Captions Above (clockwise): A herd of elephants are surprised at a waterhole hide by the smell of humans; a mother holds her child who is dying of malaria (photo won an Africa Photo Award 2022); a leopard at rest after a long night hunt; and a younger Ndebele artist icon Dr Esther Mahlangu sits for a portrait.
Below (L-R): A face of hope in central Africa; a mother grinds maize in a Zambian village; a family of elephants protect their baby; soldiers on a pickup truck watch out for insurgents in a northern Ugandan war zone.