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These incredible images are up for awards in the world's biggest photography competition

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Feb 23rd 2016, 8:58 AM

THE SHORTLIST FOR the 2016 Sony World Photography Awards has been released.

The world’s biggest photography competition had 230,103 entries in total across all categories, an annual increase of 28%.

The contest has three main categories – professional, open and youth – which each have several subcategories, such as current affairs, daily life and portraits.

Here is a selection of some images shortlisted in the professional category.

These incredible images are up for awards in the world's biggest photography competition
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  • Nomadic life threatened on the Tibetan Plateau

    Source: Kevin Frayer

  • Portrait

    Source: Patrick Willocq

  • Lesbos

    Source: Alessandro Penso

  • Parkour jumpers train outside Blagoveshchensky Cathedral, Russia

    Source: Anton Unitsyn

  • Female Masker Leyla alias 'Bear Girl'

    Source: Corinna K

  • Marine biology

    Source: Alexander Semenov

  • Veteran of Spetsnaz

    Source: Dmitri Beliakov

  • Lion feature

    Source: David Chancellor

The winners will be announced at a ceremony in London on 21 April. They will share a $30,000 (about €27,000) cash prize and receive digital imaging equipment.

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