Best photos of the week
Our Photographer of the Year 2020 is now in full swing and open for submissions! There are two galleries showcasing this week’s Weekly Selection. To see the other gallery click here: Weekly Selection Gallery 1
? A ring-tailed lemur suns herself while her baby keeps a firm hold on her back. Berenty Reserve, Madagascar © Beverly Houwing
? Portrait of a ground pangolin (Smutsia temminckii). South Africa © Inger Vandyke
? A playful Cape fur seal during a dive near Seal Rock island. Partridge Point, Cape Peninsula, South Africa © Dr Peet J. Van Eeden
? Portrait of a Muhimba woman in Southern Angola © Inger Vandyke
? A spiny flower mantis. Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Republic of the Congo © Alice Paghera
? A lion and lioness bring out the claws after mating. Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa © Armand Steyn
? A baby hippo rests on its mother’s back in the Luangwa River. Luambe National Park, Zambia © Ralph Stutchbury
? Sub-adult cheetah cubs clean each other after feasting on a Thomson’s gazelle. Mara North Conservancy, Kenya © John Piper
? The basket star on a palmate sea fan. False Bay, Cape Town, South Africa © Dr Peet J. Van Eeden
? Aerial view of the landscape of Iona National Park, southern Angola © Inger Vandyke
? The late Ximpoko, during an afternoon game drive in Timbavati Private Nature Reserve, South Africa © John Piper.
? A lioness shakes the rain off after a heavy rainstorm. Mara North Conservancy, Kenya © John Piper
? An early morning mist covers the grassland in the Busanga Plains where puku and lechwe rest and graze. Kafue National Park, Zambia © Beverly Houwing
? A fish eagle flies over the Chobe River, Botswana © Fay Olive Luyt.
? A lioness and her three cubs feasting on a giraffe carcass. Savuti, Botswana © Margie Botha
? A leopardess surveys her land after sunset in Olare Motorogi Conservancy, Kenya © Yaron Schmid.
? A baby dwarf mongoose peers out from one of the many entrances to the den. Kruger National Park, South Africa © Karen Blackwood
? A Verreaux’s sifaka clings to a branch with her baby on her shoulder. Berenty Reserve, Madagascar © Beverly Houwing
? An elephant herd on the move in Zakouma National Park, Chad © Lennart Hessel
? A juvenile bateleur in Manyoni Private Game Reserve, South Africa © Burkhard Schlosser
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To see the other gallery for this week’s selection click here: Weekly Selection Gallery 1
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