Here are the top photos sent in by you, our readers, for the sixth round of our Photographer of the Year competition. The theme was 'Heroes'. The winner voted by you to go through to the final was "Brothers" by Arkadiusz Dziczek

"My son" by Phil Charnock also qualifies for the final round.

"Cambodian boy" by Philip Coggan came a close third - the following entries appear in alphabetical order

"Playground hero" by Thomas Angus

"Fire Fighters" by Mark Brain

"The shadow heroes" by Andrew Wright

"Red Knight" by Colin Freeman

"Mum and Dad" by Ricardo Adrian Guzman

"Girl and Dad" by Peter Hood

"Milan and Lara" by Pauline Krebbers

"Fear of speed" by Rick Stokes

"Celebrating life" by Adrian Voinescu