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The winning photo from the 2017 Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest is dark and bloody: A black rhino lies dead on the ground in South Africa's Hluhluwe Imfolozi Game Reserve, its horn brutally sawed off.
Other winning photos showcase the beauty of nature — sharks circle in a column of water, a bear cub wrestles with its mother, and a a congregation of sperm whales gather to socialize.
The winners of the annual contest, which is produced by the Natural History Museum in London, were announced late Tuesday night. They were chosen from more than 50,000 entries submitted from 92 countries around the world. A selection of preview images from the contest were released in September.
You can see the full gallery of winners and finalists on the museum's website, but we've published a selection of some winners and finalists below.
This red fox took a dive into a snowdrift in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, while trying to capture a vole — unsuccessfully.Ashleigh Scully/Wildlife Photographer of the YearThis male orangutan swung down to the ground for a snack in Gunung Palung National Park of Borneo.Russell Laman/Wildlife Photographer of the Year
A nesting leatherback turtle journeys back to the ocean in Sandy Point National Wildlife Refuge, St. Croix, US Virgin Islands.Brian Skerry/Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Lions rarely attack giraffes, but Michael Cohen thinks these two in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa, may have noticed that the animal's misshapen hooves made it difficult to run.Michael Cohen/Wildlife Photographer of the Year
These brook trout were battling for a position as a female prepared to lay eggs in her nearby nest in Magalloway River, Lincoln County, Maine.David Herasimtschuk/Wildlife Photographer of the Year
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