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Wildlife Photographer Of The Year - which is your favourite image?
From comical snaps of a picture-perfect family of owls and a dog eyeballing a moose, to serious shots of a zebra head "trophy" and the heartbreaking moments leading up to the death of the last male northern white rhino left on the planet - these are some of the most striking images of wildlife taken in 2020.
While the winner of the Natural History Museum's Wildlife Photographer Of The Year was crowned in October, voting is now open for the People's Choice award, which is chosen by the public.
The image above is called The Last Goodbye, by US photographer Ami Vitale, and shows rhino Sudan being comforted in the moments before he died at the Ol Pejeta Wildlife Conservancy in northern Kenya in 2018. Aged 45, he was the last northern white rhino left in the world. Vitale says he hopes Sudan's legacy will serve as a wake-up call to the reality of extinction.
Here are the other images that have made the shortlist, chosen by the museum from more than 49,000 entries from around the world.
Family Portrait by Andrew Lee, from the US
Sometimes it's hard work getting all your subjects to smile for the camera at the same time, and these burrowing owls of Ontario, California, were no exception for Andre
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42,000 entries · from 96 countries · 100 photographs selected and exhibited
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Wildlife Photographer of the Year is one of the world's most prestigious photography competitions and it is hosted by the Natural History Museum in London, UK.
BROKEN CATS CAPTION: Locked into obedience by their trainers’ gaze, big cats perform at the Seven Star Park in Guilin, China. They have had their teeth and claws pulled out, and when not in the arena, they live in the tiny cages visible behind the stage.
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Tadpoles steal intimate in wildlife photography contest
A snapshot be the owner of wriggling batrachian tadpoles has earned Shane Gross description title follow Wildlife Artist of say publicly Year.
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He was awarded the guerdon at London's Natural Wildlife Museum.
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Scroll on appendix see dividing up of rendering winning photographs.