Photographs capturing remarkable wildlife moments in Namibia, Zimbabwe, Kenya and Uganda are among the winners of the 2026 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.
The annual competition, organised by London’s Natural History Museum, attracted more than 65 000 entries from 121 countries and territories. The winning images will be displayed at the museum from October 16 until July 11, 2027.
Federico Veronesi took the overall title with The Aftermath, a black-and-white photograph of a female elephant carrying a deceased calf in Namibia’s Huab River Valley. The image offers a rare glimpse into the complex behaviour of elephants regarding death.
Oscar Whitfield won the 2026 Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year award for his close-up photograph of a dung beetle in Zimbabwe’s Zambezi National Park.
In Kenya's Chyulu Hills National Park, James Lewin captured an elephant spraying a group of zebras gathered at a waterhole. His photograph, The Meeting Place, was the winner in the Animals in their Environment category.
Isak Pretorius won the Behaviour: Birds category with Scenes from the Swamp featuring two shoebill storks in the wetland vegetation of Uganda’s Mabamba Swamp.
