World's Beauty - Beauté du monde (1)

By Jennifer Newton 

and  Samantha Lewis 

For Mailonline

Breathtaking: 

The sky in Indonesia is lit up in shades of violet and orange. 

It was taken by talented photographer Micky Demsy

German photographer Nadine R captured this stunning image 

of a lion while she was visiting South Africa

In this fascinating image taken in Bangladesh, photographer Azim Ronni 

shot red chilli pickers scouring the ground

Martina Birnbaum titled this photo 'Like a Fairytale'.

It was taken in South Carolina, USA

This image of Baily lighthouse in Howth, Ireland at sunset 

made the top 50 of the contest. 

It was shot by photographer Juan Sanchez

Photographer Zay Yar Lin called this incredible shot 'beautiful sunrise'. 

He captured the image in his home country of Myanmar

One of the more bizarre shots in the competition was snapped 

by Carles Alonso from Spain and it shows a camel beauty contest in India

Le Van Vinh was crowned the winner of the contest with this image 

of a Gould's sun bird approaching a flower in Vietnam

A peacock spreads its feathers and almost poses for the camera 

in snap taken by photographer A. Rosenthal in Cologne, Germany

Filipino photographer Alvin Purex snapped this incredible image 

of a butterfly emerging from its cocoon at a flower festival in Saudi Arabia

India photographer Arun Jakhmola took this thought-provoking image 

in his home country. He simply named the picture 'beauty'

Patrik Heliosz, who hails from Poland, captured this shot of 

a group of horses while walking through a field 

in Germany on a misty morning

Nicolás Ruiz from Spain took this haunting image of a ballerina, 

which made the top 50 of the contest. He called the image 'Swan'

Manuela Goeken from Germany took this beautiful shot of 

a lighthouse using just her iPhone while on holiday in Denmark 

This artistic shot of two models was captured by Kristina Podchinenkova while on location in Italy

An Indonesian woman creates intricate crafts using the batik technique using wax. The shot was captured by Wibowo Rahardjo

Debasish Pal's image of a common kingfisher perched on a branch in India also made the top 50

Debdatta Chakraborty from India captured these two girls with their faces painted at a colourful month-long festival in West Bengal

Lanterns can be seen floating into the air 

in front of the Borobudur temple in Indonesia. 

The scenic shot was captured by Dharma Kurniawan

Dwi Martono shot this image of one girl with her head turned as she sits with other Muslim students during a ceremony in Indonesia

Photographer Michael Aboya shot this interesting image during a beauty contest being held in Ghana. He called the image 'beauty circle'

Elias Mabuza's shot of his wife's hands around his newborn daughter's feet also makes the cut. The picture is called 'foot love'

Photographer Stefano Fossiant snapped this incredible image of birds soaring over the skies of Italy

A bee looks for nectar on a flower in a stunning picture captured by amateur photographer Elke Schroeder in Germany

Colombian photographer Fredy Prada entered this mysterious image he shot into the competition

(to be followed)

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