World Press Photo Awards 2008

A basketball match from Chris Detrick's portfolio that won him the third prize in the sports action stories category
Photograph: Chris Detrick/AP/The Salt Lake Tribune

Operation rock avalanche, Afghanistan, won first prize in the general news stories category
Photograph: Balazs Gardi/AFP/ANP/VII Network

Hunting the Narwal in Nunavut, Canada won second prize in the nature stories category
Photograph: Paul Nicklen/AP/National Geographic

The evacuation of dead mountain gorillas at Virunga National Park, Eastern Congo won first prize in the contemporary issues singles category
Photograph: Brent Stirton/AP/Getty Images for Newsweek

The evacuation of dead mountain gorillas at Virunga National Park, Eastern Congo won first prize in the contemporary issues singles category
Photograph: Brent Stirton/AP/Getty Images for Newsweek

A retired circus artist won the arts and entertainment stories first prize
Photograph: Rafal Milach/AFP/ANP/Anzenberger Agency

Freeride competitor Philippe Meier chased by an avalanche in Flaine, France won the sports action singles prize
Photograph: Ivaylo Velev/AFP/ANP Bul X Vision

Russian president Vladimir Putin, the photograph that won first prize for single portraits
Photograph: Platon/AFP/ANP/Time Magazine

Competitors crossing the Copenhagen marathon finish line won first prize for sports features
Photograph: Erik Refner/AFP/Berlingske Tidende

PKK fighters in southern Kurdistan/northern Iraq won first prize for people in the news
Photograph: Philippe Dudouit/EPA/Time Magazine

Mui, a homeless woman with HIV, and her son bathing in the Red River, Hanoi, Vietnam, the picture that was the first prize winner for daily life singles
Photograph: Justin Maxon/AFP/ANP/Aurora Photos

A girl in an animated character costume taken in Shanghai, China, winner of the arts and entertainment singles award
Photograph: Ariana Lindquist/AFP/ANP

Rural school girls in eastern Turkey, winner of the portraits stories prize
Photograph: Vanessa Winship/EPA/Agence Vu

Kenyan policemen chase opposition protesters who were looting goods from a shop in Kibera, a picture that won third prize in the category of spot news singles
Photograph: Stephen Morrison/EPA

An endangered plant at Wanzhou city garden sanctuary, China won first prize in the nature singles category
Photograph: Fang Qianhua/AP/Nangfan Dushi Daily/Southern Metropolis Daily

Kevin Richardson's Brave Friendship

Natural affinity... Kevin Richardson says he relies on instinct and patience to win the animals' trust.

Great Water Hole - Amazing Scene

Located in northern California, the Monticello Dam's is the largest morning glory spillway all over the world. This funnel-shaped outlet, allows water to bypass the dam when it reaches capacity, as it swallows a rate of 48,400 cubic feet per second (1370 m³/s).

Amazing Glass Floor - Wud you DARE?

3 Human Wonders - Amazing worth Seeing It

The Millau viaduct is part of the new E11 expressway connecting Paris and Barcelona and features the highest bridge piers ever constructed. The tallest is 240 meters high and the overall height will be an impressive 336 meters, making this the highest bridge in the world.

Parking in Germany
A Volkswagen Polo is loaded in the care towers of hte VW Autostadt in Wolfsburg, northern Germany on Wednesday. The Autostadt, situated next to Volkswagen's headquater, is the company's theme park, and distribution centre where daily 5,500 visitors view Volkswagen brands like Bentley, Audi, Lamborghi.

First Air Conditioned Bus Station in Dubai