A light-hearted look at wildlife with a selection of finalists from the Nikon Comedy Wildlife awards. A winner will be announced on 10 December
Comedy wildlife photography awards 2024
Week in wildlife : a rare blue frog, a cheeky heron and climbing bears
The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world
On These Magic Shores: exploring spaces for childrenâs play â in pictures | Environment
The photographer Tamsyn Warde explores spaces in which children play in Hampshire, UK, examining how and where they play and where play belongs in their lives. Spontaneous play is child-led and sparked by their own imaginations and interests â and this kind of play evolves naturally when children have the opportunity, requiring time that is not dictated by an adult timetable, and freedom of an appropriate space close to home
âA distressing realityâ: our beautiful planet under threat â in pictures | Art and design
Damith Osuranga Danthanarayana: Human Disaster, 2023
Taken in Ampara, Sri Lanka, this photograph exposes a distressing reality: due to the reduction of natural habitats and the absence of efficient waste management, elephants are attracted to eat garbage dangerously close to human habitation. Plastic waste threatens their lives, yet currently thereâs no effective solution. Waste accumulation near forests lures elephants, and many other animals, away from their natural habitats, jeopardising their safety. During Danthanarayanaâs exploration, a small elephant was found, hurt by a homemade explosive
Week in wildlife – in pictures: a comedy seal, a cricket-loving owl and hairy pigs on Exmoor
The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world
Week in wildlife â in pictures: puffins on the rebound, a sticky turtle and a joey named Sprout | Environment
This baby swamp wallaby, nicknamed Sprout, was found by the roadside in Byron Bay, Australia. Her mother was killed in a car accident, but she survived by being thrown out of the pouch and on to the road
Photograph: James D Morgan/Getty Images
Where the magic happens: Americans let you into their bedrooms
From campervans and parks to bedsits crammed with family members, photographer Barbara Peacock finds her subjects at their most vulnerable
The inaccessible and abandoned islands of New York â in pictures | Art and design
Photographer Phillip Buehler, who captured the death of the American mall in a 2022 photo series, has a new exhibition of pictures from the last 50 years that trace the often forgotten history of the islands surrounding Manhattan. No Man Is an Island: Poetry in the Ruins of the New York Archipelago is now on show until 23 June at the Front Room Gallery in New York.
- Words and photographs by Phillip Buehler
Week in wildlife – in pictures: amorous frogs, battling stallions and an overaffectionate jaguar
The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world
Week in wildlife – in pictures: a giant hamster, a mustachoied deer and a zebra on the run
The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world