The most beautiful shots from the Nature TTL Photographer of the Year Awards

The annual competition produced some spectacular pictures of wildlife and landscapes around the globe

As bizarre as it might seem to us, jumping up and down on a giraffe carcass and playing with the tail of a dead animal is as normal as it can be for a curious lion cub. (Charl Stols/Nature TTL/PA)

It hasn’t been a bumper year for photography.

With restrictions on movement both nationally and internationally, most cameras have been limited to selfies and the living room window, but a few brave souls still managed to get out enough to snap some stunning shots.