Best photos of the week

Africa Geographic Editorial

Friday, 10 January 2020

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

📷 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

rough-scaled bush viper (Atheris hispida). West of Kampala, Uganda © Daniel Wakefield

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

Cape buffalo on the look out. Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya © Dean Bricknell

📷 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 a zebra. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya © Yaron Schmid

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

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ALSO IN THIS WEEK’S ISSUE

GALLERY
To see the other gallery for this week’s selection click here: Weekly Selection Gallery 1

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