Below are the best photos of 2015 National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest, Selected from more than 17,000 global entries in the categories Travel Portraits, Outdoor Scenes, Sense of Place and Spontaneous Moments. Anuar Patjane Floriuk took home the grand prize for his incredible underwater shot of divers swimming close to a humpback whale near Roca Partida, an island off of the western coast of Mexico. The grand prize is an eight-day National Geographic Photo Expedition to Costa Rica and the Panama Canal for two.
1. Whale Whisperers
Source: Anuar Patjane
2. Gravel Workmen
Source: Faisal Azim
3. Camel Ardah
Source: Ahmed Al Toqi
4. A Night at Deadvlei
Source: Beth McCarley
5. Catching a duck
Source: Sarah Wouters
6. Romania, Land of Fairy Tales
Source: Eduard Gutescu
7. Highlanders
Source: Bartłomiej Jurecki
8. White Rhinos
Source: Stefane Berube
9. Kushti, Indian Wrestling
Source: Alain Schroeder
10. Sauna In The Sky
Source: Stefano Zardini