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Beauty everywhere: Take a look at the winners of the 2025 Sony World Photography Awards

The 2025 World Photography Awards has revealed the category winners and finalists for its Open competition. ADVERTISEMENT A frenzied crowd breathing like one body over a basketball game in the United States. A meticulous and quite claustrophobic view of a street vendor selling electronic parts in Japan's Akihabara Electric Town. An Icelandic sea of burning red lava that could well be what John Milton imagined when he described Pandæmonium. These are just a few of the stunning images captured by the category winners and finalists of the 2025 Sony World Photography Awards Open competition. The competition, now in its 18th year, is open to all members of the public and 'celebrates the ability of an individual photograph to capture and distil a singular moment, and to evoke a broader narrative.' Categories include 'Landscape' and 'Travel' but also 'Portraiture' and 'Motion', ensuring a wide variety of submissions, from personal stories to spectacular visual creations. The overall Open Photographer of the Year will be revealed on 16 April 2025 and will receive a $5,000 prize. Category winners will go on display from 17 April to 5 May 2025 as part of an exhibition at Somerset House in London. For now, let's take a look at some of the most striking images of this year's category winners and finalists. Centre of the Cosmos by Xuecheng Liu Xuecheng Liu, China Mainland, Architecture, Winner, Open competition, Sony World Photography Awards 2025 By Vida Khani Vida Khani, Islamic Republic of Iran, Creative, Shortlist, Open competition, Sony World Photography Awards 2025 Celebrating Football Club Victories Khairizal Maris, Indonesia, Street photography, Winner, Open competition, Sony World Photography Awards 2025 Octotpuses in the Sky Sussi Charlotte Alminde, Denmark, Object, Winner, Open competition, Sony World Photography Awards 2025 Encounter Yeintze Boutamba, Gabon, Portraiture, Winner, Open competition, Sony World Photography Awards 2025 The Whale Raft Estebane Rezkallah, France, Natural World & Wildlife, Winner, Open competition, Sony World Photography Awards 2025 By Victor de Valles Ibáñez Victor de Valles Ibáñez, Spain, Landscape, Shortlist, Open competition, Sony World Photography Awards 2025 By Vilhelm Gunnarsson Vilhelm Gunnarsson, Iceland, Landscape, Shortlist, Open Competition, Sony World Photography Awards 2025 Ask a Shaman Matjaž Šimic, Slovenia, Travel, Winner, Open Competition, Sony World Photography Awards 2025 By Gianni Maitan Gianni Maitan, Italy, Natural World & Wildlife, Shortlist, Open competition, Sony World Photography Awards 2025 By Ieva Gaile Ieva Gaile, Lithuania, Object, Shortlist, Open competition, Sony World Photography Awards 2025 By Kunal Gupta Kunal Gupta, India, Travel, Shortlist, Open competition, Sony World Photography Awards 2025 Tbourida La Chute Olivier Unia, France, Motion, Winner, Open competition, Sony World Photography Awards 2025 By Elena Subach Elena Subach, Ukraine, Portraiture, Shortlist, Open competition, Sony World Photography Awards 2025 By Hajime Hirano Hajime Hirano, Japan, Lifestyle, Winner, Open competition, Sony World Photography Awards 2025 By Pati John Pati John, Netherlands, Architecture, Shortlist, Open competition, Sony World Photography Awards 2025 By Yusof Salimi Namin Yusof Salimi Namin, Islamic Republic of Iran, Street Photography, Shortlist, Open competition, Sony World Photography Awards 2025 By Alex Halloway Alex Halloway, United States, Motion, Shortlist, Open competition, Sony World Photography Awards 2025 Kem the Unstoppable Jonell Francisco, Philippines, Creative, Winner, Open competition, Sony World Photography Awards 2025 By Kathryn Mussallem Kathryn Mussallem, Canada, Lifestyle, Shortlist, Open competition, Sony World Photography Awards 2025 The 2025 Sony World Photography Awards attracted 419,000 submissions over more than 200 countries and territories.