1. Africa Geographic, Photographer of the Year 2021

2. Africa Geographic, Photographer of the Year 2021: Featured Entries

3. Four giraffe dwarfed by an impressive baobab tree. Tarangire National Park, Tanzania © Fabian Fridholm

4. A bright-eyed baby vervet has to learn to adapt to life in a troop. Kruger National Park, South Africa ©Joschka Voss

5. This ancient desert survivor, a giant Welwitschia mirabilis plant, is adapted to soak in the dew on these misty mornings. Messum Crater, Namibia ©Heste de Beer

6. A trio of zebras strike an accidental pose while waiting for the chance to drink. Tsavo West National Park, Kenya ©Tim Nicklin

7. A dead kokerboom (quiver tree) is lit up by sunlight while in the background a storm approaches, bringing much-needed rain after a long drought in the Richtersveld. Springblokvlakte, South Africa ©Hesté de Beer

8. A group of elephant orphans at the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust enjoy a dust bath. Umani Springs, Kenya © Ana Zinger

9. A vigilant female leopard tenderly carries her young cub to the next suitable hiding place. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya ©Derek Howes

10. A silverback mountain gorilla known as Rugendo glances curiously at a group of tourists as he walks by. ©Dale Davis

11. A portrait of a young boy from the Turkana tribe in Kenya © Joe Buergi

12. Local Beninese women use the beach to spread lake grasses into fan-like shapes, drying them out for mat weaving. © Inger Vandyke

13. Led by their herder, a caravan of camels travels across the vast barren landscape. Danakil, Ethiopia © Hesté de Beer

14. A caracal gazes haughtily over its shoulder at its admiring spectators. Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa © Dawie Jacobs

15. A giraffe calf receives a tender bath from its mother shortly after birth. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya © Thorsten Hanewald

16. Hyena cubs nestled safely against their exhausted mother. Liuwa Plain National park, Zambia © Andrew Macdonald

17. A cheetah uses a termite mound as a vantage point during a downpour. Chobe National Park, Botswana © Dawie Jacobs

18. That quintessential moment on an African safari. Mara North Conservancy, Kenya © John Piper

19. Staff in hand, an Ethiopian elder rests outside his home at sunset. Omo Valley, Ethiopia © Kevin Dooley

20. A portrait of a Mundari cattle herder standing guard amongst his cattle in the South Sudan © Joe Buergi

21. A yellow-billed kite dips into focus as it flies in front of the looming form of an elephant. Chobe National Park, Botswana © Dawie Jacobs

22. Absolute focus from hungry lioness; absolute terror from warthog quarry. Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe. © Ana Zinger

23. Wildebeest dotted across the plain, silhouetted against an artistic sky. Liuwa Plain National park, Zambia © Andrew Macdonald

24. A conflagration of Msasa worms. Gurungwe Gap Guruve, Zimbabwe. © Chris Sheppard

25. A leopard is dwarfed by the tree it is using as a vantage point to survey its surroundings. Serengeti National Park, Tanzania ©Kaido Haagen

26. A cheetah cub learning the rudiments of grooming from its mother. Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa. © Gonnie Myburgh

27. Thousands of wildebeest brave the currents and crocodiles of the Mara River. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya © Ana Zinger

28. An inquisitive Palmato gecko – Namib Naukluft National Park, Namibia. © Werner Hoetzel

29. An African jacana takes flight. Chobe River, Botswana © Bruce Staples

30. An orca trawls the chilly waters surrounding Marion Island. © Tavis Dalton

31. An aerial shot of a chaotic fish market in Ganvie, Benin © Inger Vandyke

32. A skinner and cook in Kejetia bushmeat market takes a break from the heat coming off an old Bedford
engine block as the day’s catch is cauterized and cleansed by flame. Kumasi, Ghana © Robin Bruyns

33. An Ethiopian Orthodox priest sits in front of Abuna Yemeta Guh, a church hewn from the
caves some 800-1000 years ago. Hawzen woreda, Tigray region, Ethiopia. © Greg Metro

34. An imposing desert elephant bull stretches to reach the fruit and leaves of an Ana-tree (Faidherbia albida) near the Hoanib River in northern Namibia. ©Hesté de Beer

35. A yellow-billed oxpecker – star of the show. Kruger National Park, South Africa. © Quinn Kloppers

36. A diademed sifaka posing with a
somewhat amusing expression.
Andasibe-Mantadia National
Park, Madagascar. © Callum
Lootsma

37. A white rhino cow in the golden South African dust. South Africa. © Darren Donovan

38. A baboon rises to greet the first rays of the sunrise. Nsefu Sector, South Luangwa National Park, Zambia © Marc Mol

39. A dead kokerboom (quiver tree) is lit up by sunlight while in the background a storm approaches, bringing much-needed rain after a long drought in the Richtersveld. Springblokvlakte, South Africa ©Hesté de Beer

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