Andre Fajardo free diving early one summer morning, Hawaiian Islands. Gold prize winner in the human and nature category. (Photo by Christa Funk/World Nature Photography Awards)





Bald cypress, East Texas, USA. Gold prize in plants and fungi. (Photo by Doron Talmi/World Nature Photography Awards)





Lions fight, Serengeti, Tanzania. Gold prize in behaviour – mammals. (Photo by Patrick Nowotny/World Nature Photography Awards)





Damselflies – Gardens by the Bay, Singapore. Gold prize in behaviour – invertebrates. (Photo by Dr Tze Siong Tan/World Nature Photography Awards)





Two European common brown frogs, Aveto Regional Natural Park, Italy. Gold prize in behaviour – amphibians and reptiles. (Photo by Vittorio Ricci/World Nature Photography Awards)





Great horned owl. High River, Alberta, Canada. Gold prize in behaviour – birds. (Photo by Dale Paul/World Nature Photography Awards)





A glacial river flowing down to the Atlantic Ocean, Southern Iceland. Gold prize in nature art. (Photo by Dipanjan Pal/World Nature Photography Awards)





A white rhino being dehorned in Thanda Safari Game Reserve, South Africa, to avoid being killed by poachers one day. Gold prize in nature photojournalism. (Photo by Gunther De Bruyne/World Nature Photography Awards)





Ulysses, one of the last remaining great tuskers, Kenya. Gold prize in black-and-white. (Photo by Harry Skeggs/World Nature Photography Awards)





Bath Time. Bengal tigress. Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve, India. Gold prize in animal portraits. (Photo by Nick Dale/World Nature Photography Awards)





Two smooth-coated otter (Lutrogale perspicillata) pups. Punggol, Singapore. Silver prize in urban wildlife. (Photo by Jocelyn Chng/World Nature Photography Awards)





Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus). Tanjung Puting National Park, Borneo – winner of the gold and grand prizes in the 2020 world nature photography awards. (Photo by Thomas Vijayan/World Nature Photography Awards)