Advertisement An upside-down orangutan, a gigantic-looking bird and a flexible feathered friend performing the splits are among awe-inspiring photos honoured in this year's World Nature Photography Awards. The contest has announced its winners from an incredible pool of entries that flooded in from all over the globe. A stunning image of an endangered Bornean orangutan staring knowingly into a camera while clambering down a tree has been named the overall winner. Thomas Vijayan, from Canada, spent hours up a tree hoping an orangutan would swing by before he captured this brilliant photo. Canada's Thomas Vijayan received a £700 cash prize for his superb shot of a Bornean orangutan in 'The World is Going Upside Down'. Mr Vijayan was crowned the overall winner of The World Nature Photography Awards