Your best photos of last week
From tarantulas to tower blocks – these are your images from the last seven days that blew our editors away.
Published 18 Feb 2019, 10:51 GMT
"On the occasion of the Sant'Agata celebrations [in Siciliy], young women dressed as brides known as "ntuppatedde", with their veiled faces, make their appearance," writes Your Shot photographer Antonella Platania. "The ntuppatedde are a celebration of the woman, of her freedom. In a society in which the word"femicide" too often resonates, this initiative is meant to encourage all women to fight for their freedom.The flower that they carry as a trophy, is a symbol to represent love."
Photograph by Antonella Platania, National Geographic Your ShotA young girl looks at Chinese calligraphy strung into a tree in Dublin, Ireland from the Lunar New Year celebration.
Photograph by Ana Santos, National Geographic Your Shot"I had this vision swirling around for a week" writes Your Shot photographer C. Tobon. "I envisioned it as a self portrait but my son was down to be my model."
Photograph by C. Tobon, National Geographic Your Shot"The snow made an abrupt line on the mountains today, in the Oregon Coast Range," writes Your Shot photographer Joan Martelli. "The air was so crisp and clear, you could pick out all the individual trees on the slope across the valley from us."
Photograph by Joan Martelli, National Geographic Your ShotYour Shot photographer Angelika Kollin created this diptych portrait to explore inter-human intimacy.
Photograph by Angelika Kollin, National Geographic Your Shot"Rising up the the city floor, the two Westin Towers stand tall and a reminder of the advanced architecture that was happening in the late sixties," writes Your Shot photographer Dana McMullen.
Photograph by Dana Mcmullen, National Geographic Your Shot"It was a selfie with my newly married wife," writes Your Shot photographer Ritinkar Sarkar. "We were returning home after an adventurous honeymoon trip on a flight. We had a wonderful memorable trip."
Photograph by Ritinkar Sarkar, National Geographic Your Shot"The teeth of a parrotfish are fused to strong plates with which they can scrape polyps and algae of the surface of hard corals," writes Your Shot photographer Joerg Blessing."They also ingest some of the corals limestone skeleton which they release in clouds of fine white sand."
Photograph by Joerg Blessing, National Geographic Your Shot"A young crocodile came from no where while birds were drinking and catching food," writes Your Shot photographer Mohammad Murad. "They started to gather on him like if they wanna attack, then suddenly the crocodile stretched his neck out of the water like he wanted to attack back! It was something amazing to witness!"
Photograph by Mohammad Murad, National Geographic Your Shot"The party was finished and I already say goodbye to the couple," writes Your Shot photographer Mateo Boffano. "Suddenly they tried to throw the brother of the bride into the water, I took the camera out of my bag and made just 3 shots. When I returned home I could see how amazing it had been!"
Photograph by Mateo Boffano, National Geographic Your Shot"My son is facing the spectacular beauty and beauty of Niagara Falls,"
writes Your Shot photographer Dina Alfasi.
Photograph by Dina Alfasi, National Geographic Your ShotYour Shot photographer Chloe Elsie Rose Plummer was aimlessly snapping photographs at a beachside restaurant in La Baule, France when this trio of horses rode through her frame beneath the moon.
Photograph by Chloe Elsie Rose Plummer, National Geographic Your ShotYour Shot photographer Bruce William Thompson made this portrait of a young boy and his pet tarantula at a market on the outskirts of Phnom Penn, Cambodia.
Photograph by Bruce William Thompson, National Geographic Your ShotYour Shot photographer Ninive Viktoria Guenes made this portrait on the balcony of the home she stayed in during a vacation in Austria.
Photograph by Ninive Viktoria Guenes, National Geographic Your Shot