The image above, titled "High Five" has made photographer Mark Meth Cohn the overall winner of the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards for 2025. He spent four days in the Virunga Mountains of Rwanda shooting gorillas ...with a camera. This young male put on a show to display his acrobatic flair, and it paid off. Paula Rustemeier won the category of young photographer (under 25) with this image of three juvenile foxes playing in a nature reserve. She spend so much time with them that they were completely unafraid of her.
One commenter said, "That's like every 3 people friend group: one falls down, one is shocked and worries and the other one just laughs." The under 16 category and the reptile, amphibian, and insect categories were won by Grayson Bell for a photo you saw here yesterday.
Now in it's 11th year, the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards received more than 10,000 entries this year. See all the winners of the various categories and highly commended photos in this gallery. One award is still up for grabs, and you can vote for the People's Choice Award here.
