Winners of World Photography Awards announced

Some of the world's best photographers have been celebrated at the annual Sony World Photography Awards this week.

A ceremony was held in London to announce the winners of different categories, such as wildlife and nature, landscape and still life.

Over 430,000 pictures from 200 different countries were entered this year - here are some of the winners.

This rubber duck snapped by Vilma Taubo from Norway won in the still life category.

It's part of a series called Talking Without Speaking, which captures images of everyday objects that have become a symbol of protests in certain parts of the world.

This cool collage took home the crown in the Landscape category.

It's by a UK based photographer called Dafna Talmor, who handmade the collages of pictures of various undisclosed locations she'd photographed.

This picture by Elle Leontiev from Australia won her the Open Photographer of the Year award.

It's called The Barefoot Volcanologist, which shows a renowned self-taught volcano scientist, standing on top of some volcanic rock on the island of Tanna, Vanuatu.

Despite his bare feet, he is wearing a lava protection suit that had been gifted to him by some visiting researchers.

Seungho Kim's photo of a child, a dog and a delicious looking fried egg won in the Perspectives category.

It's part of a series depicting family life in South Korea called Sunny Side Up: A Portrait of the Most Average K-Parenting Today.

Another UK winner was Will Burrard-Lucas with this photo of a black rhino in the Wildlife and Nature category.

The series called Crossing Point was made using a remote camera trap installed at a river crossing in the forest in Kenya's Maasai Mara National Reserve.

Citlali Fabián from Mexico not only came first in the Creative category with this photo of a Mexican writer and activist called Yasnaya Elena Aguilar, she also won the Photographer of the Year prize.

Her series Stories of my Sisters blends photos with digital illustrations and tells the stories of women from indigenous communities in Oaxaca, Mexico.