Winner: Jaw-dropping, rare anti-cyclonic tornado tracks in open farm land narrowly missing a home near Simla, Colorado. James Smart / National Geographic Photo Contest 2015
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Winner: Asteroid impact on phosphogypsum ponds in Cardeñas, Andalusia, Spain Francisco Mingorance / National Geographic Photo Contest 2015
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Winner: Bwengye lives in a slum called Kamwokya in Kampala, Uganda. He cherishes his bicycle more than anything else. He brings it to this playground in the slum every evening where he watches kids playing soccer. Joel Nsadha / National Geographic Photo Contest 2015
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Runner up: Nearly 100,000 crosses cover this Siauliai, Lithuania, hill. Many people pray for God and mourned the death of people killed by war. Hideki Mizuta / National Geographic Photo Contest 2015
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Runner up: Multiple generations are shown in this snap from Chinese New Year’s Eve 2015 in Taiwan. Jackson Hung / National Geographic Photo Contest 2015
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Runner up: Iranian female students play around an abandoned tank in Shalamcheh, Khuzestan, Iran. Yanan Li / National Geographic Photo Contest 2015
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Runner up: An orangutan took a taro leaf to protect himself from the rain in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia. Andrew Suryono / National Geographic Photo Contest 2015
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Runner up: Cheetahs hunt in Masai Mara, Kenya. Mohammed Yousef / National Geographic Photo Contest 2015
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Runner up: White-fronted bee-eaters getting together on a bough before going to sleep to their burrows in Mkuze, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Bence Mate / National Geographic Photo Contest 2015
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Runner up: A flocks of Alpine choughs perform acrobatics in the air. Alessandra Meniconzi / National Geographic Photo Contest 2015
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Runner up: Children play in Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Simone Monte / National Geographic Photo Contest 2015
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Runner up: The Tian-shan Mountains in central Asia look like a surrealist painting come to life. Tugo Cheng / National Geographic Photo Contest 2015
