Impressive moment from the 2017 World Photography Competition

The Sony World Photography Awards is one of the world's largest photo contests, attracting hundreds of thousands of photographers from all over the world.

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This year's competition received 227,596 photos, competed in three main categories: Professional (for professional photographers), Open (for All) and Youth (For young people from 12-19 years old).This is a picture of a herd of water buffalo drinking at midnight, taken by Andreas Hemb at Zimanga Private Game Reserve, Natal Kwa-Zulu, South Africa.

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A herd of fish creates a tornado effect.Photo of Christian Vizl (Mexico).

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This photo is from Irish photographer Ivor Prickett.Men in Hawija, Iraq are waiting for Kurds to interrogate at a base near Kirkuk.Sony world photographer is an annual competition organized by WPO World Photography Organization.

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A picture full of art about a little girl hugging a balloon floating in the air.The author is Alex Andriesi, the Grenoble, France.

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In this picture, a lonely tree stands in the middle of a gray rock.The author is Tom Jacobi, a German.

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Mrs. Carmen Sajeras, 85, Cuban, lives alone in a simple house.The photo was taken by Anisleidy Martnez Fonseca.

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People in the city of Ardabil, Iran participate in the Muharram holy month, an important ceremony with Shia and Sunni Muslims, which takes place in the first month of the Islamic calendar.Emrah Karako's photo.

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Mount Fuji in Japan becomes different in this picture.Award winners include $ 25,000 in cash, the latest photo equipment, tickets to the awards ceremony at Somerset House, London (including airline and hotel tickets) .

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Guests sunbathing on the beach in Salento, Italy.Photo of photographer Vito Leone.

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Photo of "My daughter at home" by author Tim Topple, England.Winners of the Open category will receive $ 5,000 and some artifacts.

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This photo was taken at the time of February in Nagano-ken Prefecture, Japan, at an altitude of about 1,829m above sea level.The author is photographer Masayasu Sakuma.

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Picture of a woman lying on a rocky beach by Placido Faranda, an Italian.

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Photo of young boy Li Hang, 11 years old, Harbin, China at a food store.Li Hang weighs 155kg.In November 2016, I went to the center of Changchun, determined to lose weight.

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A newborn baby baptized in Tbilisi, George.The photo was taken by Beniamino Pisati (Italian).

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A house on the banks of the Danube in Hungary.Photographer is Zsolt Hlinka.