With a record 9,000 entries competing this year, the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards has reached its conclusion — and these are the winners for 2024.

An image of a red squirrel stuck in a tree has been named the winner of this year’s Nikon Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards.

That’s right: The Nikon Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards just announced its annual selection of winning and highly commended photographs. The images span the animal kingdom, from armored mantises to furry felines, but all do something to capture the humorous in what can be a quite uncaring world.