Competition

The Siena Photo Awards reliably deliver a most spectacular array of shots and this year’s winners are no exception, from tourists being accosted by polar bears and hippos, to surreal snaps of headless swimmers and Angelina Jolie covered in bees.

An ice-diver investigating a sunken whale carcass, a flying fish under the water's surface, and crab hitch-hiking on a jellyfish are just a few of the stunning highlights from this year’s Through Your Lens photo contest.

The winner of the 2022 Astronomy Photographer of the Year contest is a shot of a rarely seen "disconnection event" when solar winds break off a part of a comet’s tail. The image is just one highlight of many in the world's most prestigious astrophotography contest.

The Nikon Small World in Motion contest delivers a mind-bending array of videos highlighting the microscopic world. This year features psychedelic salts, a nightmarish feeding session and a spectacular depiction of neural cells in a fish embryo.

The winners of the world’s largest bird photography contest have been revealed featuring a spectacular array of avian sights, from a hummingbird catching a droplet of water to a gorgeous snap of a rock ptarmigan launching off the top of a mountain.

The winners of the spectacular 2022 Drone Photo Awards span an impressive array of aerial photo styles but this year’s overall winner is a truly special shot, offering a close-up view into a volcano just as it was about to erupt.

The winner of 2022's Cuprinol Shed of the Year competition has been announced. Lancashire-based sheddie Kelly Howarth has received the top prize for her low-budget creation The Potting Shed, which is primarily built from doors and wooden pallets.

A parasitic fungus exploding out of the body of its host has taken top prize in the BMC Ecology and Evolution photography competition, a unique contest run by scientists and designed to creatively highlight the relationships between different species.

In its third year, the Nature TTL Photographer of the Year contest has quickly become an impressive nature photo contest. This year’s highlights range from a glimpse at a caracal hunting in Tanzania to a shot of a moth covered in tiny balls of pollen.

Named after renowned photographer David Malin, the Southern Hemisphere’s most prestigious astrophotography competition has delivered a stellar collection of images celebrating everything from stunning deep space snaps to more earthbound nightscapes.

Now in its fourth year, each edition of the Minimalist Photography Awards continues to impress with its celebration of all things simple, and this year's winners carry this torch in awe-inspiring style.

The Urban Photo Awards is an always impressive street photography contest, reliably delivering a weird assortment of strange snaps highlighting oddball moments of spontaneity from around the world. Here's a handpicked selection of this year’s finalists.