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Dizzy heights: the best of the British Photography Awards

From a valley in South Africa to 488 golden retrievers… The winners are announced on November 10

Sunlight fills the valley at the Drakensberg escarpment in South Africa
Sunlight fills the valley at the Drakensberg escarpment in South Africa
IAN ASPREY
The Sunday Times
A temporarily drained Tinside Lido in Plymouth gets a new coat of paint in deckchair stripes
A temporarily drained Tinside Lido in Plymouth gets a new coat of paint in deckchair stripes
PAUL CARRUTHERS
An aerial shot above a saltpan in the Kalahari desert captures impalas’ shadows in the early morning sunlight
An aerial shot above a saltpan in the Kalahari desert captures impalas’ shadows in the early morning sunlight
SOLLY LEVI
Goose barnacles attach themselves to a discarded football floating off the coast of Portland, Dorset
Goose barnacles attach themselves to a discarded football floating off the coast of Portland, Dorset
RYAN STALKER
A red-eyed tree frog in Costa Rica sleeps with a protective veil over its eye so it can spot predators
A red-eyed tree frog in Costa Rica sleeps with a protective veil over its eye so it can spot predators
DAVID MAITLAND
A caesarean section with ‘wonderful staff, music and laughter’ at Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth
A caesarean section with ‘wonderful staff, music and laughter’ at Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth
SOPHIE BAILEY
Gently does it — a veterinary surgeon pulls out the tongue of a sedated 15-year-old lioness, Julie, before inserting a tube to aid breathing, at Yorkshire Wildlife Park
Gently does it — a veterinary surgeon pulls out the tongue of a sedated 15-year-old lioness, Julie, before inserting a tube to aid breathing, at Yorkshire Wildlife Park
DANNY LAWSON
488 golden retrievers at the Guisachan Estate in the Scottish Highlands, where the breed was founded in 1868
488 golden retrievers at the Guisachan Estate in the Scottish Highlands, where the breed was founded in 1868
SANDRA MAILER
Star Wars fans in full costume gather outside the May the Toys Be with You exhibition at the Museum of Gloucester
Star Wars fans in full costume gather outside the May the Toys Be with You exhibition at the Museum of Gloucester
PAUL NICHOLLS
Sunrise colours a misty winter’s morning at Herringfleet Mill in Suffolk
Sunrise colours a misty winter’s morning at Herringfleet Mill in Suffolk
DAVID ANDREWS
A hungry duckling hunts for midges at Regent’s Park
A hungry duckling hunts for midges at Regent’s Park
JAYANTA BORDOLOI
The St Kilda archipelago looms out of the Atlantic Ocean 40 miles west of the Outer Hebrides off Scotland’s northwest coast
The St Kilda archipelago looms out of the Atlantic Ocean 40 miles west of the Outer Hebrides off Scotland’s northwest coast
GRAHAM NIVEN
A close-up of the layers of a sea pen — a type of polyp — off the coast of the Philippines reveals a tiny porcelain crab taking shelter
A close-up of the layers of a sea pen — a type of polyp — off the coast of the Philippines reveals a tiny porcelain crab taking shelter
ANILAO BATANGAS
A venomous sea krait calmy swims on the surface of the Visayan Sea off Apo Island in the Philippines
A venomous sea krait calmy swims on the surface of the Visayan Sea off Apo Island in the Philippines
SIMON HILBOURNE

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