Sand and Sandstone

张博原 (Zhāng Bóyuán), A Camel Crossing the Highway of Taklimakan, 2018. Photo © 张博原 (Zhāng Bóyuán). Courtesy of 高台当代艺术中心艺术家 (Gāotái Gallery), 新疆 (Xīnjiāng).

Retiré

Working leg in retiré devant. Photo © Aditya Kshirsagar/The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards.

Off the Beaten Track

Kangaroos doing a lively dance upon the sunburnt grass in Perth, Australia. Photo © Lea Scaddan/The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards.

Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door

A chipmunk sings its heart out. Photo: Roland Kranitz/6th Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards.

Sanding

A grizzly bear lies on its back with its paws dangling in the air in the Alaska wilderness near to Lake Clark. Photo: Janet Miles/6th Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards.

The Sweet Life

A sea lion sunbathes in water on the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Photo: Sue Hollis/6th Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards.

多语制 (Multilingualism)

China’s 一席 (Yīxí Talk) (Get Inspired) is the equivalent to TED Talks and they just released a talk from Photographers Against Wildlife Crime co-founder Britta Jaschinski, which she gave at 广州 (Guǎngzhōu) last December, following the launch of the bilingual English-Chinese version. Photo: Britta Jaschinski/Photographers Against Wildlife Crime.

If the Shoe Doesn’t Fit

Lalitpur, Nepal: A frog on a rain-soaked lotus leaf. Photo: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters.

The Call of the Heart

Dancing penguins. Photo: André B. Erlich/5th Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards.

Dance from the Heart

Dancing... yeah! Photo: Martina Gebert/5th Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards.

Watching the Wheels

A raccoon takes the driver’s seat of a 1970s Ford Pinto on a deserted farm in Saskatchewan, Canada. (From the Natural History Museum’s selection of highly commended pictures in competition at the 55th Wildlife Photographer of the Year | Urban wildlife category). Photo: Jason Bantle.

Sleeping Beauty

A Weddell seal appears to be in a deep sleep. Lying on fast ice (ice attached to land) off Larsen Harbour, South Georgia, South Atlantic, it was relatively safe from its predators — killer whales and leopard seals — and so could relax and digest. (From the Natural History Museum’s selection of highly commended pictures in competition at the 55th Wildlife Photographer of the Year | Black and white category). Photo: Ralf Schneider.

Selfless in a Selfie World

All monkey, no business: British nature photographer David Slater has seen very little from the selfie that a macaque took using his camera. Photo: AP.