{
  "id": 14645585,
  "title": "INPICTURES: Wildlife photographer of the year 2026 winners",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/inpictures-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-2026-winners",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-15T08:10:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Maverick",
    "slug": "daily-maverick",
    "url": "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-10-15-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-2026-winners/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Federico Veronesi has won the overall title at the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026 competition for his image \"The Aftermath.\" The black-and-white photograph, taken in Namibia's Huab River Valley, depicts a female elephant carrying a deceased calf wedged between her trunk and tusk. According to Euronews, Veronesi captured the moment after noticing unusual drag marks in a dry riverbed. Jury Chair Kathy Moran described the image as an emotional \"gut punch\" and \"heartbreakingly poignant\" evidence of animal consciousness.\n\nThe competition, organized by London’s Natural History Museum, saw a record 65,403 entries from 121 countries and territories. Other category winners include Michał Michalski of Poland for \"Escape Artistry\" in the Natural Artistry category, and Alex Visbal of Colombia for \"The Great Divide\" in the Wetlands: The Bigger Picture category, which depicts the Great Salt Lake in Utah.\n\nOscar Whitfield was named the Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026 for a photograph of a dung beetle in Zimbabwe's Zambezi National Park. Whitfield was 14 years old when he captured the prize-winning shot.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "BBC Science",
        "title": "Pictured: Winning entries for Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/pictured-winning-entries-for-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-2026",
        "published": "2026-10-13T23:26:54.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Times of India",
        "title": "Oscar Whitfield wins Young Wildlife Photographer title with dung beetle image",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/oscar-whitfield-wins-young-wildlife-photographer-title-with-dung",
        "published": "2026-10-14T07:40:53.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}