15 BREATHTAKING photos from the wild

Nature lovers hold your breath. Here’s a collection of 15 top images pre-selected by the jury from more than 41,000 entries from almost 100 countries, for a global online vote for the People’s Choice Award (wildlife category).

The highly anticipated wildlife photographer of the year exhibition goes on display at the Natural History Museum in London on October 24 before embarking on an international tour. 

This picture of a monkey appearing engrossed in his cell phone has been captioned 'Facebook update' by photographer Marsel van Oosten from Netherlands.

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This stunning photograph of a hunting jaguar has been captioned 'Apex predator' by American photographer Justin Black.

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A cat and mouse game. The image captioned 'Feel safe' has been clicked by Juan Carlos Mimó Perez, Spain.

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A leaping gentoo penguin by Paul Soulders from the US. 

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This stunning shot captioned 'Stretching' has been captured by Germany's Stephan Tuengler.

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Photographer Claudio Contreras Koob from Mexico captures an interesting shot.

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Captioned 'Piraputangas' this incredible picture has been clicked by Adriana Basques from Brazil.

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A moving picture of a baby rhino has been captioned 'Innocence Betrayed' by Hilary O'Leary from Zimbabwe.

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Photographer Raviprakash S S from India rightly calls this image 'Pure Magic'.

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This incredible photograph 'Bat festival' has been clicked by Jo¦o Paulo Krajewski of Brazil.

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This 'Moonlight climber' has been photographed by Alexander Badyaev of the US.

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'One eye on you', a photograph by Mohammad Khorshed of Kuwait.

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Australia's Karen Lunney captions her photograph 'Dante's Inferno'.

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'Flirting bearded seal' by Audun Rikardsen from Norway.

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Italy's Alain Ghignone caption's this image 'Too big but so tasty'.