First-place winner This image was shot in the Kyrgyz lands of the Wakhan Corridor, Afghanistan. The intimacy of this everyday life moment, shot inside of a family yurt, is in total contrast with the harsh environment these nomadic tribes live in. On the right we notice a television and a sound console. These tribes live weeks away from any village by foot. In spite of being located at an altitude of 4,300 meters in one of the most remote areas of Afghanistan they are equipped with solar panels, satellite dishes and cellphones. Ancestral ways of living, with touches of modernity. -- Cedric Houin, first-place winner,
Second-place winner  H'Mong minority children playing with their balloons on a foggy day in Moc Chau, Ha Giang province Vietnam. Shooting time January 2012. -- Vo Anh Kiet,
Third-place winner During the Easter holy celebration called "Misteri" in Trapani, Sicily, devotees carry the scenes of Christ's passion on their shoulders all night long. When the day comes they take a break. --
The merit winners  Near the city of Morondava, on the west coast of Madagascar lies an ancient forest of baobab trees. Unique to Madagascar, the endemic species is sacred to the Malagasy people, and rightly so. Walking amongst these giants is like nothing else on this planet. Some of the trees here are over a thousand years old. It is a spiritual place, almost magical. 
My sister in the south of Chile. We were sitting at home next to the fireplace in our southern lake house when it suddenly began to pour uncontrollably. Had to rush into the lake to take this snapshot! -- Camila Massu
 The Last Supper Of Da Vinci? No, They are just some old men of Chefchaouen in northwest Morocco wearing djellaba [robes], sitting and talking each other. -- Sau Khiang Chau, merit winner. The village of Gásadalur and the island of Mykines in the background. Until a tunnel was built in 2004, the 16 residents living in Gásadalur had to take a strenuous hike or horseback over the steep 400-meter mountain in order to make it to the other villages. It was a rare sunny day in the Faroe Islands and I had to wait until the clouds rolled in to provide some softer light. I decided to go with a long exposure (70 seconds) to illustrate the force of the wind and a serene sea among the isolated islands. -- Ken Bower, merit winner,
 This is the great Japanese maple tree in the Portland Japanese Gardens in Oregon, showing a different perspective of this frequently photographed tree. -- Fred An
More than 2,000 Buddhist temples and pagodas fill the plains of Bagan in Myanmar. Once the capital of the Bagan Empire, farmers now raise their livestock within the centuries old complex. The best way to see Bagan, apart from a ride on a hot air balloon, is by bicycle. It's easy to get off the beaten path and live out your wildest Indiana Jones fantasy.
 Taken at Cloud Break at an outer reef in Fiji, a surfer duck dives his board to clear the rolling waves of the raw ocean. -
Viewers' choice A lonely cabin is illuminated under the Northern Lights in Finnmark, Norway. -
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