At the M-Shed museum, Bristol. Some heart-breaking and heart-warming pictures. Copyright of photos and text is acknowledged.

The bonobo and the mongoose.
Christian Ziegler (Germany) records this unusual sight of a young male bonobo gently holding a mongoose pup, deep in the rainforest.
Highly Commended Behaviour: Mammals Location Lulkotale, near Salonga National Park, Democratic Republic of the Congo Technical details Canon EOS RS+
100-500mm 14.5-71 lens at 200mm 1/200 at 15, 150 25600 Follow @christianziegler
Christian tracked a group of bonobos that were being studied by Barbara Fruth of the Max Planck Society. He recalls setting out ‘before light, wading ‘chest-deep through flooded forest, and frequently walking 20 kilometres (12 miles) a day. The bonobo. held and stroked the little mongoose for more than an hour.”
The situation probably had a darker beginning. Bonobos are mainly herbivores but occasionally they hunt. The mongoose pup- eventually released unharmed may have been taken when its mother was killed.

Seaweed symmetry
Alex Mustard (UK) finds the
perfect conditions to showcase
the beauty of seaweed.
Confined to the UK coast during the Covid-19 pandemic, Alex developed a love of seaweeds.
This Image, showing colourful fronds of bootlace seaweed reaching for the light, took planning and precise conditions: a high tide, clear water. calm weather and sunshine.
Highly Commended Plants and Fungi
Location Kimmeridge Bay, Dorset, UK Technical detalls Nikon D850+ 28-70mm lens: 1/40 sec at f16; ISO 160: Subal housing + Nauticam WACP-1 lens: 2x Retra Pro strobes. Follow @alexmustard!
Bootlace seaweed is hollow, allowing gas to accumulate towards its tip and keep it afloat. Seaweeds forming underwater kelp forests play important roles as foundations for coastal. habitats, feeding and sheltering hundreds of marine animals.