<div><p>Our world is jam packed with amazing creatures and beautiful scenery, but it's easy to forget that when you're sitting behind a desk all day.</p><p>You <em>could</em> take a trip out to some of the wilder parts of our world, but that takes time and money that most people don't have.</p><p>Thankfully, there are lots of intrepid people with nice cameras around the world who snap photos of amazing animals and bring them straight to you. The Sony World Photography Awards, the world's biggest photography competition, features loads of great nature images from every corner of our incredible planet. </p><p>We've picked out our 21 favorites for you to enjoy. Which do you think deserves the top prize?</p><p></p><p><strong>1. </strong></p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/19.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/19_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/19_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/19_GH_content_750px.jpg 750w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>Johnny Kruege</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p><strong>2. </strong></p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/9-5.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/9-5_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/9-5_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/9-5_GH_content_750px.jpg 750w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>Husain Hakin Alfraid</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p><strong>3.</strong></p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/7-5.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/7-5_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/7-5_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/7-5_GH_content_750px.jpg 750w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>Mohammad Alnaser</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p></p><p><strong>4. </strong></p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/17-1.PNG" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/17-1_GH_content_550px.PNG 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/17-1_GH_content_650px.PNG 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/17-1_GH_content_750px.PNG 750w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>Perdita Petzl</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p><strong>5.</strong></p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/15-3.PNG" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/15-3_GH_content_550px.PNG 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/15-3_GH_content_650px.PNG 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/15-3_GH_content_750px.PNG 750w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>Meniconzi Alessandra</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p><strong>6.</strong></p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/5-10.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/5-10_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/5-10_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/5-10_GH_content_750px.jpg 750w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>Deveni Mishantha Manjula</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p></p><p><strong>7. </strong></p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/13-2.PNG" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/13-2_GH_content_550px.PNG 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/13-2_GH_content_650px.PNG 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/13-2_GH_content_750px.PNG 750w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>Andreas Hemb</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p><strong>8. </strong></p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/3-12.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/3-12_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/3-12_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/3-12_GH_content_750px.jpg 750w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>John Tao</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p><strong>9. </strong></p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/11-1.PNG" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/11-1_GH_content_550px.PNG 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/11-1_GH_content_650px.PNG 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/11-1_GH_content_750px.PNG 750w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>Jan Ryser</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p></p><p><strong>10.</strong></p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/1-11.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/1-11_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/1-11_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/1-11_GH_content_750px.jpg 750w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>Jonatan Banista</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p><strong>11.</strong></p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/18-1.PNG" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/18-1_GH_content_550px.PNG 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/18-1_GH_content_650px.PNG 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/18-1_GH_content_750px.PNG 750w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>Riya Sharma</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p><strong>12.</strong></p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/2-10.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/2-10_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/2-10_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/2-10_GH_content_750px.jpg 750w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>Petar Sabol</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p></p><p><strong>13.</strong></p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/4-9.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/4-9_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/4-9_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/4-9_GH_content_750px.jpg 750w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>Nadia Aly</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p><strong>14.</strong></p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/16-1.PNG" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/16-1_GH_content_550px.PNG 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/16-1_GH_content_650px.PNG 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/16-1_GH_content_750px.PNG 750w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>Mike Fell</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p><strong>15.</strong></p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/14-2.PNG" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>Eugene Kitsios</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p></p><p><strong>16.</strong></p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/6-7.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/6-7_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/6-7_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/6-7_GH_content_750px.jpg 750w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>Bjorn Persson</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p><strong>17.</strong></p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/12-2.PNG" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>Fan Chen</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p><strong>18.</strong></p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/10-6.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/10-6_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/10-6_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/10-6_GH_content_750px.jpg 750w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>Carlos M. Almagro</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p></p><p><strong>19.</strong></p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/8-5.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/8-5_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/8-5_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/8-5_GH_content_750px.jpg 750w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>Husain Hakin Alfraid</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p><strong>Share these beautiful photos with someone you know!</strong></p></div>