With a record 9,000 entries competing this year, the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards has reached its conclusion — and these are the winners for 2024.

It can take hours – and sometimes several days – in the wilderness to shoot the kinds of photographs that capture our imagination and reveal lesser-known facets of the lives of animals with whom we share our planet.

A photo of a squirrel stuck in a tree was named photo of the year at the 2024 Nikon Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards at the Oxo Gallery in London.