The Lumix People’s Choice Awards invites the general public to pick a photograph to be displayed at the National History Museum in London.
Continue on for 11 of the most impressive short-listed images.
It took the photographer three years to capture this striking image of the golden eagle.
Photography: Audan Rikardsen
In Hohe Tauern National Park, Austria, marmots have little fear of humans, making it easy to capture up-close images like this one.
Photography: Michael Schober
A panda in Shaanxi, China, is kept in a breeding center.
Photography: Marcus Westberg
This flamingo chick is less than five days old.
Photography: Claudio Contreras
Kitui is an orphaned rhino who spends much of his time with caretaker Elias Mugambi at the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy in Northern Kenya.
Photography: Martin Buzora
A pair of mice wrestle on the London Underground’s platform.
Photography: Sam Rowley
A humpback whale feeds off the coast of British Columbia, Canada.
Photography: Jake Davis
After spending two years in Chile, a photographer was able to capture this relaxed puma.
Photography: Ingo Ardnt
Stefan Christmann was photographing penguins in Antarctica when he saw a couple protecting a snowball that resembled an egg. It's possible that the penguins were practicing for when the real egg arrived.
Photography: Stefan Christmann
Here, an orangutan is photographed at Safari World in Bangkok, where the animals are used in performances that critics say are degrading.
Photography: Aaron Gekoski
A mother jaguar and her cub carry a large anaconda across the river in Brazil.
Photography: Michel Zoghzoghi