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Top Shot: Hunter Becomes the Prey

Top Shot features the photo with the most votes from the previous day’s Daily Dozen, 12 photos selected by the Your Shot editors. The photo our community has voted as their favorite is showcased on the @natgeoyourshot Instagram account. Click here to vote for tomorrow’s Top Shot.

“A herd of close to 100 cape buffaloes chased this lion and he took refuge on an Acacia tree,” writes Your Shot photographer Neelutpaul Barua. “He wanted to be on higher grounds but kept slipping. It was a game of patience. The herd lost interest in the pursuit and the ordeal ended when the lion jumped from the tree and ran for his life.” Photograph by Neelutpaul Barua