With just a few weeks left to enter the 2016 Sony World Photography Awards, we present a selection of early submissions.
The jury has narrowed down more than 42,000 entries to a shortlist of 25 images. Which one captures your imagination?
The best photos captured by British soldiers on service in Afghanistan and in parade back home.
Australian high school teacher and former beekeeper captures dandelion pollen grains on a honey bee's eye.
Bloody photo of a fight between a red fox and an Arctic fox wins this year's Wildlife Photographer of the Year.
Winners of this year's Astronomy Photographer of the Year award from the Royal Observatory Greenwich.
Now in their sixth year, the awards recognise photographers working in Britain and highlight the diversity of our wildlife.
Wrestling Komodo dragons, a shark-repellent surfboard and a concerned gorilla are among the finalists in Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2015.
An underwater photograph of divers swimming near a humpback whale has won the 2015 National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest.
Swedish photographer Jonas Gratzer has been named Photographer of the Year by the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand.
The shortlist for one of the world's leading photography prizes has been announced.
Winners of a competition celebrating the way Apple's iPhone changed photography.
Photos illustrate the link between environmental and social issues such as climate change and poverty.
AFP photographer Bülent Kiliç wins The John Faber Award for his series on the anti-government protests in Kiev.
Moore wins the world's biggest photography competition for his hard-hitting series on Ebola in Liberia.
Kevin Frayer will receive a $20,000 grant to help him continue his work.
The winners of the world's biggest photography competition have been revealed.
Heidi Levine's powerful Gaza photos win her an award recognising courageous women photojournalists.
Winners include the northern lights shimmering over a reindeer herder's tent, complete with satellite dish.
Shortlisted images in the Open category of the world's biggest photography competition.
Shortlisted images in the Professional category of the world's biggest photography competition.
A photo of a gay couple in St Petersburg, Russia, has won World Press Photo of the Year 2014.