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From leaping mudskippers to volcanic eruptions: the World Nature Photography awards 2025 – in pictures

From leaping mudskippers to volcanic eruptions: the World Nature Photography awards 2025 – in pictures
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Source: The Guardian
Author: Guardian Staff
Published: Feb, 28 2025 14:00

The World Nature Photography awards have announced their winners for 2025. From white-cheeked terns to a blue-tailed damselfly peeking through a daisy, the photographs are a stark reminder of the beauty and chaos of the natural world. The top award went to Maruša Puhek’s image of two deers running through a Slovenian vineyard.

[‘Run’. Two deer running through the snowy vineyard - Murščak, SloveniaGold and grand prize of World Nature Photographer of the Year]
Image Credit: the Guardian [‘Run’. Two deer running through the snowy vineyard - Murščak, SloveniaGold and grand prize of World Nature Photographer of the Year]

Fri 28 Feb 2025 14.00 GMT. Photograph: Maruša Puhek/World Nature Photography awards. Photograph: Irina Petrova/World Nature Photography awards. Photograph: Donna Feldichuk/World Nature Photography awards. Photograph: Ael Kermarec/World Nature Photography awards.

[The Colour Out of Space. Bronze in the plants and fungi category.]
Image Credit: the Guardian [The Colour Out of Space. Bronze in the plants and fungi category.]

Photograph: Charlotte Keast/World Nature Photography awards. Photograph: Elizabeth Yicheng Shen/World Nature Photography awards. Photograph: Khaichuin Sim/World Nature Photography awards. Photograph: Pandula Bandara/World Nature Photography awards. Photograph: Mohammad Murad/World Nature Photography awards.

[‘Might as well jump.’ Fox – Lac La Biche, Alberta, Canada Bronze in the behaviour mammals category]
Image Credit: the Guardian [‘Might as well jump.’ Fox – Lac La Biche, Alberta, Canada Bronze in the behaviour mammals category]

Photograph: Marcio Esteves Cabral/World Nature Photography awards. Photograph: Sina Ritter/World Nature Photography awards. Photograph: Clive Burns/World Nature Photography awards. Photograph: Rory J Lewis/World Nature Photography awards. Photograph: Tom Nickels/World Nature Photography awards.

[Volcanic eruption on the Reykjanes peninsula – Svartsengi, Reykjanes, Iceland. Gold in the Nature photojournalism category.]
Image Credit: the Guardian [Volcanic eruption on the Reykjanes peninsula – Svartsengi, Reykjanes, Iceland. Gold in the Nature photojournalism category.]

Photograph: Paul Goldstein/World Nature Photography awards. Photograph: Robert Middleton/World Nature Photography awards. Photograph: Jonathan Hodgetts/World Nature Photography awards. Photograph: Thomas Vijayan/World Nature Photography awards. Photograph: Brian Creek/World Nature Photography awards.

[Ankle bracelets. Asian elephant – Bardiya National Park, Nepal.Bronze in the Nature photojournalism category.]
Image Credit: the Guardian [Ankle bracelets. Asian elephant – Bardiya National Park, Nepal.Bronze in the Nature photojournalism category.]

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