This sleeping Bear-uty!

In an image evoking global warming, a POLAR BEARS lies forlornly on a tiny floating chunk of ice.

Marek Jackowski snapped this amazing picture of a polar bear curled up on an iceberg Credit: Marek Jackowski

Pasquale Vassallo’s image of a fish in the Med trying to escape discarded plastic netting also scooped an award Credit: Bav Media

Pasquale Vassallo’s image of a fish in the Mediterranean attempting to escape discarded plastic netting was another successful entry.

Dmitry Kokh’s Indian black turtle took first place in the category The Underwater World.

Ekaterina Vasyagina’s Bird Charmers, which depicted sealions on rocks, took second place in the Reserved Russia category.

Nicolas Remy won third place in The Underwater World category for a photograph of a crested horn shark feeding on an egg.

Meanwhile, Babak Mehrafsahar won second place in the Magic of Plants category with a stunning photograph of trees in the desert.

The contest, now in its 15th year, received nearly 15,000 entries from 107 countries around the world.

An Indian black turtle by Dmitry Kokh won first prize in The Underwater World category Credit: Bav Media

Babak Mehrafsahar snapped this stunning shot of trees in the desert and won second prize in the Magic of Plants categoryCredit: Bav Media

Grigory Tsidulko captured this image of polar bears feasting on a dead whale Credit: Bav Media

Live or Die by Haiyuan Tong won first prize in the Animal Behaviour category Credit: Bav Media

Nicolas Remy captured this shot of a crested horn shark feeding on an egg – and won third prize in The Underwater World category Credit: Bav Media

Bird Charmers by Ekaterina Vasyagina shows sealions on rocks and won second prize in the Reserved Russia category Credit: Bav Media

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