Our favourite photos posted by readers on our social media channels this week

Here are the top ten images uploaded to Photocrowd from Round Seven, Animal Kingdom, with comments by the AP team and our guest judge

Jonathon Isola, Chandler, Arizona, USA

The AP Community share some of their favourite photos taken this year

If you’re planning to enter our Urban Life round, which launches next week, take these tips from four of last year’s top ten photographers

Our pick of the best titles about photography published this year – each one will make an ideal festive season gift for lovers of the medium…