Fog and mist in Hong Kong. “When warm winds bring the promise of spring from the southern ocean, sea fog anchors around Hong Kong’s harbours. This photo captured the stunning view of the fog at the Kwai Chung Container Terminal. Only the cranes of the container ships and the twin towers of the Stonecutters Bridge are visible through the swirling mist”. (Photo by Edward Tin/NatGeo Cities Travel Photographer of the Year 2017)





Walled City #08. “ The Kowloon Walled City was once the densest place on Earth, with hundreds of houses stacked on top of each other enclosed in the centre of the structure. This notorious city was finally demolished in 1990s. However, if you look hard enough, part of it still exists in many current high-density housing”. (Photo by Andy Yeung/NatGeo Cities Travel Photographer of the Year 2017)





Top of the Rock: tourists in NY. “Shot from the top outdoor observation deck in New York City with a five shot exposure bracket. Thankfully, everyone on the deck was posing for someone or another”. (Photo by Ed Nazarko/NatGeo Cities Travel Photographer of the Year 2017)





Free like a bird. “A dream come true for an architect, to see the Eiffel tower in flesh for the first time”. (Photo by Ata Adnan/NatGeo Cities Travel Photographer of the Year 2017)





Scared of Heights. “Taken from the highest residential building in Asia: the Zenith in Busan. This was taken with official permission (which took me months to get) and safety measures were taken. I had to hang myself over the edge to get this shot. Not for the faint of heart! But when you’re at a height like this, the world below you just seems different. It takes away the fear one would normally have, and gives a sense of peace instead”. (Photo by Albert Dros/NatGeo Cities Travel Photographer of the Year 2017)





Al Ain. The new city in the desert in Muhafazat al Buraymi, Oman. (Photo by Andrzej Bochenski/NatGeo Cities Travel Photographer of the Year 2017)





NYC Light II. A Manhattan sunset captured from Queens across the East River. (Photo by Lars Sivars/NatGeo Cities Travel Photographer of the Year 2017)





Uummannaq. “This is a small island in Greenland, home to about 1,200 people. It was really a treat waking up with such views of the colourful houses, with the icebergs in the fjord as a backdrop. They say you leave a piece of your heart behind when you leave Uummannaq ... it is true”. (Photo by Rayann Elzein/NatGeo Cities Travel Photographer of the Year 2017)





Motherboard City. “Hong Kong has one of the highest population densities in the world. This city is full of sky-high buildings, yet surrounded by lots of mountains. If you go up to the top, you will see a motherboard like structural design of the whole city. The buildings seem like computer servers, whereas the main roads are the connecting cables of different servers. People are like data, transferring from one side to another side”. (Photo by Ho Lam Cheng/NatGeo Cities Travel Photographer of the Year 2017)





Vibrant life on Commercial Street. Vibrant street shoppers enjoying their daily lives during Ramadan in Commercial Street, Bangalore. (Photo by Nikhil Rasiwasia/NatGeo Cities Travel Photographer of the Year 2017)