A woman wearing a protection face mask walks past a mural of a dog in Shanghai, China, 03 September 2020. Daily life in Shanghai is returning to normal while many people still wear protection masks on the street, which are still mandatory in many shopping malls and other public places. (Photo by Alex Plavevski/EPA/EFE)

Bouwe Brouwer: Postcards from Fryslân (series finalist). “People from Fryslân are looked upon by the rest of the Netherlands as stubborn people. Going back as far as the Spanish occupation, they have a history of resisting authority. Postcards from Fryslân is still an ongoing project – hopefully a lifelong one. When it started, it represented only a collection of places that seemed interesting. Currently, the hope is to cover most of the province, as you never know in advance where the best narratives are. But still, it is all candid, unposed and in the public realm”. (Photo by Bouwe Brouwer/Street Photographers Awards 2021)

Diver Sven, still in disguise, cleans the aquarium glass after a Santa Claus visit to the fish at Sea Life Berlin on December 6, 2021. (Photo by Christoph Soeder/dpa)

A still image taken from a video shows a tamed golden eagle soaring during a traditional hunting contest outside the village of Kaynar in Almaty region, Kazakhstan on December 9, 2019. (Photo by Pavel Mikheyev/Reuters)

Some 300 girls and women in India still practise open defecation. Over half the country’s population, 800 million people, do not have access to a toilet that meets basic standards. (Photo by Poulomi Basu/WaterAid)

Paul Kerr was able to capture this stunning vista of the aurora australis from Canberra, New Zealand on June 1, 2025. (Photo by Paul Kerr/Hold Still Photography)

A woman makes use of a still day on Inle Lake in Burma on January 16, 2020 by drying newly-dyed threads made out of lotus stems. (Photo by Sabina Akter/Solent News)

A man sits waiting for a train on the London Underground in 1890, when the platform floors were still made from wooden floorboards. (Photo by Hi-Story/Alamy Stock Photo)