Watch the birdie: Azim Khan Ronnie took home the coveted title with a photograph showing thousands of migratory Siberian seagulls feeding in Yamuna Ghat, India 

Horse power: Kah-Wai Lin's third-place photograph of Yilki horses as they surge across the dusty plateau at sunset in Cappadocia, Turkey

The photograph of the year was handed to Vitaly Golovatyuk's capture of a bird sitting on the water of a clear lake reflecting the sky, surrounded by red grass, in Dongtai, China 

Chin Leong Teo captured a fisherman’s yellow net as it blooms across the water, wrapping his small boat 

Ice see you: Taken by Rhiannon Lawler, a polar bear balances on the edge of an iceberg in East Greenland, using the height to scan the sea ice and test the wind

California's Diablo Range at its greenest after winter rains, highlighting smooth contours and flowing patterns, was taken by Chengming Liu

Barbara Brown's aerial shot of Salt Works in Walvis Bay, Namibia

Sanghamitra Sarkar's photo shows a gathering of Hindu pilgrims sitting in a circular pattern around a central litter carrying sacred footwear

The sharp, steep, and layered hills in the Badlands of Utah by A J Rich

Bali's rice terraces cascade down the hillsides in vivid green steps, shaped by centuries of careful irrigation by Chin Leong Teo

Hindu devotees gathered in Dhaka, fasting and praying with incense and oil lamps by Azim Khan Ronnie

Thousands of bright red chilli peppers are harvested in the hot sun before being sorted ready to be delivered to spice companies in the Sariakandi, Bogura, Bangladesh, also by Azim Khan Ronnie

A lone person crossing a traffic junction in central Tokyo by Chin Leong Teo

An aerial shot of The Park Royal Hotel in Singapore by Chin Leong Teo