From an unlikely friendship to a leopard’s clumsy maneuver: the world’s leading wildlife photography competition reveals a sneak peek of this year's extraordinary images

Black vulture with outstretched wings perched on a crocodile floating in dark, reflective water.

With a record-breaking number of submissions of over 65,000 images, the world's leading wildlife photography competition reveals a sneak peek of the exceptional photographs captured from around the world.

Now running in its 62nd year, the Wildlife Photographer of the Year, developed and produced by the Natural History Museum, London, gives us rare insights into the intertwined lives of a rhino and an oxpecker, a not-so-easy-to-find dragon katydid and more – all showcasing the remarkable inhabitants of our planet.