Friends of the Earth photo competition 2010

Acting in Solidarity, joint first place: Sreesailam Pasupula. Men lifting a boat out of the water, India
Photograph: Sreesailam Pasupula/Friends of the Earth

Acting in Solidarity, joint first place: Arie Basuki. Handlers lead their animals at the commemoration ceremony of Taman safari, Indonesia
Photograph: Arie Basuki/Friends of the Earth

Building Movements for Change, first place: Rudolf Árpád Kozsák from Hungary. Urban bicycle parade, Budapest
Photograph: Rudolf Árpád Kozsák /Friends of the Earth

Acting in Solidarity, second place: Vardit Goldner. A Jewish girl on a solidarity visit to an old woman, whose home in her Bedouin village has been destroyed by Israeli authorities
Photograph: Vardit Goldner /Friends of the Earth

Building Movements for Change, second place: Adela Nistora from Romania. Children protest against the removal of ancient trees from a park in France to make way for an underground car park
Photograph: Adela Nistora/Friends of the Earth

Acting in Solidarity, third place (second popular choice): Abhijit Dey from India. Tribal women working together to thrash rice, India
Photograph: Abhijit Dey/Friends of the Earth

Building Movements for Change, third place (second popular choice): Kaido Haagen from Estonia. A campaign in Estonia for non-plastic bags creates the effect of thousands of carrier bags in the ocean
Photograph: Kaido Haagen/Friends of the Earth

Acting in Solidarity, fourth place: Nimai Chandra Ghosh from India. Indian women learning to read and write together
Photograph: Nimai Chandra Ghosh/Friends of the Earth

Building Movements for change, joint fourth place: Tatiana Rodriguez from Mexico. Protester at a silent march in Mexico against the abuse of women
Photograph: Tatiana Rodriguez /Friends of the Earth

Building Movements for Change, joint fourth place (third place popular choice): Gagan Nayar from India. Rally against Dow Chemical on the anniversary of the Bhopal gas tragedy
Photograph: Gagan Nayar /Friends of the Earth

Acting in Solidarity, joint fifth place: Josef Hinterleitner from Austria. Wheelchair and rollerskate racing in Austria
Photograph: Josef Hinterleitner/Friends of the Earth

Acting in Solidarity, fifth place: Martha Isabel Calle from Colombia. Indigenous Colombians preparing dinner at their camp in Cali during a march for rights and dignity
Photograph: Martha Isabel Calle/Friends of the Earth

Building Movements for Change, fifth place: Jean Schwarz from Brazil. A worker in a recycling co-operative in Brazil
Photograph: Jean Schwarz /Friends of the Earth

Acting in Solidarity, joint sixth place: Arie Basuki from Indonesia. Residents work to save their possessions using a wooden raft when a flood struck
Photograph: Arie Basuki/Friends of the Earth

Acting in Solidarity, joint sixth place: Stephen Mudiari from Kenya. Residents of Mathare slums on top of their shanties pass water in buckets to put out a fire that burned more than a hundred homes
Photograph: Stephen Mudiari/Friends of the Earth

Building Movements for Change, sixth place: Wissam Nassar from Palestine. Palestinian demonstrators run for cover after Israeli forces open fire at a peaceful demonstration to resist Israel's allocation of 300-metre-wide buffer zone along its borders with Gaza. The buffer zone restricts farmers' access to their land
Photograph: Wissam Nassar /Friends of the Earth

Acting in Solidarity, joint seventh place (third place popular choice): Isagani Sarsagat from the Philippines. Mass planting of mangrove seedlings
Photograph: Isagani Sarsagat /Friends of the Earth

Acting in Solidarity, joint seventh: Pradip Datta from India. Children line up to receive food
Photograph: Pradip Datta/Friends of the Earth

Building Movements for Change, seventh place, taken by Alex G Kamweru, Kenya. A mother carries her child on her back as she plants tree seedlings during a community reforestation exercise
Photograph: Alex Kamweru/Friends of the Earth

Acting in Solidarity, joint eighth place: Ramesh Soni from India. A volunteer teaches basic computer skills to tribal women in India
Photograph: Ramesh Soni/Friends of the Earth

Acting in Solidarity, joint eighth place: Asier Reguera from Spain. Bolivians demonstrate for better living conditions
Photograph: Asier Reguera /Friends of the Earth

Building Movements for Change, eighth place: Gagan Nayar from India. A child at protest rally on the anniversary of the Bhopal gas tragedy
Photograph: Gagan Nayar /Friends of the Earth

Acting in Solidarity, ninth place (first popular choice): Jose Madrazo Castañeda. Traditional house moving in the Philippines
Photograph: Raniel Jose Madrazo Castañeda/Friends of the Earth

Building Movements for Change, joint ninth: Pradeep Tewari. Students of India's Government College for Girls take a pledge to fight against feticide
Photograph: Pradeep Tewari /Friends of the Earth

Building Movements for Change, joint ninth place: Gert Steenssens. An artist performs during a demonstration in support of a referendum that would have water included as a basic human right in the Colombian constitution
Photograph: Gert Steenssens/Friends of the Earth

Acting in Solidarity, 10th place: Mohammad Rakibul Hasan. Children in Bangladesh.
Photograph: Mohammad Rakibul Hasan/Friends of the Earth

Building Movements for Change, joint 10th place: Belén Déniz Martín. A march in favour of the resumption of public transport on this road in the Canary Islands, Spain
Photograph: Belén Déniz Martín /Friends of the Earth

Building Movements for Change, joint 10th place: Nahed Hamdi. Demonstration against the Iraq war, US
Photograph: Nahed Hamdi /Friends of the Earth