(L-R) US singer Halsey, models Gigi Hadid and Bella Hadid and Bebe Rexha (bottom L) clap during 2019 MTV Video Music Awards at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey on August 26, 2019. (Photo by Lucas Jackson/Reuters)

Laura and Chris Marriott pose during a press photo call with their winning carrot at 3.8kg and Beetroot at 17.840kg following judging for the giant vegetable competition at the Harrogate Autumn Flower Show on September 13, 2019 in Harrogate, England. (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

A person dressed up as Damien Lavey of Monster Prom attends the 2019 New York Comic Con in New York City, New York, U.S., October 3, 2019. (Photo by Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)

Portraits single nominee: Dakar fashion, by Finbarr O’Reilly. Curious residents and a street vendor selling material look on as models Diarra Ndiaye, Ndeye Fatou Mbaye and Malezi Sakho wear outfits by the Senegalese designer Adama Paris in the Medina neighbourhood of Senegal’s capital, Dakar. (Photo by Finbarr O’Reilly/World Press Photo 2019)

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)

A woman with an elaborate hat poses during Glastonbury Festival at Worthy farm in Somerset, Britain on June 27, 2019. (Photo by Henry Nicholls/Reuters)

Tuvalu Beneath the Rising Tide by Sean Gallagher, Tuvalu. Changing environments prize: Fallen trees lie on a beach as the waves from the Funafuti lagoon in Tuvalu lap around them. Land erosion has always been a problem for the South Pacific country but problems are intensifying as sea levels rise. Rising seas are on the verge of completely submerging the tiny archipelago’s islands. (Photo by Sean Gallagher/CIWEM Environmental Photographer of the Year 2019)

Shortlisted: Sólheimasandur aircraft crash site, Iceland by Ollie Conway. (Photo by Ollie Conway/Historic Photographer of the Year Awards 2019/The Guardian)