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Austfonna ice cap - Svalbard, #Norway
Silver in the nature photojournalism category

Photograph: Thomas Vijayan/World Nature Photography awards

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Hyalite Lake – Montana, #US
Gold in the planet earth’s landscapes and environments category

Photograph: Jake Mosher/World Nature Photography awards

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Flower praying #mantis perched atop a #Cordyceps mushroom – Guangdong province, #China

Bronze in the plants and fungi category

Photograph: Irina Petrova/World Nature Photography awards

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A blue-spotted #mudskipper leaps in the air in a territorial display, captured on the intertidal mudflats of Roebuck Bay, Broome, Western #Australia.

Gold in the behaviour – amphibians and reptiles category. Photograph: Georgina Steytler/World Nature Photography Awards

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#Fox – Lac La Biche, Alberta, #Canada
Bronze in the behaviour mammals category

Photograph: Donna Feldichuk/World Nature Photography awards

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A chained Asian elephant – Bardiya national park, #Nepal
Bronze in the nature photojournalism category

Photograph: Charlotte Keast/World Nature Photography awards

#elephants
#AnimalCruelty

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Great grey owl – California, US
Silver in the urban wildlife category.

Photograph: Elizabeth Yicheng Shen/World Nature Photography awards

#birds
#owls

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#Lanternflies – Danum Valley, Sabah, Malaysia
Gold in the animal portraits category

Photograph: Khaichuin Sim/World Nature Photography awards

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Sri Lanka junglefowl – Sri Lanka
Silver in the nature art category

Photograph: Pandula Bandara/World Nature Photography awards

#birds

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Two white-cheeked terns – Kubbar Island, Kuwait
Bronze in the behaviour – birds category

Photograph: Mohammad Murad/World Nature Photography awards

#birds

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Sea turtle – Abu Dabbab, Egypt
Silver in underwater category

Photograph: Sina Ritter/World Nature Photography awards

#turtles

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Blue-tailed damselfly – Cotswold water park, near Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Silver in behaviour – invertebrates category

Photograph: Rory J Lewis/World Nature Photography awards

#damselfly
#macrophotography

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Fishermen harvest anchovies – Phú Yên, #Vietnam

Gold in the people and nature category

Photograph: Robert Middleton/World Nature Photography awards