A Siberian reindeer herder, a blood-smeared polar bear and wild horses fighting in the desert: The breathtaking finalists in National Geographic Traveler's photography contest
Hundreds of submissions were sent in to National Geographic from photographers across the UK and Ireland
Megan Lee captured the moment two zebra watched the turbulent horizon together at a nature reserve in the UK
This year's winners, which will be announced in February, will each be sent on a photographic commission abroad
Simon Morris took this stunning photograph in Yamal Siberia in the winter of a reindeer herder
Stankey Dellimore captured this shot from the Olympic Tower in Munich, Germany, after becoming fascinated by the shapes of Olympia Hall and its scale relative to humans
Megan Lee captured the moment two zebras watched the turbulent horizon together while she was visiting a nature reserve in south east England
A fisherman demonstrates his technique whilst balancing on one leg in Burma in front of keen photographer Jeremy Flint
A puffin with an eel catch in her mouth was captured on film by a photographer on Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire
In this dramatic scene a young male polar bear guards his kill, a bearded seal in Svalbard
Cindy Lou-Dale took this colourful snap from the balcony of the Nelson Mandela suite at the Soweto Hotel where she was staying
Geoffrey David Whittle, caught a mesmerising image of two wild horses fighting in the Namib Desert during a trip to southern Africa
Emma Muir snapped this picture when she visited the dance show 'Bagore Ki Haveli' while travelling around Udaipur, Rajasthan in India
Ellis Anastasiades snapped this image as he punched his way through the water while diving head first into a swimming pool in Greece
Gail Henshaw was selected as a finalist for her photograph taken in the sacred city of Anuradhapura, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, at sunrise
Sue O'Connell captured the moment an exhausted worker had a nap amid the mayhem and madness at Yangon fish market
Harry Villiers submitted this shot taken on his iPhone during a bike ride through Thetford Forest in Norfolk
During one of Peter Brisley's several visits to Myanmar, he witnessed the weekly ritual of head shaving that takes place
Matt Parry shot this image of Paris's Eiffel Tower on his fourth and final day there, where he experienced nothing but persistent rain
Margaret Soraya entered this image of the mist surrounding Borlum Bay at Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands
Wandering around Havana and Trinidad in Cuba, Alan O'Riordan approached people that caught his eye, including these two women
Hundreds of submissions were sent in to National Geographic from photographers across the UK and Ireland
Megan Lee captured the moment two zebra watched the turbulent horizon together at a nature reserve in the UK
This year's winners, which will be announced in February, will each be sent on a photographic commission abroad
Simon Morris took this stunning photograph in Yamal Siberia in the winter of a reindeer herder
Stankey Dellimore captured this shot from the Olympic Tower in Munich, Germany, after becoming fascinated by the shapes of Olympia Hall and its scale relative to humans
Megan Lee captured the moment two zebras watched the turbulent horizon together while she was visiting a nature reserve in south east England
A fisherman demonstrates his technique whilst balancing on one leg in Burma in front of keen photographer Jeremy Flint
A puffin with an eel catch in her mouth was captured on film by a photographer on Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire
In this dramatic scene a young male polar bear guards his kill, a bearded seal in Svalbard
Cindy Lou-Dale took this colourful snap from the balcony of the Nelson Mandela suite at the Soweto Hotel where she was staying
Geoffrey David Whittle, caught a mesmerising image of two wild horses fighting in the Namib Desert during a trip to southern Africa
Emma Muir snapped this picture when she visited the dance show 'Bagore Ki Haveli' while travelling around Udaipur, Rajasthan in India
Ellis Anastasiades snapped this image as he punched his way through the water while diving head first into a swimming pool in Greece
Gail Henshaw was selected as a finalist for her photograph taken in the sacred city of Anuradhapura, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, at sunrise
Sue O'Connell captured the moment an exhausted worker had a nap amid the mayhem and madness at Yangon fish market
Harry Villiers submitted this shot taken on his iPhone during a bike ride through Thetford Forest in Norfolk
During one of Peter Brisley's several visits to Myanmar, he witnessed the weekly ritual of head shaving that takes place
Matt Parry shot this image of Paris's Eiffel Tower on his fourth and final day there, where he experienced nothing but persistent rain
Margaret Soraya entered this image of the mist surrounding Borlum Bay at Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands
Wandering around Havana and Trinidad in Cuba, Alan O'Riordan approached people that caught his eye, including these two women
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