The Winners Of The 2013 National Geographic Photo Contest

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Now that the annual National Geographic Photo Contest has concluded and the 2013 winners have been announced, we can finally take a look at some of the best photographs in the world taken this year.

The contest is divided into three major categories – People, places and nature. The grand-prize winning photograph was “Ice Bear” by Paul Souders of Seattle, which also won in the nature category. Adam Tan in Malaysia won the Places category with his “Long Road to Daybreak” photograph, while Danish photographer Cecile Baudier won the People category with her “Together, Alone” photograph.