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Travel Photo of the Year finalist gallery: An insight to local life

Catch a rare glimpse into the lives of workers and festival-goers across India, Mongolia, Peru and beyond, with these 10 striking finalist images from our Wanderlust Travel Photo of the Year competition…

Team Wanderlust
29 December 2017
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Rice workers in West Bengal, India (Sandipani Chattopadhyay)

Catch of the day at Ganges River, India (George Turnbull)

The morning commute in Ollyantaytambo, Peru (Matt Hill)

Lost in travel, West Bengal, India (Indranil Sengupta)

Shokhan, Altai Tavan Bogd National Park, Mongolia (Lynn Fraser)

Fishmonger in Dubai, UAE (Sreeranj Sreedhar)

God of colours at Holi Festival in Uttar Pradesh, India (Sanghamitra Sarkar)

Cool driving through Havana, Cuba (Linda Wride)

Siesta in the shade, Cuba (Linda Wride)

Fresh vegetables on display at a Madagascan market (Andrew Lambert)

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