Dancers disguised as forest spirits pose before performing during the Kendalisada Art Festival 2023 in Kaliori, Banyumas, Central Java, on September 9, 2023. (Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP Photo)

Alice Bagnoli of Italy slaloms during the preliminary round of the 2023 IWWF World Waterski Championships at Sunset Lakes October, 13, 2023 in Lake County, Florida. (Photo by Johnny Hayward/Getty Images)

British television presenter Maya Jama attends The Fashion Awards 2023 presented by Pandora at the Royal Albert Hall on December 4, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by David Fisher/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

A bull rams inmates seated at a card table in the Convict Poker event at the Angola Prison Rodeo in Angola, La., Saturday, April 26, 2014. Those competing in the rodeo have to pass a physical to be deemed strong and healthy enough, and thousands of others work year-round making arts and crafts to sell at the event, according to the prison's athletic director. (Photo by Gerald Herbert/AP Photo)

A guard stands at Dityatki checkpoint, marking a 30 km (18-mile) zone around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant April 23, 2013. Ukraine will mark the 27th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, the world's worst civil nuclear accident, on April 26. (Photo by Gleb Garanich/Reuters)

A participant in costume eats a sandwich after a Halloween parade in Kawasaki, south of Tokyo, October 26, 2014. More than 100,000 spectators turned up to watch the parade, where 2,500 participants dressed up in costumes, according to the organiser. (Photo by Yuya Shino/Reuters)

Actress Andrea Barber crosses the finish line at the Rock 'n' Roll Los Angeles Halloween Half-Marathon and 5K benefitting the ASPCA, or American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals on October 26, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Rich Polk/Getty Images for CGI)

Dave Zdanowicz, a prominent landscape photographer from the north of England, here shares his favourite shots from this year. This series brings together photos from January to last month, displaying the fine range of English seasons he has documented. Here: Misty sunrise at Winnat's Pass, Derbyshire on August 26, 2016. (Photo by Dave Zdanowicz/Rex Features/Shutterstock)