Andy Rouse / African lion (Panthera leo) female carrying young cub, Masai Mara, Kenya, Africa. Highly commended in the African Wildlife Category of the Nature's Best Photography Competition 2019.

Felis Images / Asiatic lion (Panthera leo persica), female and cubs in morning light, cub biting mother's leg. Gir National Park, Gujarat, India. Photo Phillip Ross/Felis Images

Andy Rouse / African Lion, (Panthera leo), female hunting, Masai Mara, Kenya, Africa,

Eric Baccega / Lioness (Panthera leo), aggressively rebuffing male lion banks of the Luangwa river, South Luangwa National Park, Zambia

Denis-Huot / Lioness (Panthera leo) playing with litter, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

Graeme Guy/ BIA / African Lion (Panthera leo) female suffocating Blue Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) prey, Masai Mara, Kenya

Francois Savigny / Lionesses grooming and cub {Panthera leo} Moremi NP Botswana

Francois Savigny / Rear view of Lioness head at sunset {Panthera leo} Southern Africa 2000

Sergey Gorshkov / Lioness (Panthera leo) trying to bring down African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) Londolozi Private Game Reserve, Sabi Sands Game Reserve, South Africa. Sequence 4 of 5

Neil Aldridge / Lioness (Panthera leo) yawning in early morning light on Kariega Game Reserve, South Africa.

Wim van den Heever / Lioness (Panthera leo) sitting during misty sunrise, Okavango Delta, Botswana.

Ingo Arndt / African Lion (Panthera leo) female feeding on Blue Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) kill, Masai Mara, Kenya