INCREDIBLE entries to the world’s biggest photography competition have been revealed today as the shortlist has been decided.
Now in its 12th year, the Sony World Photography Awards celebrates the finest contemporary photography from the past 12 months.
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Called Huddle, it was incredibly cold, snowy, and windy day at Snow Hill in Antarctica last OctoberCredit: Nadia Aly
This year saw a record-breaking number of entries with more than 326,000 images entered into the four competitions.
This is the highest number to date.
The “professional” and “student” shortlisted entries will be announced on March 26
Overall winners from each of the four categories will be honoured on April 17.
More than 600 selected works selected by the judging panel will then go on show at Somerset House in London until May 6, with more than 30,000 visitors expected.
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Sterling Falls in the heart of Milford Sound, New ZealandCredit: Robert Saunders
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Dhiky Aditya captures the Betta fish with their beautiful coloursCredit: Dhiky Aditya
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A humanity view of one of the minorities tribes in Yunnan going about their daily working lifeCredit: Eng Chung Tong
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A jellyfish pulsates its umbrella right beneath the surface at the end of the blooming season in Mar Menor (Spain) coastal lagoonCredit: Angel M.Fitor
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Naadam is one of the most important and the most unique national festivals in MongoliaCredit: Tomek Kozlowski
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Nowruz is the traditional Iranian festival of spring which starts at the exact moment of the vernal equinox, commencing the start of the springCredit: Alimohammad Karami
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This photography has been taken in Romania, at a poisoned lake from the mining areaCredit: Antonio Gandore
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Aerial view of a small frozen forest lake in Oslo, NorwayCredit: Svein Nordrum
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Sunrise at Mount Bromo East Java IndonesiaCredit: Roslan Nasir
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The Harvest: A beekeeper collects honeyCredit: Dikpal Thapa
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Father and Son in a traditional goat milking process on the small island of Greece called Astypalaia in south Aegean seaCredit: Georgios Papapostolou
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It was taken one Sunday morning in the photographers back yard after a heavy downpourCredit: Marlena Kurowska-Jankowiak
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The boundless and snow-covered landscape of the tundra is the natural habitat of the NenetsCredit: Sara Bianchi
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Inspired by the famous Japanese Contemporary Artist Yayoi KusamaCredit: Hardijanto Budyman
The special police brigade of Jishou Public Security Bureau of Hunan Province conducts extreme physical training to exercise the strength and perseverance of its membersCredit: Qin Fan
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A machine in a woodland on Dartmoor where fog had crept into the woods. creating an eerie atmosphereCredit: Neil Burnell
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Shot underwater in Hawaii, it's a part of a bigger collection called 'Muses'Credit: Christy Lee Rogers
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The purpose of this photo is to show Iranian women and culture or traditionCredit: Hasan Torabi
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Lights and shadows, wires and pigeons, draw a dense pattern in a river channel in Funchal, Madeira (Portugal)Credit: Alessandro Zunino
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Galia Melon from 'The Secret Lives of Fruits and Vegetables' project which examines the mystical origins and evolution of the foods we take for granted
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Woman wearing the shiromuku dress (made of the kanjis shiro (白) “white” and muku (無垢) “purity” that the bride wears during a traditional Shinto wedding in TokyoCredit: Nicolas Boyer / Hans Lucas
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The light of lamps reacts according to the movement of a personCredit: Yukihito Ono
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Balloons floating in the air among the sunshine in the morning in Cappadocia,TurkeyCredit: Poramin Kanyakool
This is called Women of Arugam BayCredit: MAXWELL GIFTED
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The Prunus Domestica which is more commonly known as the 'President' European Plum
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Personal portfolio image inspired by MC Escher's impossible shapes to explore shape, colour, form and surrealism
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This picture has been taken next to the Gyeongbokgung Palace main gate, in Seoul, South Korea
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This photo was taken during show given by special horse unit from police forces from Chorzow, PolandCredit: Piotr Cyganik
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This is called the Whale Shark EncounterCredit: Marco Zaffignani
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A dog and its best friend reveal the secrets that hide in the dark in Cīrulīši nature trail, Gauja National Park, LatviaCredit: Arvids Baranovs
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This is one shot from a series of shots taken in the yard of a private house with the help of a droneCredit: Alexandr Vlassyuk
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The new US embassy in the UK known as the New London EmbassyCredit: Katherine Young
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A complex landscape becomes clear when you look closer to this photographCredit: Lu Quanhou
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This photograph was taken at the Appleby Horse Fair in June 2018
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McLaren's Fernando Alonso and Sauber's Charles Leclerc crash at the first corner during the Belgian Grand Prix in Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, August 26, 2018Credit: Reuters / Francois Lenoir
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The photograph explores the them of skin, as a reflection of our interiorCredit: Mikeila Borgia
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Long Exposure shot of the Old Victorian Lighthouse off the coast of Dovercourt, EssexCredit: Shaun Mills
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