The first-place People’s Choice winner, titled “Lost World,” was taken at Machu Picchu in Peru by Zhibo Zhang from Taiyuan, Shanxi, China.

Second place went to this photo, titled “Everywhere You Go,” taken in Wyoming by Prashi Khurana from Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

Abid Hossain, from New York City, shot this photo in the Huangshan mountain range in eastern China. Titled “Chase the Mountain,” it tied for third place.

Also a third-place winner, “Mountains” was taken in Interlaken, Switzerland, by Jennifer Dukat from Syracuse, N.Y.

Uma Joshi, from Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, captured this image in New York State.

Carley Lester, from Kendall, N.Y., spent time in the Mara region of Tanzania.

Clayton Markham, from Syracuse, N.Y., enjoyed a long-term study abroad experience in Cañas, Costa Rica, where he worked in a wildlife rescue center and met Dalila, a female puma.

Ayaka (Hannah) Mori, from Tokyo, Japan, visited friends in Taiwan.

Aishwarya Murgod, from Hubli, Karnataka, India, spent part of her first weekend in Buffalo visiting Niagara Falls.

Olivia Palumbo, from Corning, N.Y., spent time in Cape Town, South Africa, where she saw penguins on the beach.

Yogesh Ravichandar, from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, took this stunning photograph of Utah’s Flaming Gorge Reservoir during a road trip exploring several western U.S. states.

Alex Sansolo, from Long Island, N.Y., spent the summer in Madrid, Spain.

Nathan Stawasz, from Tonawanda, N.Y., brought a little bit of Buffalo to Germany’s Zugspitze mountain.

Pooja Umesh, from Bangalore, Karnataka, India, shared her first-snow snowman.

The Grotto of Tiberius in Sperlonga, Italy, made an impression on Nikola Vehabovic from Syracuse, N.Y.

Jennie Wang, from Syosset, N.Y., took this photo of the pastel shophouses on Joo Chiat Road during a four-month stay in Singapore.

Zhenyu Yang, from Haining, Zhejiang, China, shot this photo in Tokyo, Japan.

Alisa Delaj, from New York, N.Y., studied abroad last spring in Seoul, South Korea. Hwagyesa Temple is pictured here.

Aliakbar Eranpurwala, from Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, loves autumn and travels throughout the season. Gatlinburg, Tenn., pictured here, was the scenic locale for Eranpurwala’s first fall in the United States in 2011.

Eranpurwala also traveled to Montreal, Québec, in Canada.

Adarsh Govindarajan, from Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu, India, spent the Fourth of July enjoying the fireworks at Sunset Bay in Irving, N.Y.