Shortlisted: Pooyan Shadpoor, Houcheraghi. While walking along the shore of Larak, Iran – an island in the Persian Gulf – Shadpoor came across this luminous scene. The “magical lights of (the) plankton ... enchanted me so that I snapped the shot”, he writes. (Photo by Pooyan Shadpoor/2016 EPOTY)

Mexican-American actress Salma Hayek gives a shoutout to her “piece of art” dress with a busty display on November 05, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by salmahayek/Instagram)

American actress Megan Fox attends CELSIUS Cosmic Desert Event at Coachella on April 12, 2024 in Indio, California. (Photo by Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images for CELSIUS Energy)

Melanie Chisholm, Emma Bunton, Melanie Brown and Geri Horner of the Spice Girls in concert at Wembley Stadium in London on Sunday, June 16, 2019. (Photo by Andrew Timms/PA Wire)

Jesy Nelson, Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Jade Thirlwall and Perrie Edwards of English girl group Little Mix celebrate getting number 1 UK single backstage at Echo Arena on July 18, 2015 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by Ollie Millington/Redferns)

Amanda Lepore attends the Moschino x H&M – Front Row at Pier 36 on October 24, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images)

A girl with face pantings (C) looks on during a demonstration to mark al-Quds (Jerusalem) Day, after Friday prayers, in Kuala Lumpur on April 14, 2023. (Photo by Mohd Rasfan/AFP Photo)

American model Isabella Khair Hadid is seen on March 13, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by The Mega Agency)