The Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026 competition has issued a sneak peek of wonderful photographs from this year’s record-breaking 65,000 entries from 121 countries and territories. This release kickstarts the 62nd year of the leading wildlife photography competition by the Natural History Museum, which selects 100 winning images for 2026. The full set, showing […]
The awe-inspiring winning images of this prestigious international photography contest are a celebration of the beauty of our natural world. Awe-inspiring wildlife portraits, surreal views of flowers as seen by an ant, dramatic encounters in the wild and tender animal moments make up the winning images of the Nature Photographer of the Year 2025 competition—one of […]
Bearing the theme “Wonder: Sustaining What Sustains Us,” the winning images of the 2025 12th annual United Nations World Oceans Day Photo Competition are an ode to our ocean’s wonders and a call to not lose sight of them when determining their fate. The winning images of this photo contest were selected by an expert panel of judges from […]
The people have spoken: With a record 76,000 votes, these are the winning and highly commended images chosen from 25 nominees by fans of wildlife photography and nature around the world. With a record number of 76,000 votes by wildlife photography and nature fans from around the world, the image of an ambling Eurasian badger […]
As an appetiser to the ranking of the 50 Best Restaurants in the world that will be announced in Las Vegas on June 5, the organisers of the prestigious competition have unveiled the venues ranked from 51st to 100th in this year’s extended list of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants. This ranking of runners-up is the first release […]
A jaguar drilling the camera with its eyes as it attacks a crocodile, a village floating on Lake Titicaca as wildfire approaches, amazing portraits, architectural wonders and gorgeous landscapes are all among the 10 category winners and shortlisted single photos in the prestigious Sony World Photography Awards open competition, unveiled by the World Photography Organisation. The free-to-enter […]
A number of towns in Europe are so worried about their dwindling populations that are offering purchasing grants, cheap rents and cash payouts for moving there — and for having babies — to new residents, including foreigners, as encouragement to relocate. The initiative is not new and the towns that have already put in practice the funding […]
After Italy became the first Western country to block ChatGPT over lack of transparency in its data use, the question is: Who will follow?