Photograph by Julia Wimmerlin, National Geographic Your Shot
Two cubs latch onto an impala at the Masai Mara National Reserve in Kenya.
Photograph by Alison Buttigieg, National Geographic Your ShotA cheetah marks its territory in Zimbabwe's Hwange National Park.
Photograph by B. Colin, National Geographic Your ShotAs the sun comes up, a female cheetah yawns in Ndutu, part of Tanzania's Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
Photograph by Mohammed AlNaser, National Geographic Your ShotA mother stands by as two brothers lick each other. Moments before, the group feasted on a newly killed springbok.
Photograph by Sonalini Khetrapal, National Geographic Your ShotA mother cheetah hunts down a Thomson's gazelle in the Serengeti, Tanzania.
Photograph by Roie Galitz, National Geographic Your ShotA female named Malaika guards her cubs in Kenya's Masai Mara National Reserve. After a lioness killed one of her cubs, she is left with five.
Photograph by Mohammed Yousef, National Geographic Your ShotA seven-year-old male Asiatic cheetah lounges in Istgah-e Jajarm, Khorasan-e Shomali, Iran.
Photograph by Ehsan Kamali, National Geographic Your ShotThree juvenile cheetahs bolt while their mother looks on in Botswana.
Photograph by Chris McLennan, National Geographic Your ShotA cheetah walks through the Erindi Game Reserve in Namibia's Otjozondjupa region.
Photograph by Susan Greeff, National Geographic Your ShotA mother and her five cubs relax after a storm in Masai Mara National Reserve.
Photograph by Cheryl Henley, National Geographic Your ShotA cheetah shakes water from her drenched coat.
Photograph by Ali Alshamsi, National Geographic Your ShotA trio of cubs play as their mother watches nearby.
Photograph by Uryadnikov S, National Geographic Your ShotAfter losing its siblings to lions, a young cub keeps close to its mother in Masai Mara National Reserve.
Photograph by Ruth Burnet, National Geographic Your ShotA cheetah springs near Zebula Bush Lodge in South Africa's Mabula District.
Photograph by Dave Kessel, National Geographic Your ShotMid-meal, a bloodied cheetah glares are the camera in Masai Mara National Reserve.
Photograph by Talal Al Rabah, National Geographic Your ShotA cheetah stands in a patch of twlight in Kenya's Masai Mara National Reserve.
Photograph by Ian Plant, National Geographic Your ShotA cub looks up to its mother on an anthill in Masai Mara.
Photograph by Ken Dyball, National Geographic Your ShotA female cheetah stretches on an anthill before sprinting off to catch a Thomson's gazelle in the distance.
Photograph by Ruth Burnet, National Geographic Your ShotA male cheetah takes a regal stance near the Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania.
Photograph by Mikkel Beiter, National Geographic Your ShotA cheetah mounts a log, marking its territory in Masai Mara National Reserve.
Photograph by India Bulkeley, National Geographic Your Shot