Stunning Entries From Sony World Photography Awards 2017

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

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

5. 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.

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

7. Jelena Jankovic, Serbia – Enhanced: Blue Mountains

9. 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.

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

11. 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.

12. 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.

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

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

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

16. Laura Bierens, Belgium – Portraits: Spirit.

18. Chen Haowen, China – Architecture: Lines

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

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

22. 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.

24. 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.

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

26. 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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