Nature

Coral reefs in Laughing Bird Caye and San Pedro in Belize showing an increase in coral growth from restoration. Photo: Fragments of Hope/Lisa Carne

Lake Powell, Arizona

Ludwigsburg, Germany A honeybee collects pollen in the blossom of a hibiscus. Photo: Thomas Kienzle/AFP/Getty Images

Salime Reservoir, near Grandas de Salime, Spain The Milky Way during the meteor shower. Photo: Paul Hanna/Reuters

Anne Lise Gramstad photographed her windswept dog at Ogna beach, Norway. Photo: Anne Lise Gramstad/Barcroft

Photographic competition awards a special prize for close-up pictures, with photographers encouraged to capture the world of plants and gardens in miniature, while showcasing the beauty and complexity of nature. Dandelion Droplet by Alison…

Mr Big Dipper A stargazer observes the constellation of the Big Dipper perfectly aligned with the window of the entrance to a large glacier cave in Engadin, Switzerland. This is a panorama of two pictures, and each is a stack of another…

Kamchatka, Russia Tarbagans are playing hide and seek at the Vilyuchinsky pass. Photo: Yuri Smityuk/Tass

Christopher Swann is a British photographer who takes majestic pictures of whales and dolphins.

UK Eight-week-old Eurasian wolf cubs, from of a litter of five, are playing at the Cotswold wildlife park, UK. Photo: Cotswold Wildlife Park/via PA