Juergen Freund / Globefish (Diodon nicthemerus) swimming past a mass of plastic moving in the current, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Ashley Cooper / Plastic rubbish washed ashore from the sea in Glen Brittle, Isle of skye, Scotland, UK. May 2012

David Fleetham / Blue-spotted Sea Urchin (Astropyga radiata) expelling waste from the sac in the center of it's body. Maui, Hawaii.

Laurie Campbell / Discarded plastic rope and commercial fishing netting washed up on shore at Luskentyre, South West Harris, Western Isles / Outer Hebrides, Scotland, May 2016

Espen Bergersen / Time lapse of people emptying plastic bags full of marine litter to show what has been collected during a beach clean, Tussoya, Troms, Norway, 2017.

Mick Jenner / Water vole (Arvicola amphibius) feeding on plastic, West Sussex, England, UK.

Five Films / Slow motion clip of waves breaking on marine plastic pollution washed up on the shore, Svalbard, Norway, August 2017.

Claudio Contreras / Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) trapped in fishing net, Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California), Mexico, May, Third Place in the third National Contest 'Visions of our nature' organised by Mexico'...

Terry Whittaker / Slow motion close-up of a large group of Fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis) feeding from a fish processing plant outfall, Grundafjordur, Iceland, March.

Michael Quinton / Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) carrying fecal sac from nest cavity in forest, Alaska

Laurent Geslin / European beaver (Castor fiber) at river bank in urban environment at night, Grenoble, France, August.

Bence Mate / Black headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) taking off with foot caught in discarded coat hanger, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. May. Awarded in Wildlife Photojournalist:...