Shortlisted: The Life: A narrow strip, Río Tinto, Huelva, Spain. A narrow strip of road divides ochre-coloured and fresh waters. Trees wait on the fresh side of the road opposite the toxic waters of a nearby mine reservoir. (Photo by Roberto Bueno/CIWEM Environmental Photographer of the Year 2021)

Germany's Nikias Arndt, left, receives encouragement from a spectator during the men's elite road race at the world road cycling championships in Wollongong, Australia, Sunday, September 25, 2022. (Photo by Rick Rycroft/AP Photo)

People are reflected on a soap bubble lying on a road during the evening in New Delhi, India, June 23, 2015. (Photo by Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters)

Construction of the cable road on Broadway in 1891. (Photo by New York Public Library)

A youth skates next to a road in Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia on August 15, 2018. (Photo by Edgar Su/Reuters)

A man carries schoolchildren on his bicycle on a road in Srinagar, March 28, 2017. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)

A talented artist has created breathtaking intimate portraits by using detailed maps of the world as his canvas. Cardiff-based illustrator, Ed Fairburn, combines the patchwork of roads, terrains and rivers to for his unique sketches. Photo: Ink on a 1977 road map of Germany. (Photo by Ed Fairburn/Rex Features)

A hare runs on a small road as the sun rises in Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, June 12, 2023. (Photo by Michael Probst/AP Photo)