Pictured: Winning entries for Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2005
Photograher Wim van den Heever got the winning shot beside an abandoned diamond mining settlement.
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Photograher Wim van den Heever got the winning shot beside an abandoned diamond mining settlement.
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