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 1 

📷 Close-up of an elephant’s eyelashes. Kariega Private Game Reserve, South Africa © Peter Reitze

📷 A walia ibex. Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia © Kevin Dooley

📷 A rough-scaled bush viper (Atheris hispida) seen west of Kampala, Uganda © Daniel Wakefield

📷 Cape buffalo on the lookout. Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya © Dean Bricknell

📷 A shovel-snouted lizard (Zeros anchietae). Sossusvlei, Namibia © Inger Vandyke

📷 Starscape. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya © Matrishva Vyas

📷 A Cape ground squirrel defends its den from a Cape cobra. Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa © Bomber Kent

📷 Lightning strikes as the sun sets. Kalahari Desert, Botswana © Eben Van Heerden

📷 An African darter catches a fish on the Chobe River. Chobe National Park, Botswana © Stephen Smith

📷 Curious leopard cubs. Samburu National Park, Kenya © Yaron Schmid

📷 A spotted hyena takes cover inside the hollow trunk of a large tree. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya © John Piper

📷 A red-billed oxpecker flees as tempers flare between hippos. Okavango Delta, Botswana © Cindee Beechwood

📷 A pack of painted wolves (African wild dogs) watch a herd of impala on the other side of the Khwai River. Okavango Delta, Botswana © Eben Van Heerden

📷 A pile of young spotted hyenas. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya © Lennart Hessel

📷 Lilac-breasted roller and zebra. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya © Yaron Schmid

📷 Silhouette of a giraffe mother and her baby. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya © Matrishva Vyas

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 1

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