A hyena prowling an abandoned mining town and a beetle perched to witness the destruction of its forest habitat are the winners of the year's Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.
The two grand prize winners and 19 category winners were announced Wednesday by the Natural History Museum in London, which has put on the competition for 61 years.
South African wildlife photographer Wim van den Heever earned the title of Wildlife Photographer of the Year with Ghost Town Visitor, a night-time photo of a brown hyena among the ruins of an abandoned mining diamond mining town in Kolmanskop, Namibia.
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