STRIKING images taken across the world show the very best of wildlife photography. 

Each photographer who has captured these images is up for a gong at the Wildlife Photographer of the Year award. 

This snap of golden snub-nosed monkeys trying to keep warm is a hot fave to win a wildlife photo awardTwo foxes were pictured nuzzling each other on Canada’s Prince Edward Island

A snap of golden snub-nosed monkeys trying to keep warm is a hot fave to win.

The chilly trio were captured while huddling together at China’s Qinling Mountains.

Also photographed was Olobor, one of a five-strong coalition of lions in Kenya’s Maasai Mara National Reserve.

And a snow leopard has also been pictured perfectly in northern India.

Twenty-five images are in the running for the award. 

They are run by the National History Museum in London. 

Graffiti art of a cat on a wall with a real gecko in Corella, northern Spain, also made the shortlist for Wildlife Photographer of the YearThree bottlenose dolphins were pictured swimming in Monterey Bay, CaliforniaA snow leopard was pictured perfectly in northern IndiaOlobor, one of a five-strong coalition of lions in Kenya’s Maasai Mara National Reserve was also photographed

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