Adrian Guerin
Adrian Guerin's image of a 2.5-kilometer-long iron-ore train in Mauritania was selected as one of 10 winners in the Sony World Photography Awards Open competition. Scroll through the gallery to see the other category winners.
Craig McGowan
Craig McGowan's image of an iceberg in Northeast Greenland National Park won the awards' landscape category.
Guofei Li
An intimate moment between two cheetahs in Botswana, as captured by Chinese photographer Guofei Li.
Antoine Veling
Antoine Veling's winning entry shows the moment audience members jumped on stage at an Iggy Pop concert in Sydney Opera House.
Santiago Mesa
Santiago Mesa won the street photography category for this image of a protester being detained by riot police in the Colombian city of Medellin.
Jorge Reynal
Jorge Reynal's stark depiction of a dead fish caught in a plastic bag.
Suxing Zhang
A photograph from Suxing Zhang's series "Hua," which means flower in Chinese, was among the 10 winners. "I use a combination of light and texture to create strong visuals that heighten the senses," he said of the image.
Alec Connah
Photographer Alec Connah captured the precise moment that four cooling towers in Shropshire, England, were demolished.
Tom Oldham
Portrait photographer Tom Oldham was recognized for this image of Pixies front man Charles Thompson (better known as Black Francis).
Rosaria Sabrina Pantano
Rosaria Sabrina Pantano's image of a pyramid-shaped sculpture standing at the 38th parallel, a circle of latitude that passes through Sicily, Italy.
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A train carrying iron ore through a barren region of Mauritania and an intimate moment shared between two cheetahs are among the winning images in the prestigious Sony World Photography Awards, it was announced today.

Arranged by the World Photography Organisation, the awards’ annual Open competition recognizes the year’s best single images across categories including architecture, portraiture and still life. The 10 category winners will now compete for the $5,000 overall prize.

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Also in the running are Jorge Reynal’s depiction of a dead fish caught in a plastic bag and Santiago Mesa’s image of a protester being detained by riot police in the Colombian city of Medellin. A picture of revelers on stage at an Iggy Pop concert and a portrait of Pixies front man Charles Thompson (better known as Black Francis) were also named as category winners.

Craig McGowan
Craig McGowan's image of an iceberg in Northeast Greenland National Park won the awards' landscape category.

The images, all taken in 2019, were chosen from 100 shortlisted entries. Three of the 10 winners hail from Australia, with two from both China and the UK, and one each from Colombia, Italy and Argentina.

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Earlier this month, organizers announced that the annual awards ceremony will not go ahead as planned amid the coronavirus pandemic. An accompanying exhibition at London’s Somerset House, originally set to open Friday, has also been canceled. The judges will instead announce the winners online on June 9.

Now in its 13th year, the Sony World Photography Awards will also honor individual photographers in professional and student categories. Last year, Italian artist Federico Borella was named Photographer of the Year for his series “Five Degrees,” which explored suicide among male farmers in drought-ridden Tamil Nadu.

Scroll through the gallery above to see the 10 category winners in the Sony World Photography Awards Open competition.