A honey hunter is pictured in this stunning shot in Nepal by Mauro di Bettio. (Photo by Mauro di Bettio/Travel Photographer of the Year)





This photo of an elephant seal and Gentoo penguin shot by Andrew James in Yankee Harbour, Antarctica. (Photo by Andrew James/Travel Photographer of the Year)





Lava from the Kilauea Volcano flows into the ocean in Kapalana, Hawaii in a picture taken by Stephen King. (Photo by Stephen King/Travel Photographer of the Year)





A typical gravity defying moment of action during a Lucha Libre match – the Mexican version of professional wrestling taken by Louis Montrose. (Photo by Louis Montrose/Travel Photographer of the Year)





A chameleon shows off its bright colours in Mantadia National Park, Madagascar shot by Ignacio Palacios. (Photo by Ignacio Palacios/Travel Photographer of the Year)





A boy in Chefchaouen, Morocco plays with oranges shot by Isabella Smith. (Photo by Isabella Smith/Travel Photographer of the Year)





Kids are pictured in the Nenets, which consist of long sticks, and stitched reindeer skins stretched over it, pictured by Vladimir Alekseev in Russia, Yamal Peninsula. (Photo by Vladimir Alekseev/Travel Photographer of the Year)





The Grand Tsingys in Bemaraha NP, Madagascar pictured by Marsel van Oosten. (Photo by Marsel van Oosten/Travel Photographer of the Year)





Swans and ducks add a further element of tranquility to an already peaceful scene shot by Jichang Liu in China. (Photo by Jichang Liu/Travel Photographer of the Year)





Oscar Tarneberg shot a famous highway intersection in Shanghai where two of the city’s core arteries meet in China. (Photo by Oscar Tarneberg/Travel Photographer of the Year)





In the last light of day the inhabitants of Timbuktu wash their clothes and take a shower in the port of Kabara in Mali, shot by Stefano Pensotti. (Photo by Stefano Pensotti/Travel Photographer of the Year)





“The Underwater Waterfall” off the southwestern coast of the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius is pictured by Daniel Burton. (Photo by Daniel Burton/Travel Photographer of the Year)





The Qinling golden snubnosed monkey is listed as Endangered by the IUCN as only some 3,800 individuals still exist, shot by Marsel van Oosten in China. (Photo by Marsel van Oosten/Travel Photographer of the Year)