National Geographic’s Top 20 Photos Of The Year

National Geographic has released a roundup of the most popular photographs from its ‘Photo of the Day’ section. For this year’s shortlist, NatGeo looked at the number of shares, likes and comments the photos received across social media. Here are the top 20.

1. Bioluminous Larak (Iran)

National Geographic's Top 20 Photos Of The Year - 1 — Photograph by Pooyan Shadpoor

2. When Penguins Attack (Antarctica)

National Geographic's Top 20 Photos Of The Year - 2 — Photograph by Clinton Berry

3. The Village (Hungary)

National Geographic's Top 20 Photos Of The Year - 3 — Photograph by Gabor Dvornik

4. Against the Wind (Quebec City, Canada)

National Geographic's Top 20 Photos Of The Year - 4 — Photograph by Dominic Roy

5. Mother Of The Forest (Madagascar)

National Geographic's Top 20 Photos Of The Year - 5 — Photograph by Marsel Van Oosten

6. Shining Through (Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, Wisconsin, USA)

National Geographic's Top 20 Photos Of The Year - 6 — Photograph by Ernie Vater

7. Fox Found (Gran Paradiso National Park, Italy)

National Geographic's Top 20 Photos Of The Year - 7 — Photograph by Stefano Unterthiner

8. Cracking The Surface (Lake Baikal, Siberia)

National Geographic's Top 20 Photos Of The Year - 8 — Photograph by Alexey Trofimov

9. All The Fish In The Sea (Cabo Pulmo, Mexico)

National Geographic's Top 20 Photos Of The Year - 9 — Photograph by Jeff Hester

10. Dancing With The Moon (Iceland)

National Geographic's Top 20 Photos Of The Year - 10 — Photograph by Andrew George

11. Who’s There?

National Geographic's Top 20 Photos Of The Year - 11 — Photograph by Cezary Wyszynski

12. Something’s Fishy (British Columbia Coast, Canada)

National Geographic's Top 20 Photos Of The Year - 12 — Photograph by Ian McAllister

13. Falls In Autumn (Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia)

National Geographic's Top 20 Photos Of The Year - 13 — Photograph by Vedrana Tafra

14. Hull-o (Caribbean Island Of Bonaire)

National Geographic's Top 20 Photos Of The Year - 14 — Photograph by Marc Henauer

15. Kit Friendly (Estonia)

National Geographic's Top 20 Photos Of The Year - 15 — Photograph by Kalmer Lehepuu

16. Imperial Blossoms (Kyoto, Japan)

National Geographic's Top 20 Photos Of The Year - 16 — Photograph by Yukio Miki

17. Big Baby (Tonga)

National Geographic's Top 20 Photos Of The Year - 17 — Photograph by Karim Iliya

18. Winter White (Gran Paradiso National Park, Italy)

National Geographic's Top 20 Photos Of The Year - 18 — Photograph by Stefano Unterthiner

19. Yellow Jellies (Rock Islands Of Palau)

National Geographic's Top 20 Photos Of The Year - 19 — Photograph by Ciemon Frank Caballes

20. Bird Feeders (Xingping, China)

National Geographic's Top 20 Photos Of The Year - 20 — Photograph by Abderazak Tissoukai

Our favourites: no. 5, 6 and 8. What about you? Share this post and voice your views in the comments below. All images via National Geographic.

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