Been there photo competition January 2008

Anton Izraeljan: "This picture was taken on my visit to Armenia last autumn near the capital Yerevan. You can see the beauty of Ararat and and an old Christian Monastery" Photograph: Anton Izraeljan

Terry Winter: "Southwold beach huts at sunset" Photograph: Terry Winter

Clare Martin: "This picture was taken at the limestone caves in Halong Bay, Vietnam. We climbed to the top of the mountain to look out over the old Chinese junk boats meeting together in the middle of the bay" Photograph: Clare Martin

Marie Florian: "Icicle in the Val d'Aosta, Pila, Northern Italy" Photograph: Marie Florian

Stephen Leslie: "This was taken on the outskirts of Havana - the cinema and the car are crumbling but still functional" Photograph: Stephen Leslie

Amanthi Balasuriya: "Ice-cream in a cafe near the Trevi fountain" Photograph: Amanthi Balasuriya

Matt Andrews: "Jokusalon Lake, Iceland" Photograph: Matt Andrews

Richard Middleton: "Belen, a floating shanty town on the Amazon" Photograph: Richard Middleton

Fred Phelan: "Many Maos on display in an antiques market in Beijing, China" Photograph: Fred Phelan

Jo Gibbs: "Snow scene, Norway" Photograph: Jo Gibbs

Susan Pickin: "People on the causeway at sunset, Djenne, Mali" Photograph: Susan Pickin

Richard Hardyment: "The railway line between Jasper and Vancouver in Canada, taken from an observation deck on the train at sunset" Photograph: Richard Hardyment

Jeff Williams: "Frosted tree in Handgait, Mongolia. The temperature was around -36C and water vapour rose from the nearby river and froze on the trees" Photograph: Jeff Williams/Jeff Williams

Nigel Ellam: "Venice by night, on the canal near a gondola park" Photograph: Nigel Ellam

Matt Pannell: "Early morning on the Bolivian salt flats of Salar de Uyuni" Photograph: Matt Pannell

Susan Pickin: "Fish for sale, market day in Djenne, Mali" Photograph: Susan Pickin

Clare Martin: "Locals enjoy a brisk early morning swim in the Icebreakers rock pool, Bondi Beach, Australia" Photograph: Clare Martin

The winning shot, by Aoife Roche: "Aiguille Du Midi, Mont Blanc, looking towards Italy. It takes two cable cars to get to this point above the clouds"
Ranjit Dhaliwal (Assistant Picture Editor) says: "The photographer has conveyed the epic scale of these mountains by including the people in the foreground. The snow is slightly on the dark side (correctable with photo-editing software), but it's a well-composed image, and the shapes add an extra dimension" Photograph: Aoife Roche