Photograph: Alex Goh Chun Seong courtesy of Sony World Photography Awards 2011
Photograph: Anton Mukhametchin courtesy of Sony World Photography Awards 2011
This is the mid-section of one of Hong Kong's tallest buildings. It has 37 floors plus an intriguing fake floor
Photograph: Andras Neiser courtesy of Sony World Photography Awards 2011
Two women pray for the welfare of their family members at Chhath festival by the river Ganges
Photograph: Bibek Paul courtesy of Sony World Photography Awards 2011
A child stands at Onega Bang in Kargopol, Russland, Arhangelsk District
Photograph: Ekaterina Solovieva courtesy of Sony World Photography Awards 2011
An Afghan man and children watch a heavily armoured military convoy parking in front of Forward Operating Base Minden in the Musa Qala district of Helmand Province, Afghanistan, on 31 October 2010
Photograph: Balazs Gardi courtesy of Sony world photography awards 2011
The Rohingya, a Muslim minority population in Myanmar, have fled severe persecution in their homeland and sought refuge in Bangladesh and other neighbouring countries for more than 50 years. Sadly, few find the assistance they need and are forced to survive in makeshift camps with little basic amenities. The MSF clinic at Kutupalong, originally intended to deliver basic healthcare to children under five years old, has become a haven for those exhausted by what is happening
Photograph: Javier Arcenillas/Galeria Aranapoveda, courtesy Sony World Photography Awards 2011
An Afghan man looks at a ballot paper as he casts his vote at a polling station during parliamentary elections in Kabul, 18 September 2010
Photograph: Ahmad Masood/Reuters courtesy of Sony World Photography Awards 2011
Photograph: Alejandro Chaskielberg courtesy of Sony World Photography Awards 2011
Riffing on the nature of photography, this collage combines photography and painting to challenge our visual memory
Photograph: Peter Franck/Vero Linzmeier Gallery, Berlin & Migo Manz, South Africa
Photograph: Fabrizio Cestari courtesy of Sony World Photography Awards 2011
Sarah is an actress who has Down's syndrome. Shot for the Shifting Perspectives campaign on behalf of the Down's Syndrome Association
Photograph: Richard Bailey/courtesy Sony World Photography Awards 2011
'I had never experienced life inside a public sauna before and was intrigued by what I saw. I found this old Russian tradition quite strange in our modern body-conscious world' Photograph: Nadya Gorodetskaya courtesy of Sony World Photography Awards 2011
Only the suggestion of clothes remains Photograph: Nicol Vizioli courtesy of Sony World Photography Awards 2011
Remake of the well-known Robert Doisneau picture
Photograph: Louis Boulet courtesy of Sony World Photography Awards 2011
