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A lynx with brown and black spotty fur is stood on its back two legs. It is playing with a rodent which has been tossed in the airJosef Stefan/Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Nearly 86,000 people voted for this photo of a young Iberian lynx playing to win the Wildlife Photographer of the Year People's Choice Award 2026.

The photograph was taken by Austrian photographer Josef Stefan as the lynx played for around 20 minutes near to him.

The Iberian lynx is one of the world's rarest wildcats but thanks to conservation efforts, more than 2,000 live in the wild now compared to fewer than 100 in the early 2000s.

24 images were nominated for this award and as well as the winning pic, four other finalists were highly commended.

Check them out below!

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An photograph from directly above the ground. A mother polar bear lays on the ground in a patch of grass surrounded by dirt. One of her cubs is laying nearby also sleeping. Two other cubs rest their heads on their mother's back and neck as she sleeps. Christopher Paetkau/Wildlife Photographer of the Year

This photograph of a mother polar bear and her three cubs was taken by Christopher Paetkau in the Canadian summer heat.

They are resting after their long journey north along the Hudson Bay.

A flock of pink flamingoes stands in the water between some mounds of earth. The water is very blue. They are framed in the middle of the photo during a sunset. The sky near the earth is pink and it transitions to orange to blue. The pylons frame the flamingoes as they get smaller into the distance. Two flamingoes fly above at the top of the frameAlexandre Brisson/Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Alexandre took this photograph after a 10-hour drive. He said the smell from a nearby dump was overwhelming which contrasted with the beauty he was seeing and able to capture on his camera.

He waited at this bird sanctuary in Walvis Bay, Namibia for just the right mmoment to capture some flamingoes flying overhead too.

Two bear cubs play in the road. There is a car approaching from behind them with their headlights on. The headlights highlight the bears' silhouettes.Will Nicholls/Wildlife Photographer of the Year

While bears are a pretty common sight in Jasper National Park in Canada, seeing cubs. like this is rarer because their mothers tend to keep them away from danger.

They were play fighting in the middle of a quiet road when Will captured their silhouettes against a car's headlights.

He said when the lights aligned, he knew it was the image he was after.