The best works of the participants of the urban photography competition 2013

British photographer Mark French has been announced as the winner of the Urban Photographer of the Year award. The victory was brought to him by a photograph taken in Hong Kong, which he called "Looking good even at work."

The annual competition, run by the world's largest real estate company CBRE, is now in its sixth year and is the most significant of its kind. This year, over 12,500 photographs were submitted for the competition, a record number. Participants represented 118 countries from the coast of Chile to the deserts of Saudi Arabia.

(Total 27 photos)

1. Picture of the winner of the competition, Mark French from the UK. "Look good even at work." (Mark French)

2. Runner-up: Glenn Surtees, UK Fly Eyes, Singapore. (Glenn Surtees)

3. Third place: Rui Pedro Mura Barbosa Dias from Portugal. Life for Life, Portugal. (Rui Pedro Moura Barbosa Dias)

4. The winner in the "student" category: the competition for students was held in parallel with the main one. It was attended by 1236 people from educational institutions around the world. This year's winner is Tom Pepper from London. His photograph is titled "Waiting for the Train" and was taken on the New York subway. (Tom Pepper)

5. Photographers were asked to indicate what time of day their photographs were taken. Midnight: Jurgen Burgin from Germany. "Rain in Tokyo" (Jurgen Burgin)

6. One in the morning: Paul Braverman from the USA. "Under Times Square" (New York). (Paul Braverman)

7. Two in the morning: Jan Monk from England. "Churros seller", Valencia, Spain. (Ian Monk)

8. Three in the morning: Paul Braverman from the USA. Sweeping the Floors, New York. (Paul Braverman)

9. Four in the morning: Photographer from Russia. "Break at Piazza Navona", Rome, Italy. (Tatiana Volobueva)

10. Five in the morning: Jason Pemberton from the UK. "Tuna at the Tsukji Fish Market", Tokyo, Japan. (Jason Pemberton)

11. Six in the morning: Prasanta Kumar Saha from Bangladesh. Life Insurance, Bangladesh. (Prashanta Kumar Saha)

12. Seven in the morning: Nader Saadallah from Egypt. "Underground", Egypt. (Nader Saadallah)

13. Eight in the morning: Peter Graney from New Zealand. "Chicken being transported to the market", Cambodia. (Peter Graney)

14. Nine in the morning: Paco Barreda Centelles from Spain. (Paco Barreda)

15. Ten in the morning: Randy Turnbau from the USA. "Firefighters". (Randy Turnbow)

16. Eleven in the morning: Anil Risal Singh from India. "Queue to the roadside dentist", Varanasi, India. (Anil Risal Singh)

17. Noon: Joan Vendrell from Spain. "Music", Barcelona, Spain. (Joan Vendrell)

18. One o'clock: Ken McKeown from the USA. Air Transport Elegance, Seattle, USA. (Ken McCown)

19. Three o'clock in the afternoon: David Kandish from the UK. "Vertical". (David Candlish)

20. Four o'clock in the afternoon: Dani Pozo. An artist prepares paints and mixtures in front of a Monet painting on the eve of an Impressionist exhibition in Madrid. (Dani Pozo)

21. Five o'clock in the afternoon: Corneliu Cazacu from Germany. "17:00 in Bucharest". (Corneliu Cazacu)

22. 6 p.m.: Tim Hunt from the UK. "Men". (Tim Hunt)

23. Seven in the evening: Jeff Lombardo from the USA. "Night", Las Vegas. (Jeff Lombardo)

24. Eight pm: Linda Rahmat from Hong Kong. Pachinko, Tokyo, Japan. (Linda Rahmat)

25. Antonio Rojas Jr. from the Philippines. Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (Antonio Rojas)

26. Ten in the evening: Andres Harsiniy from Hungary. "Waiting for the train." (Andr s Harsnyi)

27. Eleven in the evening: Majdi Muner Alkuda from Jordan. "Mecca". (Majdi Muner)