In pictures: Africa

Africa will take you eye to eye with the unknown in the world’s greatest wilderness. The five diverse regions of this continent seem to stretch beyond the imagination.

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  Elephants

  A family of elephants cross the parched plains of Amboseli.

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  Dung beetle

  A dung beetle rolling a ball of camel dung in the Sahara.

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  Picathartes

  Picathartes the white necked rockfowl; its head is bald apart from three little feathers.

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  A baby green turtle

  A baby green turtle sees the world for the very first time.

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  A leaf folding frog

  Leaf folding frogs are right at home in the damp shade of the West African jungle.

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  A shoebill chick

  This chick was filmed in its nest for the first time.