A ghostly shot of a rare hyena visiting the skeletal remains of a long-abandoned diamond mining town in Kolmanskop, Namibia, has won the best image in this year’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year award.
The annual competition, run by London’s Natural History Museum, received a record-breaking 60,636 entries from 113 countries and territories this year. Winners were announced this week, with South African photographer Wim van den Heever claiming the top prize.
“How fitting that this photograph was made in a ghost town,” said Kathy Moran, chair of the judging panel. “You get a prickly feeling just looking at this image and you know that you’re in this hyena’s realm.”
