Overview

• Van den Heever’s "Ghost Town Visitor" shows a rare brown hyena in Kolmanskop, Namibia, captured after nearly 10 years of attempts with camera traps.
• The image also won the Urban Wildlife category, with judges praising its portrayal of wildlife reclaiming an abandoned human setting.
• Italian teenager Andrea Dominizi won Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year for "After the Destruction," featuring a longhorn beetle against abandoned logging machinery.
• Brazilian photographer Fernando Faciole received the Impact Award for a photo of an orphaned giant anteater pup following a human caregiver.
• The winning images go on display at London’s Natural History Museum on October 17 before touring in the U.K. and internationally.