The winners of the National Geographic Reader’s photos of the year competition . More than 9,200 entries came from 150 countries. Here are the images :
Winning photograph by Brian Yen “She’s a node flickering on the social web, roaming the Earth, free as a butterfly. Our existence is no longer stuck to the physical here; we’re free to run away, and run we will”
Nicole Cambre’s photo , the winner in the nature category – a wild beast jumps off a steep ledge
a Powerful image by Sergey Ponomarev , Birds fly over the ruins of houses in Khalidiya , Syria
Amazing shot of a playful fight , shot by Archna Singh in india
Looking for eternal youth in the dead sea , Israel . photo taken by Nick Riley
A beautiful shot of four peaceful zebras at the world’s largest inactive volcanic caldera . taken by Zik Teo
In the village of Sarbi , Romania , Roberto Fiore took this photo of an elderly man deep in thoughts while his wife prepares bread . this photo got an honorary mention in the people category
Henrik Nilsson spectacular shot of an owl in mid flight keeping an eye out in Boundary Bay , British Columbia , Canada
A painting like shot of a stag deer by Prashant Meswani in Richmond park , London
Another honorary mention by Maie Kirnmann with his shot of an ice on window in small northern Estonia
Aytul Akbas took this photo of his nephew in Kocaeli , Turkey
A Napoleon Wrasse swims through a school of glass fish , photo captured by Christian Miller
Tyler G and his two friends on a road trip to Miami . Photo was taken on the Blue Ridge Parkway
Epic shot by Mattia Passarini of the Chief of Ramnami people in Chhattisgarh , India , the tattoos are the name of their god
Abdullah Alghajar Got an honorary mention for this shot of the children of war in Syria
A river of people , photo taken by Peter Franc
K Little captured this beautiful shot of a girl talking to her barbie doll inside a plastic box in Paris France
Adam Birkan took this shot of an all-mighty temper tantrum in a shopping mall in Bangkok
The surreal and mystical thermal spas in Budapest , Photo taken by Triston Yeo
Source: Dailymail
