Here Are the 2021 Wildlife Photographer of the Year Winners

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Image: Angel Fitor/Wildlife Photographer of the Year

A pair of male cichlid fish battle over rights to a snail shell. Angel Fitor from Spain won the Portfolio Award for the photo, taken in Lake Tanganyika, one of the oldest of the East African Great Lakes.

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