Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2017 – the winners:
...and this week's photos by pros:
A red-shanked douc langur at Chleby zoo, Czech Republic. |
Professional surfer Al Mennie walks over sand dunes as he makes his way back to his van after surfing, captured in infrared. Portrush, Northern Ireland. |
Grace Jones peers out from beneath her headdress at the premiere of the documentary Grace Jones: Bloodlight And Bami. London, England. |
Rhiannan Iffland from Australia dives from a 21-metre platform in the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series. Lago Ranco, Chile |
Laila Skovmand, a musician with Danish company Between Music, sings underwater in a tank during rehearsals for Aquasonic at the Tramway. Glasgow, Scotland. |
A visitor to London Comic Con uses the lavatory. London, England. |
A protester with a machete and a knife during clashes with police in the Kibera shanty town after the country’s presidential elections. Nairobi, Kenya. |
An opposition supporter lies on the street, unharmed, as he protests near a burning barricade in Kibera (Nairobi) shanty town. |
Two white storks nest on a tree. Zerbolo, Italy. |
An Olympique de Marseille supporter burns a flare outside the Velodrome stadium before the football team kick-off against Paris Saint-Germain. |
A cat at the Fluffytorium in Soho Square, a pop-up aimed at children who might not otherwise get the chance to spend time with pets. |
A girl dressed as Catrina, the ‘Lady of the Dead’, waits for the Grand Procession of Catrinas, in Day of the Dead celebrations. Mexico City, Mexico. |
Men of the Waiapi tribe, one of the most traditional tribes of the Amazon rainforest, play flutes and dance in the river to call on the Anaconda snake to protect their village. Amapa state, Brazil. |
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men pray next to the Mediterranean while performing the Tashlich ritual, during which ‘sins are cast into the water to the fish’, Herzliya, Israel. |
Salsa dancers at a club in the financial district, Caracas, Venezuela. |