Sony World Photography Awards announced the winners of its 2015 photo contest.
This year, photographers both young and old submitted 173,000 entries from 171 countries.
Winners in the awards' four competitions — Professional, Open, Youth, and Mobile — will receive $30,000 in cash prizes, the latest Sony digital imaging equipment, and plenty of exposure.
The rest of the winners will be announced today in London.
A 14-year-old girl snapped this candid of her little cousin playing in their grandmother's garden in Portugal.
Skiers descend the slopes of Borovets, one of Bulgaria's most popular resorts, as snow falls at night.
A man performs a "bomb dive" into the ocean on the Sussex coast.
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