Orangutan swinging on a tree trunk wins top prize in Sony World Photo Awards 2024

Orangutan swinging on a tree trunk wins top prize in Sony World Photo Awards 2024

Sunday, April 14, 2024 21:40 PM (GMT+7)

Here are some of the winning images from the Natural World and Wildlife category of Sony's photo contest, including this shot of an orangutan swinging from a tree trunk.

This photo shows a herd of horses running through deep snow in Inner Mongolia, China. The photographer, Chee Kin Wong, said the animals “decided to take a shortcut from the high ground.”

If you look closely, you can see that these bats are hanging upside down. The photo was taken by Pedro Jarque Krebs. He flipped the photo upside down to give these cuddling bats a new look.

Ian Ford's photo won first prize in the Natural World and Wildlife category.

Orangutans are members of the endangered great ape family. This photo shows an orangutan swinging from a tree trunk.

Elephants often cover themselves in dust or mud to help protect their skin from heat and sunlight. Artwork by Ju Shen Lee from Singapore.

Photographer Pascal Fouquet in Orlando, USA took a photo of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carrying the X-37B spacecraft into orbit on December 28, 2023.

Japanese photographer Masayuki won third prize with his photo of a heron on a seawall, clinging to the concrete with its claws while catching a fish from the water.

This photo, taken by Spanish photographer Jesus Frias, captures a tender moment between an elephant and its calf. Elephants have a habit of bringing flowers to the places where their family members have passed away.

The photo shows fish, crabs and all sorts of sea creatures taking shelter on the body of a marsupial jellyfish. To take the photo, Massimo Giorgetta dropped a light into the deep ocean and used it to attract the animals.

Korean photographer Lee Jongkee's photo captures a dreamy moment when a diver appears to be floating in nothingness.

This great blue heron has a fish down its throat. Herons fish by crawling slowly, looking into the shallows for small fish. Then they strike like a lightning bolt, pulling the fish out of the water.

A polar bear and walrus roam the Arctic in summer. Polar bears have been affected by the loss of sea ice in the Arctic, which they use as hunting grounds.

A baby sperm whale is pictured nursing. Because of their body shape, calves have to turn upside down to access their mother's milk.

Photographer Kathryn Cooper from the UK captured these starlings circling and swooping together. The photo was created using multiple exposures.

A lone zebra among a herd of wildebeest. Every year, wildebeest embark on a mass migration and sometimes pick up hitchhikers along the way.

Two river otters play together underwater. Their fur gives them a surreal, silky appearance when captured on camera.

A photo of a fennec fox in the Sahara Desert of North Africa. These small mammals have adapted to living with very little water.

These European cormorants face the blowing snow.

The Japanese macaque and her baby are almost completely submerged in the hot spring. They spend most of their time in this naturally warm body of water during the winter.

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