I’m a sucker for drone shots

Submissions from 105 countries and 2,900 photographers were submitted to the Siena Awards.

A fisherman paddles through mangrove trees at the Tam Giang Lagoon in the Hue province of Vietnam. Mangroves lose all their leaves in winter, exposing their whitish trunks. Pham Huy Trung

Women collect water from a dry riverbed in Khulna, Bangladesh. This photo was one of the "highly commended" images from this year's Drone Photo Contest. Sujon Adhikary

My favorite is this shot of a couple sunbathing on ice because I would never be able to withstand the cold for such an awesome photo.

Photographer Alexandr Vlassyuk and a friend "sunbathe" on ice hummocks at the Kapchagay reservoir in Almaty, Kazakhstan. "Without waiting for summer, we decided to open the beach season!" says Vlassyuk. Alexandr Vlassyuk

See more at NPR. Also, view last year’s winners.