Nature – first prize, stories. Pandemic Pigeons – A Love Story. The photographer’s daughter, Merel, cowers after Dollie flies past and perches on the balcony before entering the house in Vlaardingen in the Netherlands on 6 April 2020. “She’s still frightened when Dollie suddenly lands on the balcony railing. I hide my smile behind the camera, as I try to comfort her by saying they won’t hurt you. “I thought he was going to attack me”, she replies. As the nesting pigeons keep coming back to our place, slowly my girls have started to appreciate them – perhaps not as much as I do, but it’s a start”. (Photo by Jasper Doest/World Press Photo 2021)

Festival crowd enjoying the weather on Day 1 of Reading Festival on August 25, 2017 in Reading, England. (Photo by Dean Fardell/Barcroft Images)

Elsa, Dolly, Jeanie, Vince, Titch and Bailey savour seaside smells at Reculver Towers and Roman Fort, Kent, United Kingdom on February 23, 2021. The southeast of England will be warm again. (Photo by Liz Gregg/Triangle News)

Dolly the Chihuahua dog dressed as Alice in Wonderland is photographed during an Alice in Wonderland and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory themed Furbabies Dog Pageant at Jodhpurs Riding School in Tockwith, North Yorkshire, Sunday September 6, 2020. (Photo by Danny Lawson/PA Wire via AP Photo)

Festival-goers enjoy a fairground ride at Reading Festival in Reading, west of London, on August 27, 2021. As coronavirus covid-19 infection levels rise across the country, vaccines will be offered to revellers throughout the weekend. The organiser of Reading and Leeds Festivals has said such events are arguably “safer places to be” because attendees have been tested for covid-19. The festivals are returning this year with headliners including Stormzy, after being cancelled last year due to the pandemic. (Photo by Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP Photo)

Father Christmas reading with three young children. (Photo by Spencer Arnold/Getty Images). Circa 1915

British rock band Bring Me The Horizon performs at the Reading Music Festival, England, Friday, August 27, 2022. (Photo by Scott Garfitt/Invision/AP Photo)

A demonstrator wearing a face mask reading “Who gave the order?” looks on during a protest to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, in Bogota, Colombia on November 25, 2020. (Photo by Luisa Gonzalez/Reuters)