In this year's World Cup competition of Sony for the best award photoIn 2014, 139.554 photos were submitted from 166 countries. Today the organizing committee revealed a list of the best from which the awardees will be selected.
There are two categories, professional and amateur, and the images cover the whole spectrum of the wild natures, and of human life: from the wild landscapes of Kenya, to the Inuit whalers. The photos are fascinating and moving. Sometimes their subjects are not pretty, and they are serious issues.
See the photos as they were presented by TheVerge.