Our planet is home to plenty of spectacular and wonderfully weird natural phenomena, including an underwater waterfall and a flaming gas crater.
CNN’s list of the world’s best travel photos of 2018 so far might offer a little welcome relief from sitting at your desk. Wanderlust, and all that jazz.
Entries are now open for the annual National Geographic Travel Photographic of the Year contest, and these are our favourite shots from the contest so far.
Nothing like a little nighttime photography to get the technical juices flowing. Check out this stunner, featuring Lion’s Head, shot by Kyle Goetsch.
If you have ever found yourself spending your birthday alone, you might find some comfort in this beautiful artwork created by a Reddit user.
Venezuela’s 2017 protests weren’t a pretty sight, but one photographer managed to capture a moment that would secure him the World Press Photo title.
You might have though that last night’s sunset was one for the books, but then came the lightning. Boy, did Mother Nature spoil us.
A small group of Ugandan Vespa riders are the subject of a World Photography Awards entry, and their story is one of devotion and respect for the two-wheeled icon.
The Sony World Photography Awards remains one of the world’s premier competitions, and this year judges have noticed one major shift with regards their finalists.
With 8 500 photographs, competing for top placement in 26 categories, here’s a look at the best from the prestigious Societies of Photographers Awards.
For the first time in the competition’s history, the World Press Photo finalists have been released before the announcement of the winner.
Sometimes wedding photos manage to capture love and all that fun stuff, and sometimes they catch the exact moment things go belly up. This is the latter.
Dronestagram has released their top 20 best drone pics of 2017, and they will not disappoint. Think of all the social media likes.
Please enjoy this fantastic selection of nature’s finest comedic moments, captured on film for your enjoyment. Let’s hear it for the owls.
This year hasn’t exactly been the smoothest sailing, and looking back on it through photographs shows the extent of the batshittery that went down.
Ever climbed a hundred foot ladder to grab a hive filled with neurotoxic honey? Nah, me neither, but at least we can ogle the pictures.
The Royal Society’s annual photo comp celebrates ‘the power of photography to communicate science’, and we picked seven of their winners that do just that.
To sum up the year, ‘The Atlantic’ put together their top 25 images that look back at what has happened these past 12 months. We’ve picked 10 that stand out.
Of the 20 photographs nominated for an international architecture photography award, two are from South Africa. Jozi and Ceres, take a bow.
Comedy Wildlife Photography is a great way to make us laugh while simultaneously raising awareness about animals all over the world. Please do enjoy…
Bali, Switzerland, South Korea, Italy, Cuba and more – the search for the perfect photo can take one to just about every corner of the globe. Here are some standouts.
Brent Stirton can be pretty pleased, his photo picked out of more than 50 000 entries from 92 countries for a prestigious award. If only it wasn’t so sad.
Everyone loves to lavish praise on the Big Five, and sometimes the little guys and girls end up overlooked. Enough – check out these pearlers.
Spending a week in the desert isn’t everyone’s idea of a good time, but that doesn’t mean you can’t have a peek at what happened at this year’s Burning Man.
When you put aerial images of Cape Town taken during the 1940s alongside their modern day Google Earth equivalents, this is what you get.
The winners of this year’s National Geographic travel photography contest have just been announced, and this volcano shot came out tops. The rest are special, too.
You’re used to seeing slickly edited videos of Cape Town shot from the sky, but how about the world’s best drone photos? There’s even a local chap in the mix.
In a city where 90 percent of the population are expats, this photo series takes a look at the everyday activities of the wealthier segment of society.
It’s the most famous primate selfie in history, and photographer David Slater was pretty stoked when his hard work paid off. Then it all started unravelling.
You wouldn’t say that Brooklyn Beckham has had it tough growing up, but he is learning that people on social media can be rather nasty.