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Photographer of the Year winner: Dangerous garbage-eating elephants, by Tilaxan Tharmapalan in Ampara district, Sri Lanka The elephants pictured here come to garbage dumping grounds in Ampara in search of food. Unfortunately, this causes them to fall ill and many have died. Authorities in Sri Lanka have recently however banned the open dumping of garbage near wildlife sanctuaries
Photograph: Tilaxan Tharmapalan/Royal Society of Biology Photography Competition
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Photographer of the Year runner-up: The boundary of disaster, by Roberto Bueno Boundary between forest and land stripped of trees for agricultural use. This straight line represents the border between nature and humanity. However, human impact like this can be seen all over the world with ecosystems going through huge, dramatic changes
Photograph: Roberto Bueno Hernandez/Royal Society of Biology Photography Competition
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Photographer of the Year highly commended: Observer, by Agata Boguszewska in Richmond Park, London, UK Three cyclists are watched by a young deer in Richmond Park
Photograph: Agata Boguszewska/Royal Society of Biology Photography Competition
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Photographer of the Year shortlisted: My shirt, by Hasan Baglar in Nicosia, Cyprus The grasshopper is moulting its exoskeleton. It will do this a number of times as it changes and grows during its lifetime
Photograph: Hasan Baglar/Royal Society of Biology Photography Competition
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Photographer of the Year shortlisted: Young volunteers, by Froi Rivera in Cavite, Philippines The three volunteers are seen happy and content during their tree-planting activity
Photograph: Froi Rivera/Royal Society of Biology Photography Competition
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Photographer of the Year shortlisted: The olive journey, by Saurabh Chakraborty in Rushikulya, Odisha, India Almost every year in Rushikulya, one of the most spectacular events in nature takes place. Thousands of Olive Ridley sea turtles come to this coastal region to lay eggs
Photograph: Saurabh Chakraborty/Royal Society of Biology Photography Competition
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Photographer of the Year shortlisted: Greenhouse, by Jonathan Jimenez (Jonk) in Gant, Belgium The image of an abandoned 19th-century greenhouse shows how nature can reclaim and transform structures left by humans
Photograph: Jonathan Jimenez/Royal Society of Biology Photography Competition
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Young Photographer of the Year winner: Waiting, by Ashwin Geerthan in Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka These Indian cormorants are patiently waiting on a structure made of sticks that was setup by humans for fishing. The birds have used the structure to their own advantage, which shows how they have changed to live alongside humans
Photograph: Ashwin Geerthan/Royal Society of Biology Photography Competition
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Young Photographer of the Year runner-up: The world is a good place, by Charlotte Bean in Brookmans Park, England We tend to focus on the bad changes that occur in the world around us, yet so much positivity can be found if we look in the right places. Here, young goslings are making their first steps into the world
Photograph: Charlotte Bean/Royal Society of Biology Photography Competition
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Young Photographer of the Year highly commended: End of a thousand dreams, by Saptarshi Gayen in Singur, West Bengal, India As extreme weather events are becoming more frequent, it is important to recognise the impact they have not just on humans but also on the rest of nature. The two baby baya weavers pictured here had fallen out of their nest and died following a cyclone
Photograph: Saptarshi Gayen/Royal Society of Biology Photography Competition
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Young Photographer of the Year shortlisted: Silent noon, by Rosie Tarboton in Claygate, Surrey, UK Changes occur all the time in nature. It is a part of every organism’s life cycle. This is very clearly seen in creatures such as dragonflies, which undergo metamorphosis
Photograph: Rosie Tarboton/Royal Society of Biology Photography Competition
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Young Photographer of the Year shortlisted: Ischmeer glacier, by Rory Stringer, Swiss Alps In the 1800s, the entire gorge was covered in ice. Today, the glacier has retreated so much it has resulted in many problems such as unstable rock. The world around us continues to change. Who knows what things will look like in years to come
Photograph: Rory Stringer/Royal Society of Biology Photography Competition
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