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 2 

📷 A large bull meets an elephant calf. Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa © Charmaine Joubert

📷 Springbok during a dusty sunrise. Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Botswana © David Papenfus

📷 Painted wolves (African wild dogs). Laikipia, Kenya © Dean Bricknell

📷 Lion cubs rest during a zebra meal. Serengeti National Park, Tanzania © Kaido Haagen

📷 A moment captured with Siligi the cheetah and four of her seven cubs. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya © Mauritz Janeke

📷 A male boomslang (tree snake) seeks warmth after a torrential summer downpour. Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa © Sophie Brown

📷 Wildebeest, dry mud and golden grass. Etosha National Park, Namibia © Vittorio Ricci

📷 A long-tailed widowbird displays its plumage. Marievale Bird Sanctuary, South Africa © Gavin Duffy

📷 Rock hyraxes high up on a cliff rock shelf. Leopard Gorge, Mara North Conservancy, Kenya © John Piper

📷 A tree squirrel meets its mirror image while drinking water. Karongwe Private Game Reserve, South Africa © Braeme Holland

📷 A ground pangolin, also known as Temminck’s pangolin, foraging for ants and termites. South Africa © Brad Love

📷 Distant thunderstorm in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Botswana © David Papenfus

📷 Zebras resting at a waterhole in Etosha National Park, Namibia © Vittorio Ricci

📷 A mossy leaf-tailed gecko in Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, Madagascar © Bill Klipp

📷 A genet takes a quick look out of a tree it has chosen to sleep in for the day. Klaserie Private Nature Reserve, South Africa © Sophie Brown

📷 A large adult gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica) in a rainforest west of Kampala, Uganda © Daniel Wakefield

📷 The essence of a safari, set against a magical African sunrise. Mara North Conservancy, Kenya © John Piper

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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