The In-Betweens

許安榮 (Ān Róng Xǔ), Grand Park Girls, 2011. Photo © 許安榮 (Ān Róng Xǔ). Courtesy of Dazed.

The Cat in the Hat

A giant cat installation is on display for visitors at the Bund in 上海 (Shànghǎi), China. Photo: VCG/Getty Images.

Day for Night

Day party in Adonis, Byblos District, Lebanon. Photo © Myriam Boulos.

Ex Machina

A man looks out from a container restaurant near an art sculpture depicting a sleeping Chinese astronaut in the 宋庄艺术区 (Sòngzhuāng art district) in eastern 北京 (Běijīng), China. Photo: 王身敦 (Andy Wong)/AP.

Halfway to Nowhere

They met halfway in Sitka, Alaska, United States, enveloping each other in a great bear hug. Photo: Andrea Rosado.

In the Pink

Tourists enjoy the blooming of pink muhly grass at 三桥 (Sānqiáo) wetland park in 南京 (Nánjīng), east China’s 江苏省 (Jiāngsū province). Photo: Rex/Shutterstock.

Into the Woods

An aerial photo shows the “tidal tree” landscape of the 东台条子泥 (Dōngtái Tiáoziní) wetland in the coastal city of 盐城 (Yánchéng) in 江苏省 (Jiāngsū province), north of 上海 (Shànghăi). Photo: Costfoto/NurPhoto/Rex/Shutterstock.

Web of Silk

A spider spins a web early in the morning in a rice field in Kathmandu, Nepal. Photo: Narendra Shrestha/EPA.

Democracy and Liberty

A bird perches on razor wire in Bern, Switzerland. Photo: Anthony Anex/EPA.

Pursuing Meaning

A bold chipmunk tackles a large peanut on the deck of a home in Morristown, New Jersey, United States. Photo: Zuma Press/Alamy Live News.

Billboard

Feeling board... Didier Vanderperre’s shot of Chinatown in New York City, United States. Photo: Didier Vanderperre via The Guardian.

About Time

“Enjoyed while walking back to the gate in Schiphol airport, after a long delay”. Caption and photo © Bridget Perkin via BBC.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

A seagull flies above a rooftop in Rome, Italy. Photo: Tiziana Fabi/AFP/Getty Images.

Bougainvillea

Ming Tang-Evans won the Tiptree Cake Award of Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year 2024 for It’s Raining Cake — Hallelujah!, a capture bursting with colour, styled by Tarunima Sinha. Photo: Ming Tang-Evans/Pink Lady FPOTY 2024.

Nylon and Silk

Handmade darkroom print of 葉琳 (Lín Yap). Photo © Charlie Tallott, via @charlie_tallott.

Arctic Miscellanies

A gentoo penguin — the fastest underwater swimmer of all penguins — flees for its life as a leopard seal bursts out of the water. Photo: egdelalamo@gmail.com/Eduardo Del Álamo.

Last Tango in Paris

Edible frogs with inflated vocal sacs mate in a pond in Rosny-Sous-Bois in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. Photo: Geyres Christophe/Abaca/Rex/Shutterstock.

Altars of the East

Valérie Belin, Bride/XXX Toys, (Brides series), 2012. Photo: Valérie Belin/Courtesy of Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris–Brussels.

Between Appear and Disappear

Inevitably, it may be that photos taken from the same place at different hours of the same day can show weather changes.

芒果崇拜 (Mango cult)

刘涛 (Liú Tāo), Walking 合肥 (Héféi), 2016. Photo © 刘涛 (Liú Tāo). Courtesy of Neocha.