More than 500 photographs of mountain landscapes, plants and animals were received from 55 countries as entries for the International Mountain Day 2020 photo contest.

With the theme of mountain biodiversity, the contest had three age categories, with a prize of an action camera awarded in each case.

A panel of FAO judges selected the following winners:

• Tar Agrawal from India won the children’s category with her photo, “Peaceful Claws”
• Jaime Venegas from Ecuador won the youth’s category with his photo, “Esperanza” (Hope)
• Troise Carmine-Washi from Italy won the adults’ category with his photo, “Fox Sister”.