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'New heights' reached in global garden photo prize

Symbols of mortality feature in the winning image by a German photographer.

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A wooden stand covered in fruit in front of a painting of a ship at sea

'New heights' reached in global garden photo prize

Symbols of mortality feature in the winning image by a German photographer.

A wooden stand covered in fruit in front of a painting of a ship at sea

'New heights' reached in global garden photo prize

Symbols of mortality feature in the winning image by a German photographer.

The embrace by Sergey Gorshkov, Russia

Hidden camera's hugging tiger wins top photo award

A camera-trap image of an Amur tiger takes the grand prize at Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2020.

A portrait of an NHS frontline worker wearing scrubs

NHS frontline staff featured in photo awards

A series of images showing frontline NHS workers was given gold in the Open Award.

Portrait of Mari alongside her drawing

Portraits of the quarantined mind

Photographer Doma Dovgialo's collaborative portrait project reveals the effects of quarantine on the mental state of many people.

Recreating Gustave Doré, The Neophyte. Peter Van Norden, Tony Amendola, Leo Marks, Bo Foxworth, James Sutorius, Frank Weitzel

Capturing 'the moment of decision'

Photographer Rory Lewis's portraits capture the quiet moment before a decision is made.

A mother carries her child on her back as she walks past graffiti artworks on the walls in the trendy Maboneng district of Johannesburg, South Africa, 02 October 2020. The area has been revitalized over the past five years as a process of re-development of the once downtrodden downtown district. The effort brought safety, business, more tourists and a lot of color into the area.

Africa's top shots: Robes, reeds and dates

A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent and beyond.

Mike Pence debates Kamala Harris

Harris v Pence debate

Democrat Kamala Harris debated Republican Vice-President Mike Pence in Salt Lake City, Utah.

The embrace by Sergey Gorshkov, Russia

Hidden camera's hugging tiger wins top photo award

A camera-trap image of an Amur tiger takes the grand prize at Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2020.

A portrait of an NHS frontline worker wearing scrubs

NHS frontline staff featured in photo awards

A series of images showing frontline NHS workers was given gold in the Open Award.

Portrait of Mari alongside her drawing

Portraits of the quarantined mind

Photographer Doma Dovgialo's collaborative portrait project reveals the effects of quarantine on the mental state of many people.

Recreating Gustave Doré, The Neophyte. Peter Van Norden, Tony Amendola, Leo Marks, Bo Foxworth, James Sutorius, Frank Weitzel
A mother carries her child on her back as she walks past graffiti artworks on the walls in the trendy Maboneng district of Johannesburg, South Africa, 02 October 2020. The area has been revitalized over the past five years as a process of re-development of the once downtrodden downtown district. The effort brought safety, business, more tourists and a lot of color into the area.
Mike Pence debates Kamala Harris

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Angela kissing her baby's foot

Being a mother in prison

G-A-Y Soho, London

Friends embrace Super Saturday as pubs and bars reopen

Woman holding cloth

Wax print: Africa's pride or colonial legacy?

Shoppers in MMIlton Keynes

The first thing I bought when the shops reopened

Captain Iltasayon Neepe

On patrol with the locust hunters

Week in pictures

A woman's cat walks across her desk
A student poses on 29 tonnes of carrots
Several pairs of hands press down on a gold plaque that has been lain in the ground
A dog puts its nose into a metal funnel
Newly born Barbary lion cubs playing
Looking at the open road
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Mountains in Arizona
Couple's hiking boots and view of Lake Windermere
Robin

Your pictures on the theme of 'garden creatures'

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