The World Nature Photography Awards have announced its jaw-dropping list of winners for 2024.
The awards celebrate the best in animal, insect and nature photography from around the world.
Head massage
A lava lizard standing on a marine iguana in the Galapagos Islands.
Underwater Gannets
Photographer Tracy Lund was awarded the top cash prize of $1000 for this image of two gannets under the water in the Shetland Islands.
Reaching for the top
Elephants at Mana Pools Mana Pools, Zimbabwe, reach up to a tree branch for food.
Ions and water over Godafoss
The northern lights over Godafoss waterfall in Iceland.
A foraging turtle
A green sea turtle swims through San Cristóbal, on the Galápagos Islands, off the coast of Ecuador.
Under mothers guide
A mother elephant and calf at Amboseli National Park, Kenya.
Mantis
A Mantis religiosa in Servia, Greece.
Vittorio Ricci
Lagoon Los Glaciares National Park, in Patagonia, Argentina.
Graceful Turn
A leopard is photographed in East Rift Valley, Kenya.
Catch of the day
Traditional stilt fishermen try their luck with the changing tide at sunset in Koggala, Sri Lanka.
Cuckoo Wasp
A USA Cuckoo wasp, also called an emerald wasp (Chrysis angolensis).
Rainbow at dawn
Rainbow wrack seaweed at sunrise in Falmouth, Cornwall, UK.
Perfect Cloud
A cloud sits over Villarrica volcano, Chile.
Earth's treasure
Blue watery veins, glacial braids and golden sediment in Iceland.
Difference
Beach and Vestrahorn mountain Stokksnes, Iceland.
Crowd Control
A female orca splitting a herring bait ball in Skjervøy, Norway.
Dangerous toy
Sea lion pup plays with a plastic bag on the Coronado Islands, Baja California, Mexico.
Anger Fish
A black frogfish (or black anglerfish in Australia) taken at Kurnell in Sydney.
Owl-like plant
Thismia thaithongiana, a native plant to Thailand, photgraphed in Umphang Wildlife Sanctuary, Tak Province, Thailand.
Light-footed crabs
Sally Light-footed crabs on Santiago Island, Galapagos Islands.