?  The golden spiral of a sleeping dwarf chameleon’s tail. Natal Midlands, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa © Courtney Robert Hundermark


?  Love is a battlefield for these three lions. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya © Xavier Ortega

?  A Kenyan girl playing with a tyre on the white sands of Diani Beach, Kenya © Dan Baciu


?  A spotted bush snake pokes its head out from a kudu lily. Kruger National Park, South Africa © Daniel Koen

?  A rufous-naped lark completes its display by fluttering and rattling its wings. Pilansberg National Park, South Africa © Japie Bornman


?  A flamboyance of flamingo silhouetted in a Walvis Bay lagoon, Namibia © Jenny Rood

?  A young woman prepares grain for the local market. Ethiopia © Kevin Dooley


?  A family of bamboo lemurs huddle together in the forest treetops. Andasibe National Park, Madagascar © Laurent Morax

?  A lion cub practices the skills vital to its future survival on a Thomson’s gazelle fawn. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya © Xavier Ortega


?  A lion cub rests on the neck of the giraffe it has been feasting on. Savuti, Botswana © Margie Botha

?  A nocturnal sportive lemur peers out from its hiding position in the late afternoon. Western Madagascar © Neville Jones

?  The mottled colouring of a marbled tree snake. Kruger National Park, South Africa © Sophie Brown

?  A leopard stalks its warthog prey from atop an anthill. Okavango Delta, Botswana © Tami Walker

?  A symmetry of horns as a pair of evenly-matched impala rams engage in battle. Kruger National Park, South Africa © Tristan Masterton

?  An African darter opens its throat wide to swallow a tiger fish. Chobe River, Botswana © Willem Kruger

?  A mother raises her baby to greet a new day. Ethiopia © Kevin Dooley

?  A handsome pair of male lions affectionately affirm their brotherly bond. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya © Xavier Ortega

?  A large rinkhals rears up and flares its hood in a very effective threat display. Magaliesburg, Gauteng, South Africa © Courtney Robert Hundermark

?  A cattle herder warms himself by his fire and prepares for a hard day’s work. Ethiopia © Kevin Dooley

?  A flat-tailed gecko exquisitely camouflaged against a mossy branch. Maosala Rain Forest National Park, Madagascar © Laurent Morax

?  Black-backed jackals bare their teeth during a feeding frenzy over an eland carcass. Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa © Willem Kruger

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