Siena Photo Awards 2023: Take a look at the powerful winning images

The winners of this year's Siena International Photo Awards have been announced - and they're nothing short of spectacular. 

This year's 'Photo of the Year' has been awarded to an exceptionally poignant photograph by Salwan Georges, showing a Ukrainian soldier bidding a heartfelt farewell to their family.

We've handpicked a selection of our personal favourites from the winners. These winning images, along with many others, will be showcased in the Italian city until 19 November. 

Georgy Keburia says goodbye to his wife Maya and children at a train station in Odesa, Ukraine, as they board a train to Lviv on 5 March 2022. 

The situation in eastern Ukraine has become extremely critical as the fighting intensifies.

Hundreds of women and children who escaped cities like Mariupol, Kherson, and Mykolaiv, are trying desperately to catch a train and leave for a safe place before the violence of the war reaches the city. 

Meanwhile, men like Georgy must stay to fight to defend their own country and families.

In Umm al Quwain, every winter camel handlers take their camels into the sea for a bath.

The saltwater is believed to have medicinal properties that help rid the camels of ticks, fleas, and other parasites. 

Despite being an age-old Arab tradition, this practice is becoming less frequent in the region due to the development of new hotels and resorts along the coastline.

Gotipua, a traditional form of dance in Orissa, has been performed by boys dressed up as girls for centuries. 

However, this art is gradually fading away due to a lack of audience interest. When the artist has no audience, their art dies. 

On 11 November 2022, Ukrainian forces liberated Kherson from Russian occupation. 

In a crowded square, the crowd falls silent as President Zelensky delivers a speech. 

Glib, a 13-year-old boy, listens attentively in the front row: after months of fear and uncertainty, for the first time since the beginning of the war, he can finally leave his house.

A young boy working in an informal coal mine in Chinarak stands outside the entrance.

Hundreds of miners, including children as young as 10 and men over 60, toil every day for a few pennies. Tunnel collapses pose a