The best dog photos in the world!

The National Geographic Traveller (UK) Photography Competition returns for 2026 and, as ever, we’re looking for your most spectacular shots from the past year. From landscapes and wildlife to food and people, enter images in up to eight categories for the chance to win an incredible trip and see your work published in the magazine

Here are the top ten images uploaded to Photocrowd from Round Nine, Urban Life, with comments by the AP team and our guest judge

A s we edge closer to spring, I find myself daydreaming about morning walks that no longer require five carefully chosen layers just to stay warm. That said, I’m far less confident that a change in se

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The APOY judges choose their favourite images that didn’t make the top ten of our Movement category

I’d just dropped Sarah off at a small railway station in Scotland and, after several weeks travelling together, I was on my own again. She was heading home to Cornwall, leaving me free to devote time