World Oceans Day: See the winning photos from the UN photo competition
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Pawel Zygmunt, Poland took this shot of the epic Kallur cliff on Kalsoy Island in the Faroe Islands. It was the winner of the Above Water category.
This image of the Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles took second place in the Above Water category. It was taken by Christophe Mason-Parke from the UK.
This cave reminded Spanish photographer Francisco Sedano of the cave of wonders from the famous Disney movie Aladdin, but instead of being filled magical artefacts, it is filled with precious species. It took first prize for Digital Ocean Photo Art.
Sayaka Ichinoseki from Japan managed to photograph these eggs, thought to be yellow goosefish eggs, in the Hokkaido region. It took first prize in the Faces of the Sea category.
This image of a cave-diver in the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico came first in the Oceanic Discoveries category. It was taken by Tom St George in the UK.
This picture of two local Indonesian fishermen paddling in a traditional canoe was taken on Adonara Island, Flores, Indonesia. The photographer Renee Capozzola from the USA took first place in the Life and Livelihoods.
Nur Tucker from the UK spent a week in Los Islotes in La Paz, Mexico photographing lively and playful sea lions. This image helped him win in the Underwater Seascapes category.
This aerial picture of a blue whale, the biggest animal that has ever existed, was taken close to Cerralvo Island in Baja California Sur, Mexico. It was taken by Rafael Fernandez Caballero from Spain who took third place in the Above Water Seascapes category.
Brett Stanley from Australia was awarded second place in the Digital Ocean Photo Art category for his conceptual look at the blindness consumers have when it comes to plastics, and their effect on the oceans. It was taken in San Francisco, USA.
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