The long trip by Mariusz Warsinski

A golden eagle in flight, a tiny frog sitting in a flower and an icy stream in a beech forest are among the 48 pictures shortlisted from 34 countries by the European Environment Agency for its ‘Environment and Me’ competition.

In the beech forest by Daniel Danko

Reclaiming by Stephen Mynhardt

Tera mystic by Dare Ferjan

Healthy environment by Roberto Pestarino

Farmer, water by Javier Arcenillas

The beauty of the nature by Keti Talevska

Building a better planet by Keith Arkins

The new kingdom of the golden eagle by Jonathan Díaz Marbá

The wreck by Juraj Starovecky

Consumption and waste by Adela Nistora

Life cycle by Giovanni Cultrera

Small frog by Václav Matoušek

Round Trip by Alessio Centamori

David & Goliath by Dare Ferjan

Giving water by Nuno Alves

Live to fight another day by Antoine Borg Micallef

Climate Change by Billy Horan

These photos are a selection of the EEA’s ‘Environment & Me’ photo competition entries and other photos used in SOER 2015

Simeon Lazarov, Environment& Me /EEA

Adriana Gheorghe, EEA

Adela Nistora, Environment& Me /EEA

Keith Arkins, Environment & Me /EEA

Thomais Vlachogianni

Spyridoula Kressou, Environment& Me /EEA

Victor Troyanov, Environment& Me /EEA

© MartijnBergsma, Environment& Me /EEA

Mandee Gage, Environment& Me /EEA

© Lesley Jarvis, Environment& Me /EEA

Virgolici Raluca, Environment& Me /EEA

Gulcin Karadeniz, EEA

PirjoJha, Environment& Me /EEA

Cristian Botea, Environment & Me /EEA

Virgolici Raluca, Environment & Me /EEA

Ciobanu Florentin, Environment& Me /EEA

Stipe Surać, Waste·smART/EEA

PirjoJha, Environment& Me /EEA