Mark MacEwen / Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) sleeping at hot spring in Jigokudani, Yaenkoen, Nagano, Japan, February.

Laurent Geslin / Southern plains grey / Hanuman langur {Semnopithecus dussumieri} stretching out hand to touch camera, Ranthambore NP, Rajasthan, India. 2006

Jabruson / Large-scale hardwood timber extraction with trucks carrying hardwood timber stop on the route from near the Lope National Park to Libreville, Gabon, 2009. No release available.

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / River Exe, near Winsford, showing river correctly fenced to stop cattle from polluting the river, or eroding the river banks. Healthy example of river habitat. Exmoor National Park, Somerset, UK. May...

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Mountain hare (Lepus timidus) in winter coat coming to a stop after running, Scotland, UK, February

Andy Rouse / 2020VISION / Wild boar (Sus scrofa) female in woodland undergrowth smelling air for scent of human, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, UK, March. Photographer quote: 'I am not sure if it was my lack of smelly shower...

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuit hunters trying to stop lead opening using their harpoons. Northwest Greenland, 1977.

Dietmar Nill / Wild boar (Sus scrofa) beside busstop in town, South Germany

Tom Gilks / Protesters carrying banners including "I vote to stop climagte chaos", part of 'The Wave' climate change march ahead of the Copenhagen climate summit, London, UK, 5th December 2009

Rolf Nussbaumer / Coppery-headed Emerald, Elvira cupreiceps, male in flight feeding on Spiral Ginger (Costus Pulverulentus), Central Valley, Costa Rica, Central America, December 2006

Anup Shah / Olive baboon (Papio anubis) female trying to stop a baby aged about 3 months going to a male(Papio anubis). Gombe National Park, Tanzania.

Staffan Widstrand / African bush elephant, (Loxodonta africana) with guide holding hand up to stop it. Zimanga Private Nature Reserve, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa