Best photos of the week

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There are two galleries showcasing this week’s Weekly Selection. To see the other gallery click here: Weekly Selection Gallery 2

📷 A yellow mongoose passes through camp. Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa © Daniela Anger

📷 A young Mucubal boy herds his goats into the dust at sunrise. Southern Angola © Inger Vandyke

📷 Two male southern masked weavers fight to establish dominance while a pair of Cape sparrows watch on. Bloemfontein, South Africa © Willem Kruger

📷  Oryx (gemsbok) on the dunes of Sossusvlei at sunrise. Namib Desert, Namibia © Inger Vandyke

📷 A Maasai tribesman in traditional dress, armed with his spear, looks towards the rising sun. Mara North Conservancy, Kenya © John Piper

📷 Two lion brothers blend into the dry grass. Serengeti National Park, Tanzania © Ankit Desai

📷 Flatid leaf insects in the nymph stage congregate on a branch. They excrete a white waxy-like substance, which looks like long wispy feathers, that helps with camouflage and protects the larval stage during development. Berenty Reserve, Madagascar © Beverly Houwing

📷 A fossa resting on a dirt road in Kirindy Mitea National Park, Madagascar © Beverly Houwing

📷 Up close with a rain spider. Cape Town, South Africa © Dr Peet J. Van Eeden

📷 Zebra drinking in the early morning at Okaukuejo waterhole, Etosha National Park, Namibia © Owen Jason Kandume

📷 Fishermen bring in their catch at Tombwa fishing village, Southern Angola © Inger Vandyke.

📷 Portrait of a kudu bull. Kruger National Park, South Africa © Licinia Machado

📷 A Rüppell’s starling attacks a blind snake. Mara North Conservancy, Kenya © Andy Richardson

📷 A lioness and her cubs walk along a dirt road in Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania © Giovanni Mari.

📷 Silhouette of Karo tribesmen against the setting sun. Southern Ethiopia © Jason Clendenen

📷 A three-banded plover chick. Kruger National Park, South Africa © Fay Olive Luyt

📷 A buffalo and hippo are forced to share a muddy waterhole during a drought. Timbavati Private Game Reserve, South Africa © Burkhard Schlosser

📷 Aerial view of the saltworks near Tombwa, southern Angola © Inger Vandyke

📷  A Perinet chameleon (Calumma gastrotaenia) in Moramanga Orchid Garden, Madagascar © Swayamsiddha Mohapatra

📷 Wildebeest linger near a waterhole as the sun sets, silhouetted in the warm light. Liuwa Plain National Park, Zambia © Beverly Houwing

ALSO IN THIS WEEK’S ISSUE

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To see the other gallery for this week’s selection click here: Weekly Selection Gallery 2

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