The National’s best staff photographer photos of 2020 - chosen by our readers

Victor Besa's children playing as the sun sets on the Corniche won 28% of the votes

First place: Abu Dhabi residents wait for the Al Fursan planes to arrive - but unfortunately the air display was cancelled. Children play on top of a wooden fishing boat on display as the sun sets at the Corniche. Victor Besa / The National

Second place: Farm workers and labourers from Pakistan and India play an informal game of volleyball next to the Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid highway between the Dubai and Abu Dhabi highway. Antonie Robertson / The National

Joint third place: People compete in the fly board section of the Dubai Watersports Summer Week. Chris Whiteoak / The National

Joint third place: Al Wathba Wetland was declared a reserve in 1998 by Sheikh Zayed, the Founding Father. It was established as a protected area following the first successful breeding of flamingos. Victor Besa /The National

The National's readers have chosen.

Victor Besa's UAE National Day photo from Abu Dhabi's Corniche won The National's best staff photographer photos of 2020 with 28 per cent of the vote.

"Some of the crowd at the Corniche were a bit disappointed for the cancellation of the Al Fursan display," Besa says. "The kids playing on the boat were not bothered and just continued playing, accepting and enjoying how the day had turned out.

"This to me showed the resiliency of the future, making the best what is given to them at that moment. I just had to capture the moment."

Antonie Robertson's photo of farm workers and labourers from Pakistan and India playing an informal game of volleyball was second with 17 per cent.

In joint third, Christopher Whiteoak's flyboarder and Besa's flamingos at Al Wathba Wetland both earned 8 per cent.

You can see the top 15 photos from The National here.