10 breathtaking entries from the world's most famous photography competition

The Sony World Photography Competition is the world's largest and most famous of its kind.

The competition aims to celebrate the planet's best photographers and will be celebrating its tenth anniversary in 2017.

Last year, there were a record-breaking 230,103 entries from 186 countries submitted to the three main categories - professional, open, and youth.

The final deadline for entries to the 2017 competition is January 10, but we've selected some of our favourites so far below.