Best portfolio winner. Roseate Spoonbill, Platalea ajaja, by Petr Bambousek, Czech Republic. (Photo by Petr Bambousek/2018 Bird Photographer of the Year)
Participants dressed as cuddly animals arrive for the annual Eurofurence “furries” gathering at the Estrel hotel on August 22, 2018 in Berlin, Germany. Eurofurence attracts furry fandom enthusiasts from across the globe for four days of anthropomorphic fun. (Photo by Michele Tantussi/Getty Images)
A photographer with a passion for wild animals was able to get up close and personal with one of nature’s deadliest creatures. Alex Suh has traveled to Mexico’s Banco Chinchorro reef twice in the past three years to get into the waters and capture the crocodiles in their natural habitat after an invitation from Yucatan Dive Trek. (Photo by Alex Suh/Caters News Agency)
Winners of a competition enjoy a meal 450ft up on the roof of a central London skyscraper on August 21, 2018, as Deliveroo recreates “Lunch Atop a Skyscraper”, the photograph taken during the construction of the Rockefeller Center in New York City, 1932. (Photo by Jonathan Brady/PA Images via Getty Images)
Maksym Demchuk of Ukraine takes part in the FAI World Hot Air Balloon Championship near Gross-Siegharts, Austria on August 20, 2018. (Photo by Heinz-Peter Bader/Reuters)
Sky attends the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on August 20, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Rex Features/Shutterstock)
Servicewomen march during a rehearsal for the Independence Day military parade in central Kiev, Ukraine on August 20, 2018. (Photo by Gleb Garanich/Reuters)