The Sony World Photography competition received 319,561 entries from all over the world. Images were sorted into four categories: Professional, Open, Youth, and Student Focus (for those studying photography). National awards were bestowed to the best photos from each participating country. Now the winners have been announced. The picture above was taken by Martin Stranka, and won the Czech Republic National Award. The cat below was photographed by Brendon Cremer, who won the South Africa National Award.
See more national winners in this gallery. You can also see a ranked list of the winning photographs from all categories at Bored Panda. -via Metafilter