Best of Natural World From 2024 Sony World Photography Awards

Floral Separator Enjoy the most captivating photography from this year's winners and shortlisted photographers from the 2024 Sony World Photography Awards highlighting the beauty of the natural world! Planet Custodian

Göreme valley hot-air balloons taking off near the horse stables

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Spire jutting out of the barren landscape of the Utah Badlands

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Between Calm and Catastrophe: A dramatic testament to nature’s dual disposition

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A rare scene of a sperm whale calf nursing from its mother

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Caught between the fire and water!

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Portrait of a bumblebee!

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Winner, Natural World & Wildlife: The death grip

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The Three Musketeers: Three male musk ox captured during a snowstorm

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Moonrise Sprites over the Old Man of Storr in Scotland

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Two otters playing together just under the surface of the water

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