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

## Featured Image


## Blue-spotted mudskipper

### Gold in the behaviour – amphibians category

Photographer: Irina Petrova




## Paepalanthus – Veadeiros Tablelands, Brazil
Gold in plants and fungi category

Photographer: Marcio Esteves Cabral




## Polar bear – Svalbard, Norway
Gold in behaviour – mammals category

Photographer: Paul Goldstein




## Austfonna ice cap – Svalbard, Norway
Silver in the planet earth’s landscapes and environments category

Photographer: Thomas Vijayan




## Silverback mountain gorilla – Uganda
Silver in the black and white category

Photographer: Tom Way




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Published: 15 Mar 2025



## The week around the world in 20 pictures
Russian airstrikes in Donetsk, protests in Buenos Aires, floods in Brisbane and International Women’s Day: the past seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists

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Published: 14 Mar 2025



## Magic takes flight: Canberra Balloon Spectacular 2025 – in pictures
From 15-23 March, Lake Burley Griffin and the surrounding natural scenery is filled with colour as hot air balloons of all shapes and sizes take to the sky. Spectators young and old gathered around John Dunmore Lang Place in Parkes at the crack of dawn on Saturday for the magical experience

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Published: 15 Mar 2025



## An elephant buffet, a Lowry and Kenya’s melting glacier: photos of the day – Thursday
The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world

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Published: 13 Mar 2025



## Week in wildlife: leapfrogging monkeys, a strolling tortoise and Lincolnshire seals
The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world

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Published: 14 Mar 2025



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