Deadvlei, Namibia
‘I spent two hours waiting for the sun to be in the best place in an amazing and unique landscape.’
Photograph: Alan Wright

Longwa, Nagaland, India
‘On the border of Myanmar, the Konyak Naga tribe celebrates the coming of spring and their warrior culture as part of the annual Aoling Festival.’
Photograph: Max Vere-Hodge

New South Wales, Australia
‘Every year hundreds of people compete in a week-long regatta called Sail Port Stephens. These were some of the yachts on a misty, rainy day.’
Photograph: Ian Sanderson

Arizona, US
‘The Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory. One of the four Veritas gamma-ray telescopes, with the plume of a SpaceX rocket launch from Vandenberg in the background.’
Photograph: Jamie Holder

Texas, US
‘Problems with squirrels at your bird feeder? This is a javelina, or collared peccary, that was proving to be a bit of a nuisance at the feeders at Bentsen-Rio grande state park. I was warned about it and, sure enough, it showed up. I kept my distance.’
Photograph: Gillian Henry

Bonn, Germany
‘A rainbow over Bad Godesberg as the first heatwave of the year broke. Petersberg on the left, Drachenfels on the right: two of the peaks in the Siebengebirge (Seven Mountains).
Photograph: Ewan Dow

London, UK
‘Seeking a moment’s refuge from shoppers and tourists, I stepped into St Giles in the Fields to find just one other person savouring the sanctuary of this beautiful old church.’
Photograph: Ton Fijten

York, UK
‘The small joys of an early morning dog walk in York Community Woodland.’
Photograph: Keith Emerick

London, UK
‘Mounted police letting their horses have a well-earned drink at the Diana fountain in Green Park.’
Photograph: Nigel Knowlman

Madagascar, Africa
‘How’s this for an Easter bonnet?’
Photograph: Lydia Morris

London, UK
‘The London Fire Spinners gather monthly on the river banks in central London to practise their art in front of a fantastic backdrop.’
Photograph: Isabelle Desgranges

North Carolina, US
‘Ominous storm clouds in Southport.’
Photograph: John Keilman

Ruhengeri, Rwanda
‘Spotted in Volcanoes National Park.’
Photograph: Jason Stewart

Etang de l’Or, France
‘Fishing nets at dawn.’
Photograph: Jeremy Johns

Hereford, UK
‘Light that sparkles at Hereford town hall.’
Photograph: Margaret Beare
