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Winner, animal portraits. Reflection, by Majed Ali, Kuwait. Ali trekked for four hours to meet Kibande, an almost 40-year-old mountain gorilla. “The more we climbed, the hotter and more humid it got”, he recalls. As cooling rain began to fall, Kibande remained in the open, seeming to enjoy the shower. Mountain gorillas are a sub-species of the eastern gorilla, and are found at altitudes above 1,400 metres in two isolated populations: at the Virunga volcano and the Bwindi area. They are endangered by habitat loss, disease and poaching. (Photo by Majed Ali/Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2021)
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