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The shortlist for the 2014 Sony World Photography Awards, one of the world’s leading photography competitions, has been announced.

Photographers from 166 countries submitted nearly 140,000 images, the highest number of entries in the awards’ seven year history.

Rediff.com showcases some of the best photos shortlisted by the award jury.

Winners are scheduled to be announced in March and April

We start off with photographer Amir Hamja's work

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DON'T MISS: 20 best pix from 'world's best photography' race

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In July each year, this heart-pounding scene of wildebeests migration repeats itself in Kenya. It's nature's most dramatic moment!

Photographer Name: Bonnie Cheung

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Love, tenderness, hope and passion, all together in this emotional tropical capture from Volcain Arenal, Costa Rica

Photographer Name: Nicolas Reusens

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DON'T MISS: 20 best pix from 'world's best photography' race

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In your youth, nothing can stop you from enjoying time with your friends, especially not a simple matter of rain during summer fun. You may grow up and forget the names, but you'll always remember the moments, the time on the dock with your friends during a surprise shower.

Photographer Name: Samantha Fortenberry

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A Fine Art interpretation of the castle in Methoni, Pelloponisos, Greece

Photographer Name: Vassilis Tangoulis

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Photographer Name: Ngai Bun Wonh

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Mobius Arch at Pyhae Luosto National Park at night with Milky Way. The Arch had been illuminated with 2 headlights

Photographer Name: Nicholas Roemmelt

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Homebound

Photographer Name: Ata Mohammad Adnan

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Various crash barriers encountered by the photographer to get a picture of interest.

Photographer Name: Hairul Azizi Harun

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A hunter rests in his little house on the plains in western mongolia with his Eagle which is hooded and cat under the table!

Photographer Name: Simon Morris

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A muddy face from the mud bath going into the lake

Photographer Name: Alpay Erdem

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The cattle race in the city of Padang, Sumatra, Indonesia, has 400 years of history

Photographer Name: YongSheng Zheng

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Photographer Name: Louise Porter

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Kubana open air festival that took place in 2013 in the vicinity of the city of Anapa (Russia)

Photographer Name: Igor Kryzhko

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A baby Orang Utan peeking out from his mother's embrace.

Photographer Name: Chin Boon Leng

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Lion, grooming

Photographer Name: George Logan

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An old Hindu woman sits with lights (Prodip) and prays to God in front of Shri Shri Lokanath Brahmachar Ashram temple during the Rakher Upobash at Barodi, Narayangonj, near Dhaka, Bangladesh

Photographer Name: Suvra Kanti Das

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Aerial view of Iceland

Photographer Name: Emmanuel Coupe-Kalomiris

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Photographer Name: Wilfred Berthelsen

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Naples, Scampia neighborhood, a large area under Camorra control, the biggest area in Europe known for drug selling. A pusher with his gun on the roof of a building called The Sails

Photographer Name: Salvatore Esposito

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