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Federico Veronesi wins Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026

The Italian photographer took the overall title with an image of an elephant carrying a dead calf in Namibia’s Huab River Valley.

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Desert elephants in the Huab River in Namibia.
File photograph of desert elephants in the Huab River, Namibia, taken in 2006. Greg Willis from Arlington, VA, usa — Greg Willis, “Desert elephants in the Huab River” (resized and converted to WebP). CC BY-SA 2.0.Image sourceImage licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
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Italian photographer Federico Veronesi won the overall Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026 title for an image of an elephant carrying a dead calf in Namibia’s Huab River Valley, according to results reported on 13 October by BBC News.

What the photograph shows

Veronesi initially thought the elephant was the calf’s mother, but that relationship is uncertain. BBC News reported that researchers identified her as a female that had lost a calf several years earlier and had previously picked up dead calves belonging to other females.

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