Stunning images from the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition (Global) 29/Aug/2024

Some of the stunning images from the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition for this year.

Sleepy seals, a “dancing” stoat and a caiman’s fatal encounter with a jaguar are among the highly commended images in this year’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.

The 60th edition of the contest received a record 59,228 entries from people of all ages and experience levels from 117 countries and territories, according to a press release from organizers the Natural History Museum, in London.

They were judged by a panel on their creativity, originality and technical excellence.

The highly commended images feature in a range of categories, including 10 years and under, natural artistry, animals in their environment, underwater, and oceans: the bigger picture.

Among the images, a selection of which is featured in the gallery above, is a poignant image of a frosted deer on a forest floor on an icy winter morning. The image has become the first ever photograph taken with a smartphone to be given a highly commended honour at the competition.

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