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Ghostly Shot of Hyena Wins Wildlife Photographer of the Year Award
Wim van den Heever won for a decade-long effort using camera traps to capture the rarest hyena species in Namibia, chosen from over 60,000 entries worldwide.
- Wim van den Heever's haunting photograph of a brown hyena won the Wildlife Photographer of the Year award after a decade of effort and portrays the hyena in an abandoned diamond mining town in Namibia.
- The Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition will take place at the Natural History Museum in London from October 17, 2025, to July 12, 2026.
- Andrea Dominizi won the Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2025 for his image highlighting habitat loss in Italy, showcasing a longhorn beetle surrounded by logging machinery.
- Kathy Moran, chairwoman of the jury, praised van den Heever's image for its ability to reflect on wildlife reclaiming a once human-dominated environment.
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"Ghost Town Visitor," a photo by nature and landscape photographer Wim van den Heever, has won the grand prize in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. The photo shows a brown hyena, the rarest hyena species, in an abandoned mining town in Namibia. Discover the other winning photos below.
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