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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