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The winner of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year People's Choice Award is British amateur photographer Nima Sarikhani. His stunning image depicts a young polar bear peacefully sleeping on an iceberg. The photograph captures the beauty and fragility of our planet, according to Dr. Douglas Gurr, the director of the Natural History Museum. It serves as a poignant reminder of the significant connection between animals and their habitats, highlighting the negative effects of climate change and habitat loss. Sarikhani took the photograph after searching for polar bears in thick fog for three days off Norway's Svalbard archipelago. Wildlife photography and nature enthusiasts from all over the world were given the opportunity to vote for their favorite image from a shortlist of 25. The other four finalists were highly commended for their remarkable photographs. One of the finalists, Tzahi Finkelstein, captured an image called "The Happy Turtle" while photographing shore birds. He unexpectedly spotted a Balkan pond turtle walking in shallow water, with a dragonfly perched on its nose. Daniel Dencescu's photograph, titled "Starling Murmuration," was taken after hours of following starlings around Rome, Italy. Finally, the flock converged into the shape of a giant bird on a cloudless winter's day. Mark Boyd's photograph, "Shared Parenting," portrays two lionesses leaving their five hidden cubs in dense bushes in Kenya's Maasai Mara Mara while they went hunting. Upon their return, they called the cubs onto the grassland and began grooming them. Audun Rikardsen protected his equipment with a self-made waterproof housing to capture his photograph, "Aurora Jellies." He adjusted the focus and aperture during a single exposure as moon jellyfish swarmed in the cool autumn waters of a fjord near Tromsø, northern Norway, illuminated by the aurora borealis. These five impressive images will be displayed online and at the Natural History Museum in London until June 30.