The contest lasted between May 1 — August 31, with different countries having different submission windows and united 34 countries and territories. Among those, United Arab Emirates and Wales joined the competition for the first time. We received over 64,000 freely licensed photos of natural monuments from over 4300 people.

This year, the international winners represent two categories — landscapes (including individual trees if it’s a nature monument) and macro/close-up (animals, plants, fungi). The international jury team had a challenging task — to select up to 20 international winners out of 390 winning photos on the local level. Meet the winners by category in our blog post. The jury report can be found at the links: high resolution, low resolution.