Africa Geographic Photographer of the Year 2018
Bare trees dwarfed by the dunes in the Namib Desert near Sossusvlei, Namibia © Rachel Price
A baby gelada in the Semien Mountains, Ethiopia © Paolo Maccarone
Wildebeests at a river crossing in the Mara Triangle, Kenya © Engin Akış
Black-cheeked lovebirds in Little Chem Chem, Tanzania © Anthony Goldman
A leopard in South Africa © Joel Alves
A girl applies okra to her skin all by herself in Namibia © Cohan Zarnoch
A woodland kingfisher takes a bath in Makutsi Safari Springs, Hoedspruit, South Africa © Urs Niklaus
"Dusky zebras" in the Serengeti, Tanzania © Anthony Goldman
A well-camouflaged male barking gecko in Goegap Nature Reserve, Namaqualand, South Africa © Jörg Jager
"Last light leopard" in Savute, Chobe National Park, Botswana © Michael Jansen
The king during golden light in the Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Kenya © Jaymin Patel
Ostrich chicks stick close to dad in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe © Rachel Price
"Don't make me blush!" – red-cheeked cordon-bleu waxbill at Little Chem Chem, Tanzania © Anthony Goldman
"Gentle giants" – humpback whales off Cape Town, South Africa © Dishen Govender
A Karo tribe child in the Omo Valley, Ethiopia © Paolo Maccarone
"Lioness with one eye, still a fierce
warrior" in Kruger National Park,
South Africa © Garry Mills
Juvenile whistling rat on the lookout in Goegap Nature Reserve, Namaqualand, South Africa © Jörg Jager
A baby elephant experiences the joy of the waterhole for the first time at Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa © Rachel Price
Looking for the man on the moon in Namibia © Jashika Patel
'Centre stage' as the dust settles in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Botswana/South Africa © Charlie Lynam
African buffalo at dawn in Chobe National Park, Botswana © Dominik Behr
'An African sunset dream' in Amboseli National Park, Kenya © George Dian Balan
Lion cub contemplating his kingdom in the Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya © Arnaud Legrand
Snack time for a Coquerel's sifaka in Anjajavy Forest, Madagascar © Bernard Leighton
A nyala bull soaks up the final moments of the sun in Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa © Samuel Cox
'Two to tango' – sub-adult black-backed jackal pups play in Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya © Matrishva Vyas
Oustalet's chameleon in action in Anja Community Reserve, Madagascar © Bernard Leighton
Mursi girl with traditional ornaments in Omo region, Ethiopia © Enrique Lopez-Tapia
Maternal background in Kruger National Park, South Africa © Andrei Daniel Mihalca
Saddle-billed stork fishing in Lake Naivasha, Kenya © Matrishva Vyas
An ostrich in the dust near Leeudril waterhole, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa/Botswana © Willem Kruger
A lioness has an evening drink after
failing to catch some speedy impalas
in Kruger National Park, South
Africa © Ryno Vosloo
A juvenile bataleur comes in for a landing in
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Botswana/South
Africa © Marc de Chalain
A brown-hooded kingfisher
dwarfed by an elephant
background in Kruger
National Park, South
Africa © Samuel Cox
'Through the eye of a zebra' in Kruger National Park, South Africa © Gianluca D'Amico
'Fury' in Kruger National Park, South Africa © Renata Ewald
The foot of a Zanzibar red colobus, Zanzibar © Paul Boyland
'The march of man' in Nairobi National Park, Kenya © Diana Knight
A double-banded sandgrouse chick on the side of a road at Masuwe Lodge, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe © Blade Bester
"Airborne" in Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa © Charmaine Joubert
Up close with a chameleon in Sapo National Park, Liberia © Gianluca D'Amico
A white baboon in Arusha National Park, Tanzania © Charlie Lynam
'Protected' – a female leopard
survived the onslaught of
human snares – rescued,
treated and returned to her
cubs in Kruger National Park,
South Africa © Renata Ewald
Two iconic tuskers flank a younger 'askari' in East Africa © George Dian Balan
Two young lionesses engage in vigorous play
on the banks of the Khwai River, Moremi
Game Reserve, Botswana © Anja Denker
'The smile' – a silverback mountain gorilla in
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda
© Andy Edge
'The Thinker' – chimpanzee in Kibale National Park, Uganda © Yaron Schmid
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