Runner-up; Hon Yen marine ecosystem. Phu Yen, Vietnam. Every year between May and August, the coral of this rich and diverse ecosystem becomes exposed at low tide. (Photo by Truong Hoai Vu/Royal Society of Biology Photography Competition)

The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland has appeared in the world top ten for performing arts education in the QS World University Rankings 2024 published today, April 10, 2024. (Photo by The Times)

A motoring enthusiast takes part in the “Race The Waves” classic car and motorcycle meet at the beach in Bridlington, Britain, on May 12, 2024. (Photo by Lee Smith/Reuters)

Bonita the border collie sticks out in the bluebells at Kingley Vale, Chichester in West Sussex, England in the last decade of April 2024. (Photo by Trevor Adams/Matrix Pictures)

A prototype of the Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) Starship launch vehicle stands during an event at the SpaceX launch facility in Cameron County, Texas, U.S., on Saturday, September 28, 2019. Elon Musk gave space fans an update Saturday evening on the status of “Starship”, the next-generation vehicle his SpaceX plans to use to eventually take humans to Mars. (Photo by Callaghan O'Hare/Reuters)

A dog dressed in a costume as Greta Thunberg attends the Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade in Manhattan in New York City on October 20, 2019. (Photo by Johannes Eisele/AFP Photo)

Somali men carry swordfish from the sea to a market in the capital Mogadishu, Somalia Thursday, April 23, 2015. (Photo by Farah Abdi Warsameh/AP Photo)

“Strike Through The Mothership”. Every May for the last 3 years I have driven down to Tornado Alley to capture some amazing storms. This supercell held so much promise to drop a tornado but one small shift in the atmosphere and all that it produced was an extreme lightning show. Photo location: Broken Bow, Nebraska. (Photo and caption by Vanessa Neufeld/National Geographic Photo Contest)