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In pictures: Australian Geographic's photo prize winners

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Stunning images of nature and wildlife across Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica and some Pacific islands are recognised each year in the Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year competition. Here are some of this year's winners.

Image source, MAT BEETSON
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This image of sharks circling a beached whale in Western Australia was the overall winner, with judges saying it revealed "incredible beauty in death"

Image source, FLLOYD MALLON
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The junior prize was won by 17-year-old Flloyd Mallon, for this shot of a lightning storm in New South Wales

Image source, PETE MCGEE
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A crested horn shark feeds on the egg case of a Port Jackson shark in Sydney

Image source, ROSS GUDGEON
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Decorator crabs in Indonesia attach stinging hydroids - aquatic invertebrates - to themselves to ward off predators

Image source, CHARLES DAVIS
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Eastern grey kangaroos in Kosciuszko National Park, New South Wales

Image source, NEIL PRITCHARD
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Water cascades through the Barron Falls in Queensland during flood season

Image source, ETIENNE LITTLEFAIR
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A Mertens' water monitor approaches photographer Etienne Littlefair's camera in the Northern Territory

Image source, CHARLES DAVIS
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A mother and baby wombat make their way to a neighbouring wombat's hole in New South Wales

Image source, SCOTT PORTELLI
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Male humpback whales swim past dolphins while looking for a female mate, in waters off Tonga

Image source, MELISSA WILLIAMS-BROWN
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A dry creek in Menindee Lakes, a drought-stricken part of Australia, where animal deaths have caused alarm

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