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    Wildlife Photographer of the Year – People’s Choice 2023

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    A shortlist of 25 images has been selected for the Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice award. Vote for your favourite image online, with the winner announced on 7 February 2024. The 25 images are currently on display at the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition at the Natural History Museum, London

    The Grassland Geladas

    Gelada monkeys in the Simien mountains of Ethiopia Photograph: Marco Gaiotti/Wildlife Photographer of the Year/PA
    Gelada monkeys in the Simien mountains of Ethiopia
    Photograph: Marco Gaiotti/Wildlife Photographer of the Year/PA

    Troublemaker

    An Adelie penguin approaches an emperor penguin and its chick during feeding time in Antarctica’s Atka Bay Photograph: Stefan Christmann/Wildlife Photographer of the Year/PA
    An Adelie penguin approaches an emperor penguin and its chick during feeding time in Antarctica’s Atka Bay
    Photograph: Stefan Christmann/Wildlife Photographer of the Year/PA

    Swallow Over Meadow

    A barn swallow flies over a meadow of cornflowers in eastern Germany Photograph: Hermann Hirsch/Jan Lessman/Wildlife Photographer of the Year/PA
    A barn swallow flies over a meadow of cornflowers in eastern Germany
    Photograph: Hermann Hirsch/Jan Lessman/Wildlife Photographer of the Year/PA

    Ice Bed

    A polar bear snoozes on receding ice in Norway’s Svalbard archipelago Photograph: Nima Sarikhani/Wildlife Photographer of the Year/PA
    A polar bear snoozes on receding ice in Norway’s Svalbard archipelago
    Photograph: Nima Sarikhani/Wildlife Photographer of the Year/PA

    The Happy Turtle

    A Balkan pond turtle snapping at a northern banded groundling dragonfly in Israel’s Jezreel Valley Photograph: Tzahi Finkelstein/Wildlife Photographer of the Year/PA
    A Balkan pond turtle snapping at a northern banded groundling dragonfly in Israel’s Jezreel Valley
    Photograph: Tzahi Finkelstein/Wildlife Photographer of the Year/PA

    Starling Murmuration

    A murmuration of starlings makes shapes in the sky above Rome, Italy Photograph: Daniel Dencescu/Wildlife Photographer of the Year/PA
    A murmuration of starlings makes shapes in the sky above Rome, Italy
    Photograph: Daniel Dencescu/Wildlife Photographer of the Year/PA

    Snowshoes by Bull in a Garbage Dump

    A bull elephant surrounded by stray dogs stomps through rubbish as it scavenges at a dump in Tissamaharama, Sri Lanka Photograph: Brent Stirton/Wildlife Photographer of the Year/PA
    A bull elephant surrounded by stray dogs stomps through rubbish as it scavenges at a dump in Tissamaharama, Sri Lanka
    Photograph: Brent Stirton/Wildlife Photographer of the Year/PA

    Neighbourhood Dispute

    A mudskipper fiercely defends its territory from a trespassing crab in Roebuck Bay, Australia Photograph: Ofer Levy/Wildlife Photographer of the Year/PA
    A mudskipper fiercely defends its territory from a trespassing crab in Roebuck Bay, Australia
    Photograph: Ofer Levy/Wildlife Photographer of the Year/PA

    Opportunity Fox

    A young red fox scavenges in a bin in London Photograph: Matt Maran/Wildlife Photographer of the Year/PA
    A young red fox scavenges in a bin in London
    Photograph: Matt Maran/Wildlife Photographer of the Year/PA

    Looking At Me, Looking At You

    A grizzly bear in the Chilko River, British Columbia, Canada Photograph: John E Marriott/Wildlife Photographer of the Year/PA
    A grizzly bear in the Chilko River, British Columbia, Canada
    Photograph: John E Marriott/Wildlife Photographer of the Year/PA

    Homecoming by Dvir Barkay

    A pygmy round-eared bat returns to its termite-nest home in the lowland forests of Costa Rica Photograph: Dvir Barkay/Wildlife Photographer of the Year/PA
    A pygmy round-eared bat returns to its termite-nest home in the lowland forests of Costa Rica
    Photograph: Dvir Barkay/Wildlife Photographer of the Year/PA

    Curiosity

    A mother lion keeps a watchful eye while her cub goes exploring in South Africa’s Kruger national park Photograph: Gerald Hinde/Wildlife Photographer of the Year/PA
    A mother lion keeps a watchful eye while her cub goes exploring in South Africa’s Kruger national park
    Photograph: Gerald Hinde/Wildlife Photographer of the Year/PA

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    Duckling Huddle

    Wood duckling chicks huddle together for warmth in a late spring snowstorm in Smiggin Holes, New South Wales, Australia Photograph: Charles Davis/Wildlife Photographer of the Year/PA
    Wood duckling chicks huddle together for warmth in a late spring snowstorm in Smiggin Holes, New South Wales, Australia
    Photograph: Charles Davis/Wildlife Photographer of the Year/PA

    Autumn Glow

    Bulrushes and quaking aspens line the Cabriel River in the Sierra de Albarracin mountains in Spain Photograph: Uge Fuertes Sanz/Wildlife Photographer of the Year/PA
    Bulrushes and quaking aspens line the Cabriel River in the Sierra de Albarracin mountains in Spain
    Photograph: Uge Fuertes Sanz/Wildlife Photographer of the Year/PA

    Tough Negotiation

    A red fox cub eyes a shrew in the Judean foothills, Israel Photograph: Ayala Fishaimer/Wildlife Photographer of the Year/PA
    A red fox cub eyes a shrew in the Judean foothills, Israel
    Photograph: Ayala Fishaimer/Wildlife Photographer of the Year/PA

    Fashion Victims

    Confiscated coats in Hamburg made from the skins of some of the most endangered big cats Photograph: Britta Jaschinski/Wildlife Photographer of the Year/PA
    Confiscated coats in Hamburg made from the skins of some of the most endangered big cats
    Photograph: Britta Jaschinski/Wildlife Photographer of the Year/PA

    Tender Touch

    Two courting mountain hares in the Monadhliath mountains of Scotland Photograph: Andy Parkinson/Wildlife Photographer of the Year/PA
    Two courting mountain hares in the Monadhliath mountains of Scotland
    Photograph: Andy Parkinson/Wildlife Photographer of the Year/PA

    Rubbish Drinks

    A Celebes crested macaque investigates the contents of a plastic bottle from a pile on a beach at the edge of Tangkoko Batuangus nature reserve, Indonesia Photograph: Claire Waring/Wildlife Photographer of the Year/PA
    A Celebes crested macaque investigates the contents of a plastic bottle from a pile on a beach at the edge of Tangkoko Batuangus nature reserve, Indonesia
    Photograph: Claire Waring/Wildlife Photographer of the Year/PA

    A Rare Sight

    An Ethiopian wolf keeps an eye out in Ethiopia’s Bale mountains national park Photograph: Axel Gomille/Wildlife Photographer of the Year/PA
    An Ethiopian wolf keeps an eye out in Ethiopia’s Bale mountains national park
    Photograph: Axel Gomille/Wildlife Photographer of the Year/PA

    Aurora Jellie

    Moon jellyfish swarm in the waters of a fjord outside Tromso in northern Norway illuminated by the aurora borealis Photograph: Audun Rikardsen/Wildlife Photographer of the Year/PA
    Moon jellyfish swarm in the waters of a fjord outside Tromso in northern Norway illuminated by the aurora borealis
    Photograph: Audun Rikardsen/Wildlife Photographer of the Year/PA

    Incoming Cuckoo Wasp

    A cuckoo wasp tries to enter a mason bee’s clay burrow near Montpellier, France Photograph: Frank Deschandol/Wildlife Photographer of the Year/PA
    A cuckoo wasp tries to enter a mason bee’s clay burrow near Montpellier, France
    Photograph: Frank Deschandol/Wildlife Photographer of the Year/PA

    Shared Parenting

    A lion cub gets lots of attention in Maasai Mara, Kenya Photograph: Mark Boyd/Wildlife Photographer of the Year/PA
    A lion cub gets lots of attention in Maasai Mara, Kenya
    Photograph: Mark Boyd/Wildlife Photographer of the Year/PA

    Hope

    A rescued chimpanzee looks on from its enclosure at the Chimpanzee conservation centre in the Republic of Guinea Photograph: Roberto Garcia-Roa/Wildlife Photographer of the Year/PA
    A rescued chimpanzee looks on from its enclosure at the Chimpanzee conservation centre in the Republic of Guinea
    Photograph: Roberto Garcia-Roa/Wildlife Photographer of the Year/PA

    Missed Sip of Milk

    Milk from a humpback whale swirls through the water, missed by her whale calf off the coast of Rurutu, French Polynesia Photograph: Karim Iliya/Wildlife Photographer of the Year/PA
    Milk from a humpback whale swirls through the water, missed by her whale calf off the coast of Rurutu, French Polynesia
    Photograph: Karim Iliya/Wildlife Photographer of the Year/PA

    Snowshoes

    A snowshoe hare pauses in the Rocky mountain national park, US. Photograph: Deena Sveinsson/Wildlife Photographer of the Year/PA
    A snowshoe hare pauses in the Rocky mountain national park, US.
    Photograph: Deena Sveinsson/Wildlife Photographer of the Year/PA

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    Matt Fidler at The Guardian

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