Cyril Ruoso / Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) adult female with orphan baby she has adopted, Gabon

Fergus Gill / Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus) portrait gazing alertly. Perthshire, Scotland, June

Mitsuaki Iwago / African Lion (Panthera leo) male gazing across plains, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

Juan Carlos Munoz / Man looking through a telescope at the night sky, Eifel Dark Sky Park, Eifel National Park, Germany, September 2016.

Sandesh Kadur / Sambar deer (Rusa unicolor) adult male gazing. Bandipur National Park, India.

Denis-Huot / Leopard (Panthera pardus) looking at vultures near its prey, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

Denis-Huot / Leopard (Panthera pardus) looking at vultures near its prey, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

Roland Seitre / Guide watching Uvea Parakeet (Eunymphicus uvaeensis) feeding on fruit, Gossanah, Ouvea, Loyalty Islands Province, New Caledonia, August 2012

Diane McAllister / Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) gazing off into the distance in Jigokudani, Japan. February

Markus Varesvuo / Male Little bustard (Tetrax tetrax) in field with cattle gazing, Spain, April

Tim Laman / Portrait of woman scubadiver (Apolinar Quinto) gazing at a large nudibranch, Malapascua Island, Visayan Sea, Philippines

Theo Allofs / Hiker overlooking fjord covered with small pieces of ice and large icebergs, mid-summer, June, Greenland