Escape with these images of animals and nature from around the world
Penguin parents, sinister serpents, and dogs that think they're people
Unless you happen to live in a bush tent overlooking the Serengeti, you’re probably a little short on natural beauty right now. Beyond a daily walk and reruns of David Attenborough, many of us have spent a lot of time inside away from animals and greenery.
The CEWE Photo Awards hope to provide some brief respite. With over €250,000 worth of prizes across 10 categories, organisers have released the finest photos so far submitted to the animals and nature categories.
Submission doesn’t actually close until May – until then, these varied beautiful photos range from rivers in Alaska to Antarctica’s frozen wastes…
A crocodile tries to go incognito
![crocodile](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2021/02/03114950/c6625e07-2ac2-4131-8ebb-a93a07d49331.png)
Christopher Barnofsky
A horse gets up close and personal
![horse](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2021/02/03114953/2c4c47bb-c349-4dba-af42-4d2d31791998.png)
Jane Wintersohl
A hungry bear tries to catch lunch
![bear in a waterfall](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2021/02/03114956/d7b4fe69-da25-4930-bf1e-8e6e98b1a217.png)
Doris Dörfler-Asmus
A kingfisher stops for a snack
![kingfisher](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2021/02/03114959/ef94c83d-2130-4fc0-a9d1-bc9df433c90f.png)
Thomas Hinsche
A pair of owls share a tender moment
![kissing owls](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2021/02/03115002/8cbe00ec-0de5-4b61-8525-e59e379fbb72.png)
Christian Mars
A penguin cares for its chick
![penguin and its baby](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2021/02/03115005/c86eb3ac-d005-4c0d-8eee-4cc6af76632b.png)
Christoph Bliem
A pigeon keeps cosy in the cold
![pigeon](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2021/02/03115009/92dad0ef-7a46-4349-996c-9f066d06e767.png)
Reinhold Fischer
A snake emerges from the depths
![a snake](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2021/02/03115012/031c92d6-994d-4187-9e5d-cc3bbecf7016.png)
Radim Hlaváč
A trio of meerkats keeps a lookout
![three meerkats](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2021/02/03115016/31a93bd2-5932-4c2c-b756-9a27d18e1ed2.png)
Clemens Capek
Oops! A squirrel drops its breakfast
![red squirrel dropping a nut](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2021/02/03115020/77ad07c8-a0e3-4f1c-bd16-87cad3356ce6.png)
Doris Dörfler-Asmus
Raindrops gather on a spider’s web
![spider on its web](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2021/02/03115021/76e3ba15-98ca-4d4e-86b2-b345028ffb54.jpg)
Michael Konrad
A puppy unimpressed by its first experience of snow
![puppy in snow](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2021/02/03115023/487e1dd9-d46b-44b5-b4b3-90af6e1368c1.png)
Talina Lux
Two zebras show off their patterned coats
![two zebra](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2021/02/03115033/6d0fe6a7-e36b-40ff-89db-a2f3f2c811e5.png)
Melanie Frey
Two butterflies show that sharing is caring
![two butterflies](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2021/02/03115027/dc3435db-9c9e-469e-8208-ea0bdfaa79fe.png)
Ruurd Visser
Two dogs wrap up in the cold
![two dogs wrapped in a blanket](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2021/02/03115031/c1cb6342-580e-4333-b7af-4c5ffcc572e0.png)
René Brunda
What are you looking at?
![cat](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2021/02/03115036/d6211d80-dd59-483b-988c-487c7438845e.png)
Emese Madarász-Grasselly
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