Editor's Note:
Photographer Mario Cea spent five months and made 5,000 attempts to photograph the 'The Blue Trail' at a small pond on the outskirts of Salamanca in north-western Spain. He captured this stunning image of a kingfisher flawlessly diving into a river with an amazing trail of bright blue light streaming behind it. The phenomenon is rarely seen as it involves catching the bird as it hits the surface of the water at a speed of up to 25mph - with the perfect amount of natural light. On Friday, he was crowned the winner of the 2016 Wildlife Photographer of the Year People's Choice Awards for his work, which many thought must have been photoshopped. Photos: CFP
Andrea Marshall was snorkelling off the coast of Mozambique when she came across hundreds of large jelly fish like this one, covered with brittle stars hitching a ride. Photo:Andrea Marshall/CFP 
This Dalmatian pelican, the largest of its species, was hanging out on Lake Kerkini in Greece, where British photographer Guy Edwardes took this picture. Photo:Guy Edwardes /CFP 
Johan Kloppers from South Africa saw this little wildebeest shortly after it was born in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. Photo:Johan Kloppers /CFP 
Daisy Gilardini from Switzerland snapped this photo of a polar bear cub hitching a ride by clinging on to its mother's back in Wapusk National Park in Manitoba, Canada. Photo:Daisy Gilardini /CFP 
Snow geese become ghosts in the pink light of early morning as they land among sandhill cranes, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico, USA. Photo:CFP 
This stunning photograph, captioned 'Into the Night' was taken by Karine Aigner in San Antonio, Texas, as hundreds of thousands of Mexican free-tailed bats came out to feed at twilight, flying out through the entrance of Bracken Cave. Photo:Karine Aigner /CFP 
This cheeky giraffe was snapped at Giraffe Manor in Nairobi, Kenya by Cari Hill from New Zealand. Photo:Cari Hill/CFP
