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“Last Gasp”

Photo: Lennart Verheuvel / Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Photo: Lennart Verheuvel / Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Winner of the Oceans: The Bigger Picture category, this heart-wrenching photo shows a beached orca that was initially rescued but stranded itself on the beach in the Netherlands. Later study of the animal found it was malnourished and sick.