The best pictures from the Sony World Photography Award 2020

The professional jury summed up the first results of the Sony World Photography Award photo contest — one of the most authoritative international photo contests. This year, tens of thousands of photographers from 63 countries of the world submitted 190,000 images to the competition. From them, the jury selected the best photos that reached the final, and from which the winning photos will be selected by April 16. In the meantime, look at the pictures of the finalists!

Atanas Chulev, Bulgaria — "Tunnel in the Italian Dolomites"

Tien Sang Kok, Malaysia — "Herd in the Mongolian steppe"

Adam Stevenson, Australia — "Kookaburra looking at a Forest Fire"

Abhijit Kumar Banerjee, India — "Love in the Reserve"

Suti Yang, China — "Northern Lights in Iceland"

Karem Apaza Lopez, Peru — The Great Wall of China

Jan Simon, Czech Republic — In the jungles of Indonesia

Will Venter, South Africa — Buffalo in the forest shade

Bjorn-Arlid Skanske, Norway — Abandoned mine on Svalbard Island

Kiattavorn Kortavonvong, Thailand — Autumn view of Mount Fuji

Markus Westburg, Sweden — Ongumo Park in Namibia. The Summit

Lakshita Karunaratna, Sri Lanka — Otter from Lincolnshire on a night hunt

Greg Lecker, France — Crab-eating seals in search of prey

Kang Moon Lai, Hong Kong — Horse Mackerel School

Ales Krivec, Slovenia — Cracking Frost

Jung Sen Wu, Taiwan — Sea Lion on the hunt

Dilek Uyar, Turkey — Sheep herds in Bitlis

Hwanghee Kim, South Korea — Boatman from the Solomon Islands

Kushal Shahi, Nepal — To the peaks of the Himalayas