Frost-covered autumn leaves in the early morning sun in Swillington, West Yorkshire, UK. Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA

A participant bikes along Sixth Avenue during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade in New York Photograph: Andres Kudacki/AP

"Got this incredible moment early morning when the man was taking bath at one of the the ghats (bank) of river Yamuna, Delhi...Under the simplicity of these ghats, the musical feel with the tweets of these sea gulls are amazing to hear and…

Whitehaven Harbour being battered by storm waves, Cumbria, UK. Photograph: Ashley Cooper/Images From A Warming Planet

Winner, adults category: What’s on the Menu by Sam Oakes, Richmond, Surrey. “Our everyday decisions impact not only our local environment but those distant from us, in this case the watery home of the puffin. Human decisions are depleting…

Tokyo, Japan A six-year-old boy plays in front of yellow ginkgo leaves in a park Photograph: Issei Kato/Reuters

LION, SOUTH AFRICA A lion walks against a gritty wind in the Nossob Riverbed, Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, South Africa. PHOTOGRAPH BY CHRIS JOHNS, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

1960s Then a leader of Rhodesian fighters, Robert Mugabe attends a meeting in Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, with the secretary for information of the African National Congress, Georges Silundika, and the leader of the Zimbabwe African…

Self-Portrait Between the Clock and the Bed (1940-43)Few artists have ever seen their own old age with such terrifying clarity as Munch. Compared with this illusionless recognition of imminent mortality, the late works of Rembrandt seem…

London, UK Collaborative art duo Gilbert and George pose in front of Beardmas, which forms part of their new exhibition at the White Cube gallery Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters