Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Close up of Lisu man's hand using a crossbow in competition, Tongbiguan Nature Reserve, Dehong prefecture, Yunnan province, China, May.

Eladio Fernandez / Row of cannons in La Citadelle fortress, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Haiti. August 2016.

Neil Aldridge / Member of the Botswana Defence Force keeping guard while a rhino monitor from Rhino Conservation Botswana tracks an adult rhino in northern Botswana. September 2017. Highly Commended in the Natural Wo...

Cyril Ruoso / Slingshots used by monks to prevent Long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) from entering certain areas of temple, Koram island, Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park, Thailand.

Sylvain Cordier / Hunter with gun hunting Red deer from platform, Bas Rhin, France.

Sylvain Cordier / Hunter with dog, France.

Michael Pitts / Musket balls scattered on the seabed. From the wreck of the Invincible wrecked in 1758. Horsetail Sands. Eastern Solent Channel. UK, June 2017.

Matthew Maran / Estate ranger out with gun and dog to control Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) populations to a level where their browsing does not prevent native woodland tree species from regenerating, Devon, Englan...

Matthew Maran / Estate ranger out with gun and dog to control Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) populations to a level where their browsing does not prevent native woodland tree species from regenerating, Devon, Englan...

David Pattyn / Child with a catapult, probably to hunt birds, Andasibe village, Madagascar, August.

Eric Baccega / Team of guides, guards and trackers for Moutain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) at the Virunga National Park, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa, December 2017.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Men with skin coloured with sand participating in traditional dance, Bolama Island, Bijagos UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, Guinea Bissau, February 2015.