Gavin Hellier / Timelapse of beachgoers on Ipanema Beach, with Dois Irmaos mountain in the background, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September 2016. Hellier

Gavin Hellier / Wide timelapse shot of crowds of people crossing the centre of Shibuya shopping and entertainment district, Tokyo, Japan, 2011.

Gavin Hellier / Timelapse of crowds of people crossing the centre of Shibuya shopping and entertainment district, Tokyo, Japan, 2011.

D. Parer & E. Parer-Cook / Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus) feeding on Queensland Umbrella Tree (Schefflera sp) flowers, Victoria, Australia

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Domestic Asian elephants (Elephas maximas) used for riding safaris with their keepers, Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal.

Christophe Courteau / Black heron (Egretta ardesiaca) spreads its wings on the Okavango Detla, Botswana. The birds' wings form an umbrella over the water so they can see and hunt fish more easily

Michael W. Richards / Domesticated Indian elephants (Elephas maximus) being walked to forest at end of the working day, Pench Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh, India

Juergen Freund / Umbrella and other human waste thrown out into the coastal waters, settling on the ground becoming marine life habitat, Moluccas Islands, Indonesia, December 2009

Konrad Wothe / Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus) trio in Umbrella Tree (Schefflera actinophylla), Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia

Inaki Relanzon / Motorcyclist in heavy rain carryaing umbrella, Nyaungshwe, Shan State, Myanmar, Burma August 2009

Inaki Relanzon / Cyclist in heavy rain, Nyaungshwe, Shan State, Myanmar, Burma August 2009

David Woodfall / Arctic terns (Sterna paradisaea) in flight with a researcher walking, in mist, Northumberland, UK, June 2009