End Floating by Saeed Mohammadzadeh, Iran, winner of the environmental photographer of the year prize 2018. This stunning image shows a ship sitting in salt in the Urmia Lake in Iran. Climate change is intensifying the droughts that speed up evaporation in the country. The lake is also suffering from illegal wells and a proliferation of dams and irrigation projects, causing it to shrink. Noxious, salt-tinged dust storms inflame the eyes, skin, and lungs of residents in surrounding areas. The drying up of the river is also destroying local habitats. With extreme salinity levels of 340g per litre, the lake is more than eight times saltier than ocean water. (Photo by Saeed Mohammadzadeh/2018 Ciwem environmental photographer of the year 2018)





Dryness by Chinmon Biswas, India, winner of the changing climates prize. A child sits on drought-stricken land that has become cracked and scaly. Long dry spells can cause the earth to remain open underground, even after the surface has sealed. (Photo by Chinmoy Biswas/2018 Ciwem environmental photographer of the year 2018)





And Life Rises by Younes Khani Someeh Soflaei, Iran, winner of the built environment prize. A woman and her young daughter stand next to their damaged belongings, which were recovered from the rubble of their house in Sarpol-e Zahab. Mehr residential complex stands ravaged in the background after a devastating earthquake in 2017 killed more than 600 people. (Photo by Younes Khani Someeh Soflaei/2018 Ciwem environmental photographer of the year 2018)





Bulrush by Ümmü Kandilcioğlu, Turkey. Winner of the sustainability in practice prize. The photograph shows a worker making straw bundles from reeds. (Photo by Ümmü Kandilcioğlu/2018 Ciwem environmental photographer of the year 2018)





Happiness on a Rainy Day by Fardin Oyan, Bangladesh. Winner of the young environmental photographer of the year. Many children in Bangladesh love to bathe and play in the rain. The country, which is flat and occupied by the huge Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta, is exposed to floods, especially during monsoon season. (Photo by Fardin Oyan/2018 Ciwem environmental photographer of the year 2018)





Floating Life on River Under Pollution by Tapan Karmaker, this year’s highly commended environmental photographer of the year. A watermelon seller rests on his boat, which drifts on the heavily polluted Burigongga river in Dhaka, Bangladesh. (Photo by Tapan Karmaker/2018 Ciwem environmental photographer of the year 2018)





Boulmigou: The Paradise of Forgotten Hearts by Antonio Aragón Renuncio, highly commended photographer of the year. Children play with old tyres that will eventually be burned, warming the rock beneath and making it more brittle in the polluted Boulmigou quarry in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. The consequences are terrible: fires, respiratory diseases, groundwater contamination and even death. (Photo by Antonio Aragón Renuncio/2018 Ciwem environmental photographer of the year 2018)





Not in My Forest by Calvin Ke, highly commended environmental photographer of the year. A southern pig-tailed macaque clutches a plastic bottle in its otherwise pristine natural habitat in Borneo, Malaysia. (Photo by Calvin Ke/2018 Ciwem environmental photographer of the year 2018)





Urban Life in Singapore by Thigh Wanna, highly commended environmental photographer of the year. About 80% of Singapore’s population live in high-rises. Air pollution remains a significant problem, as is a lack of adequate healthcare in many parts of the region. (Photo by Thigh Wanna/2018 Ciwem environmental photographer of the year 2018)





Save Turtle by Jing Li, highly commended environmental photographer of the year. A man tries to free a pollution-stricken turtle. (Photo by Jing Li/2018 Ciwem environmental photographer of the year 2018)