That of an elephant who continues to move forward, carrying the body of her baby with her.
Futura: "An elephant carrying her deceased calf, somewhere in the Huab River valley in Namibia. It's a scene of rare intensity, immortalized by Federico Veronesi. It earned him the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026 award, a competition developed and produced by the Natural History Museum in London."
The photographer recounts that he was following a herd when strange tracks caught his attention: something had been dragged through the sand of a dried-up riverbed. This "something" was a dead baby elephant, its leg now wedged between its mother's tusk and trunk.
OTHER WINNERS
HIDDEN DEPTHS
BBC: "Tinker-Tsavalas uses macrophotography to reveal the intricate details of small animals easily overlooked, especially in urban habitats."
SECRET WORLDS
Uddin's photographs explore the miniature world of slime molds, organisms barely visible to the naked eye and whose fruiting structures are only one to two millimeters high.
WARNING SIGN
Negroni recounts this scene of a dead puma displayed as a hunting trophy in Santa Cruz, a province in Argentine Patagonia. Although Santa Cruz banned puma hunting in 2025, the illegal persecution continues.