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    40 Astonishing Photos That Won Awards In 2013

    It's been a busy year for snappers around the world. Take a look at a selection of some of the most stunning award-winning pictures.

    1. Earth And Space - Overall Winner - Mark Gee.

    2. Robotic Scope - Winner - László Francsics.

    3. Deep Space - Winner - Adam Block.

    4. Our Solar System - Winner - Man-To Hui.

    5. The Sir Patrick Moore Prize for Best Newcomer - Winner - Sam Cornwell.

    6. People And Space - Winner - Mark Gee.

    7. Young Astronomer (Under 16s) - Winner - Jacob Marchio.

    8. Finalist - Bruce Ponder - 'Mother Bear'.

    9. Overall Winner - Mark French.

    10. Student Competition Winner - Tom Pepper.

    11. Winner - Jeff Lombardo.

    12. Winner - Peter Graney.

    13. Winner - Nader Saadallah.

    14. Winner - Greg Du Toit - 'Essence Of Elephants'.

    15. Finalist - Connor Stefanison - 'The Flight Path'.

    16. Finalist - Connor Stefanison - 'Lucky Pounce'.

    17. Finalist - Joe McDonald - 'The Spat'.

    18. Finalist - Sergey Gorshkov - 'The Cauldron'.

    19. Finalist - Jasper Doest - 'Snow Moment'.

    20. Finalist - Luis Javier Sandoval - 'Dive Buddy'.

    21. Finalist - Udayan Rao Pawar - 'Mother's Little Headful'.

    VELUX Lovers Of Light 2013.

    22. Winner - Martin Dawe.

    We were given a sneak peek at the entrants flooding in for next year's Lovers of Light competition - here are a few of our favourites:

    23. Graham Colling.

    24. Belvin Corriette.

    25. Mareike Uhlmann.

    26. Phillip Bird.

    27. Steve Hughes.

    28. Grand Prize and Nature Winner - Paul Souders - The Ice Bear.

    29. People Winner - Cecile Baudier - 'Together, Alone'.

    30. Places Winner - Adam Tan - 'Long Road to Daybreak'.

    31. Honorable Mention, Nature - Stephen De Lisle - 'Indian Rhino, Canadian Winter'.

    32. Honorable Mention, Places - Andrew Lever - 'Cows And Kites'.

    33. Honorable Mention, People - Andrew Biraj - 'Life Along The Polluted River'.

    34. Honorable Mention, People - Michele De Punzio - 'Francesca'.

    35. Honorable Mention, People - Bisig Maurin - 'Arabic in Gambia'.

    36. Honorable Mention, People - Cecile Baudier - 'Ida'.

    37. Honorable Mention, Nature - Réka Zsirmon - 'Flying Egrets'.

    38. Honorable Mention, People - Aurélie Geurts - 'Laurentiu'.

    39. Honorable Mention, Nature - Yosuke Kashiwakura - 'Crows Nest'.

    40. Honorable Mention, Places - Julie Fletche - 'Graveyard'.