Kazi Arifuzzaman: Untitled – Bangladesh, winner

Highlighting the great variety of work from around the world, this year’s national award winners for the Sony World Photography awards celebrate the achievements of photographers from 61 different countries. An exhibition of the winners will be on display at Somerset House, London, from 13 April until 2 May

Pedro Jarque Krebs: Chimpanzee – Peru, 3rd place, Latin America national awards

In collaboration with Sony Latin America, the World Photography Organisation additionally introduced a new Latin America national award category

Wookeun Choi: Untitled – Republic of Korea, 2nd place, South Korea national awards

Wookeun Choi: ‘In the late afternoon, I photographed an atmosphere created by a woman and her shadow coming through the impressive structure of this building in Jeju’

Kaoru Sugiyama: Untitled – Japan, 1st place, Japan national awards

Kaoru Sugiyama: ‘People watching the full moon on the roof of a building. In Japan, celebrating the beauty of the moon is a popular pastime called “moon viewing” or Tsukimi’

Tshabalala Bongani: Montsho – South Africa, winner

Montsho, meaning ‘black’, is a word used in South Africa to make fun of a dark-skinned person. The photographer Tshabalala Bongani says: ‘This photograph explores the emotional effects of childhood teasing: depression and low self-esteem. Montsho opens conversations around the representation of the black body and black lives, challenging the idea that blackness is homogenous. For me this photograph is about both destruction and preservation; it’s about what we choose to embrace after going through trauma’

Foteini Zaglara: Self-portrait – Greece, winner

Foteini Zaglara, born in 1995, is a photographic artist based in Athens, Greece. She specialises in self-portraits

Vladimir Zivojinovic: Leningrad Oblast – Serbia, winner

Taken in Gatchina, Russia during July 2021. Zivojinovic’s project is an unbiased look at Russia, and particularly at the Leningrad region. During the project the photographer got to know the ‘Russian soul’ from different angles: tranquil old villages, historical monuments and museums, cultural education, sports training and much more

Wonyoung Choi: A City Among the Clouds – Republic of Korea, 1st place, South Korea national awards

This is a photograph from Bukhansan Mountain in Seoul. Lots of people climb the mountain to view the sunrise, but it’s a rare sight to see the city covered in clouds as the sun rises. I’ve gone there many times and was lucky to finally see it. I feel gratitude towards Mother Nature for changing Seoul’s architecture from monotonous to colourful

Metha Meiryna: Rejang Dancer – Indonesia, winner

In Bali, dancing is part of local traditions and religious ceremonies. One of the most beautiful dances is Rejang. Dressed in great costumes with headdresses, this dance is traditionally performed by young women at a ceremony in the inner courtyard of a temple. This dance is also one of the holiest sacrificial dances, performed to entertain visiting gods and spirits

Amal Prasad: Struggle of Life – Qatar, winner

Amal Prasad: ‘The life of a village fisherman is not an easy one – it’s a struggle for survival’

Thanh Nguyen Phuc: Bike With Flowers – Vietnam, winner

‘One hundred years ago there were just 36 streets and now there are many more, but the street culture remains strong in Hanoi. I spent a weekend following street vendors and found that they were walking or riding their bikes all day. Here is one of my favourite moments’

Yawar Abbas: Golden Snake – Pakistan, winner

In the light from this spectacular sunset is the cold desert at Skardu

Antonino Pellicano: Untitled – Italy, winner

This is a story about Riccardo, the lord of fashion. A tailor par excellence. He represents an era in Gianni Versace’s home town of Reggio Calabria, as a man with a humble attitude and innate class. Within him is the art of creation that has nourished his life for nearly 80 years. The artisan fashion shop continues to live within him

Chin Leong Teo: Sumo Wrestling – Singapore, winner

Sumo wrestlers attempting to trip each other out of the ring in a split-second finish

Bernardo Del Cristo Hernandez: Through the Roof - Colombia, 1st place, Latin America national awards

A diver jumps from a 10-metre platform during a national diving competition in Medellin. This was taken in August 2021

Martina Dimunova: Silence – Czech Republic, winner

The photographer’s aim here was ‘to capture the feeling of inner peace’

Salem Alsawafi: Movement and Stop – United Arab Emirates, winner

Taken with a drone, this image shows a group of flamingos moving and coming to a stop

Mariano Belmar Torrecilla: Around the Moneo – Spain, winner

Moneo is the Murcia City Hall building, around which you will find a variety of very different people