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  • The London Natural History Museum's annual Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition awards photographers whose work inspires us to consider our place in the natural world and our responsibility to protect it.
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  • This year, the contest received 48,000 entries from photographers in 100 countries.
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  • The winning set of images includes snapshots of an interlocked army of ants, a stand-off between a surly fox and a shocked marmot, and a puma ambushing a guanaco.
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  • Here are 14 award-winning photographs from this year's contest.
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Capturing the hidden, unfiltered world of the animal kingdom on camera isn't easy. But the winning images from the London Natural History Museum's annual Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition give rare glimpses of animals' resilience.

This year, the photographers behind these pictures climbed coastal cliffs in Norway, trekked through the jungles of Costa Rica, and dove deep into the waters of Indonesia to observe animals' struggles to survive and get a decent meal.

Photographers from 100 countries submitted 48,000 entries for the contest, including photos of an interlocked ant army, a stand-off between a surly fox and a shocked marmot, and a puma ambushing a guanaco.

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The Natural History Museum announced the various winners at an awards ceremony on Tuesday; the photos will be on display at the museum starting October 18.

Here are 14 of the winners from this year's contest.

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