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2018 Sony world photography awards

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Pictures of an albino couple, Turkish horsemen and haunting landscapes are among the stunning images competing in the annual Sony photography awards next year.

Others capture Buddhist monks dining in a monastery, the vast landscape of Ethiopia's salt flats and sprawling cities from above.

The selection of images has been released by the World Photography Organisation as it announces the judges for the prestigious awards.

The shortlist for all competitions will be announced on February 27 while the Open and National Awards winners will be announced on March 20. The Photographer of the Year and the Professional category winners will be announced on April 19.

One judge advising candidates said: 'Be sincere, think about the message within your work, keep it simple and work from the heart.'

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This photo was taken in a village called Hörmetçi in Kayseri, Turkey. It shows a ceremony in which men catch and ride a wild horse before domesticating and looking after it. A horse is a symbol of freedom in Turkish folkloric culture

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This photo taken by Ischan Sudarmanto shows a little girl sleeping while waiting to appear in a marching band competition in the US

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This image depicts a salt caravan in the Danakil Desert in Ethiopia, one of the least hospitable places in the world. It is here that the Afar people extract the salt and transport it via huge camel caravans to the Tigray Highlands

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This picture by Victor Vargas Altamirano shows the daily movement in the Oculus Subway Station in New York

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This image was taken in Russia. The photographer wrote: 'The idea is to show how beautiful and amazing Albino people are, how they hypnotize with their unusual beauty'

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This incredible picture of Hong Kong from above was taken by a local photographer launching a drone from a mountain

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This photo was taken in Lofoten, Norway. The photographer wrote: 'When I got out I already knew that this was going to be beautiful morning'

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This photograph was taken in South Africa's Kruger National Park under stormy skies, reflecting the the extinction crisis facing black rhinos

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This image shows a scuba diver in Cenote Tajma-Ha, Yucatan, Mexico. The yellowish colour is obtained from the high levels of tannic acid in the water

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This stunning image taken by Felipe Tomas Jiminez Ordonez shows an incredible horizon by the sea in Spain

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This photos captures the Mahagandayon Monastery at Amarapura in Myanmar. At noon, monks, nuns and novices lined up outside for their main and last meal of the day

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This photo was taken in a studio and enhanced. Captioned 'imagine a poetic world,' it is competing in the category for best enhanced photo

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The photograph was taken in Mallorca, Cap de Formentor. The photograph was taken with a long exposure just before sunset

How to win the competition: Advice from the judges

Mike Trow, Chair, Professional competition

'Pick your stories carefully, see how they fit with your belief structures. Research the story, and other people's work in the area, and then shoot it. Be ruthless in your editing and quality control, and be consistent in the presentation of images.

'And always get the opinion of others – how they see things is not necessarily how you see it and will help give objectivity to the sense of whether your pictures work or not.'

Sue Davies OBE, Juror, Professional competition

'Enter something you believe in and that you think we would appreciate and believe in too.'

Dewi Lewis, Juror, Professional competition

'For me the most important thing is that a photographer develops their own voice – that their individual qualities and personality comes through.

This ultimately means finding a theme a subject that they really believe in and that they really care about.'

Gareth Harris, Juror, Professional competition

'Don't replicate anyone else's style. (too much).'

Zelda Cheatle, Chair, Open, Youth & National Awards competitions

'Be sincere, think about the message within your work, keep it simple and work from the heart.'