Travel Photographer of the Year 2013 – in pictures
Timothy Allen, Cutty Sark Award for the Travel Photographer of the Year: a villager looks out of his window, Dogon Country, Mali, Africa Photograph: Timothy Allen/TPOTYJasper Doest, joint winner of the Wild Stories category: Japanese Macaque in Jigokudani Yaen Kōen, known as the Snow Monkey Park – a hot springs where wild monkeys come to bathe in Nagano Prefecture, JapanPhotograph: Jasper Doest/TPOTYEd Hetherington, runner-up in the Wild Stories category: lionesses hunting in the Okavango Delta, BotswanaPhotograph: Ed Hetherington/TPOTY
Justin Mott, winner in the One Shot, Extraordinary category: elephant and swimmer, taken in a private home on Phuket, ThailandPhotograph: Justin Mott/TPOTYMarco Urso, special mention in the Monochromal, Single Image category: a bear at Kurile Lake, Kamchatka, RussiaPhotograph: Marco Urso/TPOTYDavid Oliete, runner-up in the One Shot, Extraordinary category: human towers ('castells' in Catalan) are built traditionally during festivities and competitions in Catalonia, SpainPhotograph: David Oliete/TPOTYJino Lee, winner of the Monochromal category: fisherman, Dong Jiang river, Hunan, ChinaPhotograph: Jino Lee/TPOTYJonathan Rystrøm, overall winner of Young Photographer of the Year 2013: in front of the Rector's Palace, Dubrovnik, CroatiaPhotograph: Jonathan Rystrøm/TPOTYEmmanuel Coupe, runner-up in the Monochromal category: Gullfoss waterfall, IcelandPhotograph: Emmanuel Coupe/TPOTYLotsos Nicolas, special mention in Monochromal, Single Image category: shipwreck in Salamina, GreecePhotograph: Lotsos Nicolas/TPOTYPeter Downing, winner of best single image in the Wild Stories category: kingfisher, Worcestershire, UKPhotograph: Peter Downing /TPOTYRoberto Nistri, winner of best single image in Vanishing and Emerging Cultures category: Kumbh Mela, one of the world’s biggest religious gatherings, in Allahabad, IndiaPhotograph: Roberto Nistri/TPOTYGavin Gough, winner of the Vanishing and Emerging Cultures category: a young member of the local skateboarding community posing in Kolkata, IndiaPhotograph: Gavin Gough/TPOTYMerissa Quek, winner of the First Shot (beginners') category, with an 'en route' theme: a grain seller, Jaipur, IndiaPhotograph: Merissa Quek,/TPOTYTom Pepper, winner in New Talent category: New York City skylinePhotograph: Tom Pepper/TPOTY
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