Shortlisted images in the running to be crowned Photobox Instagram photograph of the year range from furry friends to the Holi festival to the meaning of love. Judges, including the Guardian’s former picture editor Eamonn McCabe, have whittled down 180,000 submissions to unearth a shortlist that celebrates the best of social media. Winners will be announced October 3, 2018. Here: Seven Sisters Cliffs. Landscape shortlist. (Photo by Maria Costantina Seri/@mariacostantinaseri)





Newcastle Pride. “Such a fun image! Thanks for posing for the photo guys”. Festival shortlist. (Photo by Steven Bruton/@stevenbrunton)





Super Ted. Ted the poodle in Gosforth, Newcastle. Animals & Pets shortlist. (Photo by Darren William Hall/@darrenwilliamhall)





Regent Street. “Best bus ride ever”. #NoFilter shortlist. (Photo by @andresson.photography)





Match day … with mud. Rugby match in Newick. Sports shortlist. (Photo by Maurice Webster/@mww2108)





Fiddler on the roof, Cardiff. Travel shortlist. (Photo by @musotravels)





Reinvention and freedom of expression in teenagers. Fashion shortlist. (Photo by Freya Olivia Thomas-Taylor/@freyaaaart)





Benagil Cave, Portugal. Travel shortlist. (Photo by @blu3willow)





A couple on the Paris Métro. #Love shortlist. (Photo by Guilhem Dijoux/@guilhphoto)





Niagara Falls. Travel shortlist. (Photo by @leedslassie)





England 2017. Art, culture and style shortlist. (Photo by Adam Riley/@adampriley)





The reader. Learning to London. Art, culture and style shortlist. (Photo by Guillaume Flandre/@gflandre)





Colour run in Saint-Marcel-dArdèche. (Photo by Gilles Guilbert/@gilles.guilbert.photographies)





Najac, France. Travel shortlist. (Photo by Aaron Jenkin/@aaronjenkin)





A musician in Cuba. Festivals shortlist. (Photo by SEGUY/@seguyger)