THESE stunning images show some of the best images capturing our wonderful world in 2019.
From incredible pictures of Spitfires soaring above the White Cliffs of Dover to a deep-sea called a piglet squid — these entries showcase the art of photography at its finest.
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A completely frozen Lake Michigan and the city of ChicagoCredit: Cover Images
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Gold and People's choice winner... Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus. Lake Kerkini, in GreeceCredit: Cover Images
British media agency Cover Images have created an extraordinary gallery after choosing some of the most eye-catching photographs that have emerged this year.
One jaw-dropping highlight was an aerial view of a completely frozen Lake Michigan captured by Jim Funk as he flew over Chicago in January.
Editorial Director Dean Murray says: "We at Cover Images have the pleasure of sourcing some of the best photography in the world.
"We revel in the daily search for the most interesting stories and great photographs - from cutting-edge science to the wonders of wildlife.
"The pay-off is being able show them to the world.
"We look forward to seeing what 2020 brings."
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A rare baby aye-aye has been born in North CarolinaCredit: Cover Images
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It was close encounters of the cute kind, when a deep sea research vessel came across an adorable Piglet SquidCredit: Cover Images
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A young jaguar playing with a discarded plastic drinks bottle in the wild in BrazilCredit: Cover Images
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A tiger looks straight down a camera lens at Yangon Zoological Gardens in Myanmar, ChinaCredit: Cover Images
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Rosie the fox coming out of her underground earth (den) to meet her friend Maddy the terrierCredit: Cover Images
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Aero Legends pilots practice formation flying in three spitfires over the White Cliffs of Dover in preparation of the 75th D-Day anniversaryCredit: Cover Images
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Amanda Cook, 50, took this stunning image of a deer in Bushy Park, LondonCredit: Cover Images
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Aerial images taken by drones from the Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies in Denmark capture whales swimmingCredit: Cover Images
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An aerial view of Nardò Technical Centre in Apulia, Italy, where a race track tests high-performance vehiclesCredit: Cover Images
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A professor Dr Hubert Zitt, from the German University of Applied Sciences Kaiserslautern, has painted his observatory to look like R2D2 from Star WarsCredit: Cover Images
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World renowned wildlife photographer Andy Rouse captured these charming images of lion cubs having fun play-fightingCredit: Cover Images
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Andy Rouse also captured these stunning reflection pool shots of wild fox and tawny owl this monthCredit: Cover Images
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Dr Evgeniy Komarovskiy captured this stunning scenes when a falcon became interested in his drone flying over Ukraine’s Dnieper River in the Cherkasy Oblast regionCredit: Cover Images
Paul Goldstein shot a large pod of Humpback whales circling a school of fish in Alaska while spending an astonishing continual 14 hours observing themCredit: Cover Images
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Wildlife photographer Jonathan Need captured these charming pictures of Little Owls near Wrexham in North WalesCredit: Cover Images
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Photographer James West captured this spectacular image of a dolphin in flight off the Cairns of Coll, ScotlandCredit: Cover Images
Great white shark comes eyeball-to-eyeball with diver in stunning underwater video
