{"id":432201,"date":"2026-02-18T11:40:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T11:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/432201\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T11:40:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T11:40:29","slug":"mortal-combat-and-penguin-dives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/432201\/","title":{"rendered":"mortal combat and penguin dives"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sony World Photography Awards 2026: mortal combat and penguin dives <\/p>\n

, The Times\"Men<\/p>\n

Winner of the travel category: a frantic moment during the Abare Festival in the Noto region of Japan. Men leap into the river as torches blaze, part of a tradition three centuries old<\/p>\n

MEGUMI MURAKAMI<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

A deer strains to lick a hard to reach spot in the fading light at Charlecote in Warwickshire<\/p>\n

SAMUEL ROUND<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

Winner in the lifestyle category: \u201cCharlotte and Dolly\u201d captures a young woman resting in a cool barn with her cow during a hot spell in West Virginia<\/p>\n

VANTA E CODA III<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

A puma attempts to take down a llama after hurtling through the air in an attack in Chile\u2019s Torres Del Paine<\/p>\n

KEVIN SHI<\/p>\n

\"Black<\/p>\n

Salt is thrown into the ring before a sumo wrestle, to purify the dohyo and pray for the safety of the wrestlers<\/p>\n

TAKERU MARUI<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

Aquilegia flowers separated into various smaller parts were pressed before being arranged in a circle, in the Japanese art of Oshibana<\/p>\n

LESLEY ORMROD<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

Lake Buttermere\u2019s still waters perfectly reflect Fleetwith Pike as it bursts from the grey clouds and down to the glassy surface<\/p>\n

DIMITRY PAPKOV<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

Winner in the \u201ccreative\u201d category: this portrait called \u201cLost Hope\u201d is an ode to Iranian women<\/p>\n

SIAVOSH EJLALI<\/p>\n

\"An<\/p>\n

Lakes in Iceland provide a pop of colour among the dark landscape after heavy rain<\/p>\n

FILIP HREBENDA<\/p>\n

\"Three<\/p>\n

Three young mothers breastfeed their babies while still in their rugby kit after the final whistle blows<\/p>\n

ANITA CLARK\/PAUL WENHAM-CLARKE<\/p>\n

\"Silhouette<\/p>\n

A stag bellows into the morning light, having won dominance of the herd, illuminated by the rising sun<\/p>\n

HUAJIN SUN<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

An eerie shot of bare trees appearing in perfect lines out of the fog in Spain<\/p>\n

MANUEL ORTIGA CASTILLO<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

A red squirrel appears to be dancing on top of a wooden pole in this well-timed photograph<\/p>\n

STAN BOUMAN<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

Models prepare for a fashion show in Medell\u00edn, Colombia<\/p>\n

HERNAN JARAMILLO<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

The stunning blues of an ice cave in Iceland<\/p>\n

MARIE-LINE DENTLER<\/p>\n

\"Mountain<\/p>\n

An infrared photograph creates a surreal image of Mount Teide poking through the clouds on Tenerife<\/p>\n

MATTEO REDAELLI<\/p>\n

\"Man<\/p>\n

A Baba sits calmly by a resting camel at the riverbed of Varanasi in India, as horse riders thunder on the sand<\/p>\n

SAWYER ALCZAR-HAGEN<\/p>\n

\"Snow-capped<\/p>\n

The golden beams of dawn light hit Mount Fuji and bounce off a lenticular cloud above the peak in a shot that took weeks to capture<\/p>\n

MEGAN TAVAREZ<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

Devotees gather during the Ashadi Wari, a barefoot pilgrimage to Pandharpur in India. A participant dressed as a divine figure is thrown into the air<\/p>\n

ARUN SAHA<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

The winner for natural world and wildlife: a lone blue Arctic fox in the Varanger peninsula in Norway, bracing against wind and snow<\/p>\n

KLAUS HELLMICH<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

A line of gentoo penguins waiting their turn to leap from the ice and into the chilly waters of Antarctica\u2019s Southern ocean below<\/p>\n

MARTIN SCHMID<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

Sebastian Szczepanowski\u2019s slice of life at a Polish lakeside campsite won him a place on the lifestyle shortlist<\/p>\n

SEBASTIAN SZCZEPANOWSKI<\/p>\n

\"White<\/p>\n

A majestic young lusitano stallion, allowed to move freely, resulted in an almost sculptural image<\/p>\n

LOREA HAUSHEER<\/p>\n

\"Rows<\/p>\n

Neat rows of drying fish in a market<\/p>\n

SOOMIN PARK<\/p>\n

\"An<\/p>\n

A light show inside the Votive Church in Vienna creates the impression of an even bigger building<\/p>\n

FALKMAR AMERINGER<\/p>\n

\"Bird<\/p>\n

The focused eye of a Blakiston\u2019s fish owl, a nocturnal bird of prey that relies on hearing and eyesight to hunt<\/p>\n

WONG CHUNG CHEONG<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

Children in Kadikoy, Turkey, play by the water on the first day of summer<\/p>\n

MATTIA MASSAIU<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

A polar bear stands on the edge of broken-up ice, surrounded by the bright blue of a partially frozen sea<\/p>\n

WOUTER VAN HOFWEGEN<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

A dog and a horse with matching coats aptly stationed near each other at a beach in Imperia, Italy<\/p>\n

PAOLO DELLEPIANE<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sony World Photography Awards 2026: mortal combat and penguin dives , The Times Winner of the travel category:…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":432202,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-432201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=432201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432201\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/432202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=432201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=432201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=432201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}