Sergey Gorshkov is the winner of the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year. Here’s a look at some of the unforgettable clicks!

On Tuesday, Sergey Gorshkov was presented with the Wildlife Photographer of the Year award for an image of an Amur tigress hugging a Manchurian Fir tree. After 11 months of struggle in Russia’s Far East terrains, the only place where Amur are found on earth, Gorshkov captured the award-winning image.

Natural History Museum, which runs the competition, announced the list of winners through a press release.

“It’s a scene like no other. A unique glimpse of an intimate moment deep in a magical forest,” said Roz Kidman Cox, chair of the judging panel.

“Shafts of low winter sun highlight the ancient fir tree and the coat of the huge tigress as she grips the trunk in obvious ecstasy and inhales the scent of a tiger on resin, leaving her own mark as her message.”

Winners of other categories include Paul Hilton’s picture of a young pig-tailed macaque, which bagged the Wildlife Photojournalist Story Award, and Frank Deschandol’s photo of two wasps, which topped the Behavior: Invertebrate category.

Finnish photographer Liina Heikkinen became the Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2020 for her image of a fox protecting the goose it caught from five siblings.

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