Breathtaking shots from the Travel Photographer of the Year awards

Chief's Island - Okavango Delta, Botswana.     (Ed Hetherington, USA/www.tpoty.com)

Jigokudani Yaen Kōen, Yamanouchi, Shimotakai District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. (Jasper Doest, Netherlands/www.tpoty.com)

Camargue, France. (Gail Von Bergen-Ryan, Switzerland/www.tpoty.com)

Kirkjufell, West Iceland. (James Woodend, UK/www.tpoty.com)

Kamchatka, Russia. (Marco Urso, Italy/www.tpoty.com)

(Cat Vinton, UK/www.tpoty.com)

Bayan-Olgii Aimag, Mongolia. (Tariq Sawyer, Switzerland/www.tpoty.com)

Mathura city, Uttar Pradesh, India. (Sahil Lodha, India/www.tpoty.com)

Winner of the Cutty Sark Award for the Travel Photographer of the Year 2013. (Timothy Allen, UK/www.tpoty.com)