Stunning Entries From Sony World Photography Awards 2017

Sebastian Wasek, UK – Nature: The lights of Madeira before sunrise, seen from Pico do Arieiro, Portugal.

Amri Arfianto, Indonesia – Architecture: Walking in the light. Taken at Sheikh Zayed Mosque, Abu Dhabi

Christiaan Kotze, South Africa – Motion: Fencing: Men's Foil Individual, Great Britain's Richard Kruse v the USA's Massialas on Sunday 7 August 2016 in Rio, Brazil.

Shu Tai Poon, Hong Kong – Travel: This picture was taken at the Zhangye Danxia Landform Geological Park, Gansu, China.

Jelena Jankovic, Serbia – Enhanced: Blue Mountains

Christian Spencer, Australia – Wildlife: A huge flock of yellow face parrots and blue and yellow macaws fill the sky of the Brazilian cerrado with a wash of beautiful colours.

Dana Za Wahyu Perdana, Indonesia – Culture: This is one of the Dayak tribal war dances on the island of Borneo.

Alexandros Maragos, Greece – Nature: The Bridge of God aka Theogefyro. A natural rock bridge formed by Kalamas River at Lithino village near Zitsa of Ioannina at Epirus, Greece.

Tin Wing Wu, Hong Kong – Wildlife: This photo was taken at the Taronga Zoo in Sydney. The sun shining through the glass made a rainbow effect, and the penguin swimming under the rainbow makes it feel like a bird flying in the sky.

Christian Spencer, Australia – Wildlife: A rarely seen ocelot emerges from the rainforest in Brazil, melting into to background with its amazing camouflage.

Dustin Silvey, Canada – Travel: This photo was taken at Rainbow Mountain in the Andes of Peru.

Soha Ghandour, Lebanon – Street Photography: Red Stripes, captured at the beach in Tyre, Lebanon.

Laura Bierens, Belgium – Portraits: Spirit.

Chen Haowen, China – Architecture: Lines

Ludwig Favre, France – Architecture: Le Bon Marché, a French department store in the 7th District of Paris

Lu Han, China – Travel: A girl stands with the royal guard at the gate to the Tomb of Mehmed V in Istanbul.

Philip Gunkel, Germany – Nature: The beautiful Lago di Carezza in Trentino, Italy, lit by warm evening sunlight in contrast with the dark rainy clouds racked above the Latamar massif.

Kamil Nureev, Russia – Travel: Take me, Deer. Since ancient times, the Nenets have led a nomadic life, engaged in deer farming and traveling the vast tundra.

Jerry Wei, China – Culture: Taken in Bagan, Burma, a monk prepares to pray

Angiolo Manetti, Italy – Still Life: A chair in a room of an abandoned farmhouse seems overlooking on the landscape of the Tuscan hills, as if waiting for something or someone.

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