THESE stunning pictures - vying for one of photography's top prizes - capture nature, city life and people with breathtaking beauty.
The 2018 National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest launched today, inviting photographers of all levels to submit their best shots to the annual competition.
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This stunning snap captures the silhouettes of young boys playing basketball in Havana, Cuba, taken by Jeremy LaskyCredit: JEREMY LASKY / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest
The grand-prize winner will be awarded £7,500 ($10,000), will have their photo posted on the @NatGeoTravel Instagram account, as well as the bragging rights.
All entries must be submitted by May 31, 2018 at
Early entries, as shown here, include silhouettes of young basketball players in Havana, slackline riders dwarfed by huge crashing waves in Nazare, Portugal, Hundreds of Eid worshippers on top of a train in Bangladesh and a young boy and a surreal look through a glass-bottomed swimming pool set in a towering skyscraper.
This slum in Dhaka is home to a huge shipyard where 15,000 people, aged between 8 and 80, break down massive vessels. The picture, which captures the crude, dirty and dangerous conditions, was taken by Mauro De BettioCredit: MAURO DE BETTIO / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest
Hundreds of people, travelling to worship at the Muslim festival Eid-ul Adha, cram on top of a train in Bangladesh. The stunningly dangerous commute was captured by Yousuf TusharCredit: YOUSUF TUSHAR / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest
Photographer Mattia Passarini took this intimate portrait of Tibetan Monks during the weekly pray in Tashi LhunPo Monastery in Tibet. It is home to around 2,000 monksCredit: MATTIA PASSARINI / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest
The vivid red image shows Shri Nath Mhaskoba temple is located in the 'Veer' village near Saswad town of Pune, Maharashtra, India. Villagers gather to celebrate God's Marriage ceremony every year where they chant and throw red colour. The scene was captured by Mahesh LonkarCredit: MAHESH LONKAR / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest
Tihomir Trichkov caught this image in India, and called it Tribute to Marilyn due to the guard's billowing white skirts. He said: 'a sudden breeze of wind took me straight to a different time, a completely different movie set, a hundred or so years later, well famed for a single, white dress.'Credit: TIHOMIR TRICHKOV / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest
Andrey Karr photographed slackline walkers at sunset in Nazare, Portugal, as massive waves dwarfed them in the backgroundCredit: AIDAN WILLIAMS / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest
Veronica Domit caught the judge's eye with this picture of the Totonacas Flying Festival in Papantla, Mexico, which is performed to encourage rain on local cropsCredit: VERONICA DOMIT / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest
Taken by Peyton Sickles, this stunning image captures a unique view through the glass bottomed swimming pool set in a towering skyscraper in Oahu, Honolulu.Credit: PEYTON SICKLES / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest
A boy jumps a pond on a beach at Cox’s Bazar Dry fishing village, Bangladesh. More than 5,000 families rely on dry fish processing to survive, while children make their own fun among the dunes, according to photographer Yousuf TusharCredit: YOUSUF TUSHAR / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest
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