Selected from over 26,500 entries, taken by photographers from 93 different countries in categories ranging from natural, travel, people and mobile etc.

There are stunning variations from a serene sunrise canoe in Minnesota to a train ride in Myanmar to a vicuna wandering the grasslands of the Andes. Some moments were sought out, others captured by chance.

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little-girl

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