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I have a picture for you! 16 January 2022 - 22 January 2022

The First Thing newsletter's Ever-lasting Subscriber Photo Gallery.
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By Daily Maverick
21 Jan
Feed me! (Jessica The Hippo, Hoedspruit). Image: Paul Finnie Tapper

Want to send us your photos?  You need to be a First Thing Subscriber.When you're subscribed and ready, there'll be a link to submit your own pics in the Picture of the Day section.

Guidelines: we try to be as inclusive as possible when publishing your fantastic photos. However, if you can, please try orient your camera horizontally ('landscape' format) and please, please, try send us as high resolution a photo as possible.

NOTE: We limit our weekly entries to maximum 20. If you're picture's not published, please keeping sending them in!

First Thing's John Stupart is very much a dog person, but we encourage all wildlife and animal-related pictures.

Are you an amateur or professional photographer? While we don't have money for your pics, if you have a portfolio link or options for prints, let us know when you submit your pic and we'll do our best to include it.

Note: By submitting a photo you acknowledge that you have given us permission to publish them on this site and in this format. You still hold all rights to your work. If you would like to re-use, print, or otherwise use our subscribers' photos, contact us and we'll put you in touch with the original photographers.

Sun with rainbow around! Image: Mathilda Gey van Pittius
Sun with rainbow around! Image: Mathilda Gey van Pittius
Sunset at Ilha de Mozambique. Image: @h_salejee
Sunset at Ilha de Mozambique. Image: @h_salejee
Rock Kestrel -Undeniable Beauty. Image: Peter Tychsen
Rock Kestrel -Undeniable Beauty. Image: Peter Tychsen
Beauty Beach. Image: Deon Muller
Beauty Beach. Image: Deon Muller
Secretary bird masquerading as a North American Apache Indian. Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. Image: Steph Vermeulen
Secretary bird masquerading as a North American Apache Indian. Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. Image: Steph Vermeulen
Peaceful. Image: Corrie Botha
Peaceful. Image: Corrie Botha
After the rain comes sunshine… <br> Image: Glória Clegg
After the rain comes sunshine…
Image: Glória Clegg
Walter Sisulu botanical gardens. Image: Glória Clegg
Walter Sisulu botanical gardens. Image: Glória Clegg
What are you looking at? Image: Nicole Beare
What are you looking at? Image: Nicole Beare
Hermanus dawn. Image: Greg Garden.
Hermanus dawn. Image: Greg Garden.
Grubs up, in Entabeni. Image: Ben Durham
Grubs up, in Entabeni. Image: Ben Durham
A close encounter at Addo. Image: Dudley Morrissey
A close encounter at Addo. Image: Dudley Morrissey
Charlie’s last swim of the day on Scarborough Beach. Image: Sue O’Brien
Charlie’s last swim of the day on Scarborough Beach. Image: Sue O’Brien
Looking out over Kettlespout falls, Hogsback. Image: Kerrigan McCarthy
Looking out over Kettlespout falls, Hogsback. Image: Kerrigan McCarthy
Oh no - another gap. Taken at Dikhololo at the beginning of the summer. Image: Marlene Birkholtz
Oh no - another gap. Taken at Dikhololo at the beginning of the summer. Image: Marlene Birkholtz
Stormy sky over Sanbona Nature Reserve WC Saturday 15 January 2022. Image: Heila Downey.
Stormy sky over Sanbona Nature Reserve WC Saturday 15 January 2022. Image: Heila Downey.
Fishermen at Naturesvalley. Image: Peter Swart
Fishermen at Naturesvalley. Image: Peter Swart
How green is my valley. A road trip round South Africa during the festive period, showed how luridly green the country is (mostly). This image was taken in the Transkei. Image: Hugh Fraser
How green is my valley. A road trip round South Africa during the festive period, showed how luridly green the country is (mostly). This image was taken in the Transkei. Image: Hugh Fraser
One legged black bird. Image: Greg Meikle Braes
One legged black bird. Image: Greg Meikle Braes
Wolf Moon, 2022. Image: Chris Heymans
Wolf Moon, 2022. Image: Chris Heymans
Cape St Francis - the view from the top of the lighthouse at Seal Point. Image: Supplied
Cape St Francis - the view from the top of the lighthouse at Seal Point. Image: Supplied
Flying Saucer Menaces Cape Town. Image: Janice Ashby
Flying Saucer Menaces Cape Town. Image: Janice Ashby
Cederberg. Not today, thank you! Image: Rosemund Handler
Cederberg. Not today, thank you! Image: Rosemund Handler
The dam in Eedenglen Retirement Village, Jeffreys Bay. Image: Piet Aucamp
The dam in Eedenglen Retirement Village, Jeffreys Bay. Image: Piet Aucamp
Overgrazing in the Karoo. Image: Jane Turner
Overgrazing in the Karoo. Image: Jane Turner
Oyster catcher at Hangklip beach Pringle Bay. Image: Karin Linder
Oyster catcher at Hangklip beach Pringle Bay. Image: Karin Linder
Our Dying Oceans - West Coast, SA. Image: Sonia Elliott
Our Dying Oceans - West Coast, SA. Image: Sonia Elliott
Durban summer sunrise. Image: Quraisha Dawood
Durban summer sunrise. Image: Quraisha Dawood
Rough Seas at Bakoven. Image: Leigh-Ann Scarratt
Rough Seas at Bakoven. Image: Leigh-Ann Scarratt
Bath time at The Crags. Image: David Collett
Bath time at The Crags. Image: David Collett
Surf’s up! Image: Alex Downes
Surf’s up! Image: Alex Downes
The top 20 Northern Cape achievers in the 2021 National Senior Certificate Examination were crowned on Friday in Kimberley. Besides the honour of being amongst the top 20 some of them also won certificates for being the top achievers in certain subjects. Each of them won R10 000 in cash and a laptop computer. Matthew Holm, top achiever received a cheque for R50 000. 21.01.2022. Picture: Charné Kemp
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Matthew Holm from Kathu High school, the top achiever in the Northern Cape was congratulated by Premier Dr. Zamani Saul, in Kimberley on Friday. Holm is enrolled at Stellenbosch University where he will study BSc Data Science with Applied Mathematics. He also won an accolade as the top achiever in mathematics. 21.01.2022. Picture: Charné Kemp
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The top three 2021 achievers in the National Senior Certificate Examination in the Northern Cape are, from left to right: Khadija Hoosain from Kimberley Girls’ High in third position, Shannon Wong Fatt, also from Kimberley Girls’ High in second position and Matthew Holm from High School Kathu is the top achiever. Hoosain is studying optometry at the University of Johannesburg, Fatt is enrolled to study medicine at Stellenbosch University and Holm will study BSc Data Science with Applied Mathematics at the same university. 21.01.2022. Picture: Charné Kemp
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Flower photos. Image: Donovan Gericke, Stilfontein, North-West Province
Flower photos. Image: Donovan Gericke, Stilfontein, North-West Province
Monkey Business. Image: Rybka
Monkey Business. Image: Rybka
Tsitsikamma Rainforest. Image: Francesca Strydom
Tsitsikamma Rainforest. Image: Francesca Strydom
Walk at the river mouth, Strand beach. Image: Anneen Steyn-Durand <br>
Walk at the river mouth, Strand beach. Image: Anneen Steyn-Durand
Almost full moon over the Clocktower Bridge Waterfront Cape Town. Image: Nat Gold ZA
Almost full moon over the Clocktower Bridge Waterfront Cape Town. Image: Nat Gold ZA
Baby wagtails at Cape St Francis. Image: Karien Du Toit
Baby wagtails at Cape St Francis. Image: Karien Du Toit
Jeffrey's Bay at low tide. Image: Ruan Greeff
Jeffrey's Bay at low tide. Image: Ruan Greeff
Oyster catchers enjoying the sunset at Yzerfontein. Image: Ruan Greeff
Oyster catchers enjoying the sunset at Yzerfontein. Image: Ruan Greeff
Image: John Mostert
Image: John Mostert
Oudtshoorn prepares for a thunderstorm. Image: Ruan Greeff
Oudtshoorn prepares for a thunderstorm. Image: Ruan Greeff
Feed me! (Jessica The Hippo, Hoedspruit). Image: Paul Finnie Tapper
Feed me! (Jessica The Hippo, Hoedspruit). Image: Paul Finnie Tapper

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