Danny Green / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) male standing beside rocks in frozen and snow covered landscape. Svalbard, Norway, April 2019.

Edwin Giesbers / Turban buttercup (Ranunculus asiaticus) growing on bank beside footpath with sea beyond. Cyprus. April.

Nick Upton / White stork (Ciconia ciconia) parent standing beside its three developing chicks. In captive breeding colony raising young birds for UK White Stork reintroduction project at the Knepp Estate. Cotswold...

David Fleetham / Clark's anemonefish (Amphiprion clarkii), pair tending to egg mass placed beside the protection of an anemone. Yap, Micronesia.

Sergey Gorshkov / Leopard (Panthera pardus) walking beside waterhole, reflected in the water at dusk. Londolozi Private Game Reserve, Sabi Sands Game Reserve, South Africa.

Richard Herrmann / Yellowfin Tuna (Thunnus albacares) and Blue Marlin (Makaira nigricans) beside floating kelp, Nine Mile Bank, San Diego, California

Laurent Geslin / Fulani child sitting beside radio and mobile telephone, portrait, North Senegal, West Africa, 2005

Laurent Geslin / Amara man selling garlic and chicken beside road, North Ethiopia, 2006

Gavin Hellier / Women in colourful Saris, beside the Taj Mahal, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India, 2011. Model released.

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) juvenile female 'Bokata' aged 6 years feeding on sedge grasses beside a river, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central African...

Mark Hamblin / Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) beside drainage ditch at sunrise, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK. Highly commended, 'Habitat' series category, British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA) competition...

Brent Stephenson / Dusky Dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) porpoising as they swim beside a boat. Off Kaikoura, Canterbury, New Zealand, October.