2013: Stunning places on Planet Earth

News imageTony Bennett won the Take a View - Landscape Photographer of the Year Awards Mist and Reflections category with this shot of the UK’s Crummock Water. (Tony Bennett/Take A View/PA)
Tony Bennett won the Take a View - Landscape Photographer of the Year Awards Mist and Reflections category with this shot of the UK’s Crummock Water. (Tony Bennett/Take A View/PA)

From a dazzlingly painted railway bridge to an oasis in a dune sea, we look at some of the most inspiring places on planet Earth in 2013.

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The year in space

The year in design and architecture

The year in wildife

People of the year

The year in transport

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