The document showcases photographs submitted for the Africa Geographic Photographer of the Year 2018 competition. It features over 30 photographs from national parks, reserves, and communities across Africa depicting wildlife such as elephants, gorillas, lions, and birds, as well as cultural images of people and landscapes. The photographs were taken in countries including Zimbabwe, South Africa, Uganda, Kenya, Chad, Senegal, Namibia, Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia, Ethiopia, Rwanda, and Botswana.

2. Africa Geographic Photographer of the Year 2018

3. An elephant's trunk in Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe © Giovanni Frescura

4. Elephant feet in Kruger National Park, South Africa © Tessa Barlin

5. A young mountain gorilla hangs around in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda © Thorsten Hanewald

6. Impala on the run in Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya © David Hartmann

7. 'Lion sunrise' in Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya © Chandrashekar Kalyanasundaram

8. Early morning chores in a mango plantation, near Moundou, Chad © Inger Vandyke

9. 'Rain' - a Bassari tribe child catches the long-awaited rain at the harvest season in eastern Senegal © Enrique Lopez-Tapia

10. 'The hunter and the hunted' – a harlequin shrimp feeds off a sea star in Rocktail Bay, iSimangaliso Marine Park, South Africa © Peet J. van Eeden

11. A lion at sunrise in Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya © Andrew Campbell

12. 'Rainforest in the mist' in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda © Thorsten Hanewald

13. 'Before the storm' – a lone bull elephant in Kruger National Park, South Africa © Annemarie du Plessis

14. 'Looking for you' in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda © Thorsten Hanewald

15. An elephant's eye in Kruger National Park, South Africa © Ryno Vosloo

16. 'Warrior' in northern Kenya © Natalia Mroz

17. A lilac-breasted roller catching grasshopper, Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania © Sepp Friedhuber

18. 'The winged soldier' – a devil firefish in northern Zanzibar © Peet J. van Eeden

19. 'Lion King' in Olare Motorogi Conservancy, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya © Andy Howe

20. African wild dogs hunting the wildebeests as the sun sets, Maswa Game Reserve, Tanzania © Vianney Jacob Kabwine

21. 'The Dead Silence' – The sunrise lights up the dunes in the background, Deadvlei, Namibia © Shishir Kumar Jain

22. A nomad woman in Kassala, Sudan © Rene Bauer

23. 'Chaos and calm' in Mara Triangle, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya © Ketan Khambhatta

24. Zebra grinning with the oxpeckers perched on its back in
Kruger National Park, South Africa © Christopher Graupner

25. Quiver trees at sunset in Keetmanshoop, Namibia © Monique Adams

26. Crocodile in Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania © Sepp Friedhuber

27. 'Who's going first?' – wildebeest line up in front of the Mara River in Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya © Jacques-Andre Dupont

28. 'A mother's love' in Manyeleti Game Reserve, South Africa © Armand Grobler

29. A portrait of a group of women from the Borana tribe in southern Ethiopia © Greg Metro

30. An old Turkana lady at Lake Turkana, Kenya © Andrei Daniel Mihalca

31. Himba warrior leading his donkey above Epupa Falls, Namibia © Cohan Zarnoch

32. 'Grumpy face' – a girl at a water well in Naga, Sudan © Rene Bauer

33. 'Lion's eye' in Chobe National Park, Botswana © Vikram Ghanekar

34. 'Strike' – a chameleon tries to catch his lunch in Windhoek, Namibia © Andy Edge

35. A cheetah hiding in the marsh in Ndutu, Tanzania © Thorsten Henewald

36. A spotted bush snake, South Luangwa, Zambia © Karin Tieche

37. Two giraffes fighting each other in Mata Mata, Kgalagadi, South Africa © Annette Heymans

38. 'Solitary gemsbok' in Sossusvlei, Namibia © Monique Adams

39. Spectacled weavers in Uganda © Mark Paul

40. 'Protect my habitat' – a shoebill in Mabamba Swamps, Uganda © Usha Harish

41. Cheetahs walk shoulder-to-shoulder in the early morning light in Tiger Canyons, South Africa © Marc de Chalain

42. 'Danger in Nature' – A fish swimming dangerously close to a
crocodile at Lower Sabie Bridge in Kruger National Park, South
Africa. Note the dragonfly on the croc's back © Celeste Polley

43. 'Leap of faith' in Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya © Chandrashekar K.

44. A mother gorilla with youngster relax in Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda © Regi Popelier

45. Fish eagle calling at Lake Naivasha, Kenya © Chandrashekar K.

46. Wildscape with Mount Kilimanjaro in Amboseli National Park, Kenya © Matrishva Vyas

47. 'Uganda Sunset' in Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda © Mark Paul

48. Portrait of a young girl in Kouba Olanga, Chad © Inger Vandyke

49. The Milky Way over Baobab Forest at Kubu Island, Botswana © Darryn Haltmann

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