48 Of The Best Photos From Our #Friends2020 Contest To Brighten Your Day

Location: Moscow, Russia

by @nikybwd

Location: Indonesia

by @dcmith (Indonesia)

Location: Hpa-an, Myanmar

by @swetun (Myanmar)

Location: Sarlat, Francia

by @paulaaranoa (Argentina): "I wanted to convey precisely the friendship between human beings and dogs. Every day these two take their time to walk together through the almost empty streets of Sarlat. They were seen to be calm, enjoying the moment and not rushing. It felt that it was a special moment between two best friends."

Location: Manila, Philippines

by @ froirivera (Philippines): "It started to rain heavily as I looked outside my balcony, and I saw these kids playing in the flooded street. Friends enjoy their time together rain or shine! If I get to win the $1,000 USD prize, I'd donate part of it to my fellow Filipinos who have been affected by the recent eruption of the Taal Volcano."

Location: Vinnytsia, Ukraine

by @drummer_vn (Ukraine): "Two kids holding hands and looking in the same direction: that's what friendship means to me."

Location: Saint Tropez, France

by @sixcentdouze (Monaco): "My girlfriend and I were playing with the perspectives thanks to our drone - we had so much fun doing this shot, so I wanted to get a funny pose!"

Location: Tbilisi, Georgia

by @damiane (Georgia): "Happiness is only real when shared with your friends!"

Location: Mt.Bromo, Probolinggo, Indonesia

by @priantopuji (Indonesia): "They are the children of Javanese people living around Mt.Bromo. I wanted to show the happiness of those kids when they play with traditional toys in their homeland, running off on the sand dunes."

Location: Nam Cuong, Vietnam

by @trungphamvn (Vietnam)

Location: Chin State, Myanmar

by @naingtunwinbagan (Myanmar)

Location: France

by @photolivestudio (France): "Shooting with these children was a game to awaken their imagination and to have fun. The deal was: you are the models, you have to think about poses, you consult each other and the photographer mustn't say a word, just shoot! The children showed a lot of imagination; the shooting turned into a game and the natural took over. I was not prepared to take this photo; I had to adapt the softboxes and especially find a stepladder because the children were lying on the floor! The last surprise they gave me was their grimaces when I started to shoot."

Location: Canning, West Bengal, India

by @tatha11 (India): "Friendship is the main story of this photo. In the evening time, two friends were coming back home holding each other tightly in darkness. Could you guess that the light in the background was coming from a bike?"

Location: Deerfield Beach, Florida, USA

by @piercegainey (USA): "Friendship can be seen everywhere! From simple things like going on a paddleboard session to helping your friend out in need! For this shot, it wasn’t really planned but worked out so well! I was trying some other photos and this surprisingly turned out to be the best and it wasn’t even planned."

Location: Bursa, Turkey

by @banudiker (Turkey): "They were just swimming and having a chat while I was on my balcony, and I thought it looked sweet so I took the photo. They seemed to be old friends that met again after a long period of time.

Location: Les Minquiers, Jersey, UK

by @bamperspectives (UK): "The photo features a group of my creative friends who decided to head out to this deserted sandbar and set up a BBQ, and have food, drink, music, and just an amazing day in the sun away from it all! I really wanted to portray the sense of friends coming together to enjoy each other’s company and how this is often done around food as that is one of those few things that we all have in common, we need to eat, so doing it as socially as possible in the sun with an amazing chef friend knocking out some fresh local ingredients was just perfect. If I was lucky enough to become a hero, I would use the prize to travel for photography. Living on an island that is only 9x5 miles in size means that the photographic options are limited, and I would really love to experience other cultures and landscapes that would help progress my photography and test my skills in new environments."

Location: Quantock Hills, Somerset, UK

By @keanudrone (UK): "My dad is my best friend and we run the @Keanudrone account together. We wanted a photo of us and the drones and this is the outcome. I love it! Although shortly before this photo was taken, my dad crashed one of the drones into a tree."

Location: Bristol, UK

by @perksy12 (UK)

Location: Sentani, Papua, Indonesia

by @barcerumkabu (Indonesia)

Location: Port Barton Palawan, Philippines

by @alanmills91 (UK): "The two people on the picture are very close friends that I had the pleasure to meet when I was travelling the Philippines. On the morning of the shooting, it was the 1st time I had met the girls and we all had been getting quite well. We spent the whole day on a beach where I wanted the girls to have a photo that would sum up the day, and to show their friendship from another point of view. The big smiles on their faces made this shot even better than just the pure beauty of the surrounding area."