Stunning pictures from the Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Here, we look at some of the best finalist pics for this year’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award. Run by the Natural History Museum in London, this year's competition saw nearly 39,000 entries from 93 countries across the world. The panel shortlisted top pictures for the People's Choice, after which it was up to the public to decide.

Snow leopard in the mountains of Ladakh in northern India. This image has won the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 58 People's Choice Award. Credit: Sascha Fonseca/Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Polar bear cub playing in a mass of fireweed on the coast of Hudson Bay, Canada. Credit: Martin Gregus/Wildlife Photographer of the Year

African golden cat in Kibale National Park in Uganda. Reportedly, there are still less than five high-resolution photographs of this cat in the wild till date. Credit: Sebastian Kennerknecht/Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Fishing for glass eels on the coast of the Dominican Republic. Credit: Eladio Fernandez/Wildlife Photographer of the Year

A stuffed Andean cat hangs in a shed in Abra Granada, Argentina. Credit: Sebastian Kennerknecht/Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Badger in a forest near Helsinki, Finland. Credit: Sami Vartiainen/Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Lizard on a wall with a mural of a cat in Corella, Spain. Credit: Eduardo Blanco Mendizabal/Wildlife Photographer of the Year

A red fox in the UK city of Bristol. Credit: Simon Withyman/Wildlife Photographer of the Year

A cat arrives with its fresh kill at a barn in Radolinek, a small village in Poland. Credit: Michał Michlewicz/Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Snowshoe hare in the forests of the Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. Credit: Deena Sveinsson/Wildlife Photographer of the Year

A hyena on the outskirts of Harar, Ethiopia. Credit: Sam Rowley/Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Two female muskoxen attack each other in Dovrefjell-Sunndalsfjella National Park in Norway. Credit: Miquel Angel Artus Illana/Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Three golden snub-nosed monkey hug each other to keep warm in the extreme winter cold. Credit: Minqiang Lu/Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Crested guineafowl in South Africa’s Kruger National Park. Credit: Richard Flac/Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Olobor, one of the famous five-strong coalition of males in the Black Rock pride in Kenya’s Maasai Mara National Reserve. Credit: Marina Cano/Wildlife Photographer of the Year