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“War Cub”

A team opens up a crate containing a rescued tiger cub in Poznań, Poland.
A team opens up a crate containing a rescued tiger cub in Poznań, Poland. Photo: © Michal Siarek, Wildlife Photographer of the Year

This shot was selected to be highly commended in the Photojournalism section of the competition. A team from Polan’s Poznań Zoo are seen opening a crate containing a tiger cub rescued from Ukraine. Perhaps obviously, tigers are not native to Ukraine. But hundreds of the animals have been evacuated since Russia’s invasion of the country in February 2022.