Revealed: Winners of the Travel Photography Awards 2013
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Cutty Sark Award for the Travel Photographer of the Year 2013: Timothy Allen, UK. A young boy looks at the camera with soulful eyes during the replastering of a mosque in Djenné, Mali. (Timothy Allen/ www.tpoty.com)
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Cutty Sark Award for the Travel Photographer of the Year 2013: Timothy Allen, UK. A woman shelters from the rain in Dogon Country, Mali. (Timothy Allen/ www.tpoty.com)
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Cutty Sark Award for the Travel Photographer of the Year 2013: Timothy Allen, UK. Women walk home across the sand to their village, Dogon Country, Mali. (Timothy Allen/ www.tpoty.com)
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Winner of 'One Shot': Justin Mott, USA. A woman shares a dip with an elephant in Phuket, Thailand. (Justin Mott/ www.tpoty.com)
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Winner of 'Vanishing & Emerging Cultures: Best Single Image in a Portfolio': Roberto Nistri, Italy. Hindu holy men rush into the Ganges during the Kumbh Mela, one of the world’s biggest religious gatherings in Allahabad, India. (Roberto Nistri/ www.tpoty.com)
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Winner of 'Vanishing and Emerging Cultures': Gavin Gough, Thailand. A boy who is a member of the Kolkata skateboarding community leaps through an open window of a derelict building in India. (Gavin Gough/ www.tpoty.com)
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Winner of 'First Shot, En Route': Stuart Draper, UK. A passersby looks to be in danger from the tram - but it is just a mural in Santa Teresa, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Stuart Draper/ www.tpoty.com)
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Winner of 'New Talent: Metropolis': Tom Pepper, UK. Instantly recognisable yellow taxis pass by the Flatiron building in New York City, USA. (Tom Pepper/ www.tpoty.com)
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Winner of 'New Talent: Metropolis': Tom Pepper, UK. Bright lights and vibrant colours bring Times Square alive in New York City. (Tom Pepper/ www.tpoty.com)
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Joint winner of 'Wild Stories': Jasper Doest, Netherlands. An adult and child Japanese Macaque bathes in hot water in the Monkey Park, Japan. (Jasper Doest/ www.tpoty.com)
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Joint winner of 'Wild Stories': Jasper Doest, Netherlands. A Japanese Macaque closes its eyes in the rain, Jigokudani Monkey Park, Yamanouchi, Shimotakai District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. (Jasper Doest/ www.tpoty.com)
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Joint Winner of 'Wild Stories': Johnny Haglund, Norway. A young boy, who belongs to a family of alligator hunter, holds a gun and shoots the animal under the watchful eyes of his grandfather who is an experienced hunter. The young boy, pictured in Lac des Allemands, Louisiana, USA, plans to join the family business when he grows up. (Johnny Haglund/ www.tpoty.com)
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Winner of 'The Young Travel Photographer of the Year': Jonathan Rystrøm, aged 14, Denmark. A tourist watches the world go by in The Strada, Dubrovnik, Croatia. (Jonathan Rystrøm/ www.tpoty.com)
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Cutty Sark Award for the Travel Photographer of the Year 2013: Timothy Allen, UK. A woman pours butter tea in her house in Laya, Laya Province, Bhutan. The tea is made from tea leaves, yak butter and salt. (Timothy Allen/ www.tpoty.com)
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Winner of 'Wild Stories, Best Single Image in a Portfolio': Peter Downing, UK. A kingfisher catches its lunch in Worcestershire, UK. (Peter Downing/ www.tpoty.com)
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Winner of the 'Young Travel Photograher of the Year, Age 15-18': Chase Guttman, age 17, USA. Spot Santa: Dozens in costumes wait for the start of the Santa Run in New York City, USA. (Chase Guttman/ www.tpoty.com)
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Winner of the 'Young Travel Photographer of the Year, Age 15-18': Chase Guttman, age 17, USA. Feathers fly in a pillow fight in New York City. (Chase Guttman/ ww.tpoty.com)
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Winner of 'Young TPOTY Age 14 and Under': Patria Prasasya, aged 10, Indonesia. Ants climb onto food in Surabaya, Indonesia. (Patria Prasasya/ www.tpoty.com)
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Winner of Monochromal: Jino Lee, Singapore. A fisherman in Dong Jiang River, Hunan, China, appears isolated on a rippling river. (Jino Lee/ www.tpoty.com)
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From skateboarding boys to bathing macaques these incredible pictures from the Travel Photography Awards 2013 document the diversity of life and culture around the world. The overall winner, Briton Timothy Allen, won £5,000. His work will be exhibited at the Royal Geographical Society, London, from July 11, 2014, along with all of the other category winners and runners-up.