Olivia Harris: A cosplayer poses at the 2015 Comic Fiesta event in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. London-born Harris is based in Kuala Lumpur for Reuters. She covered news and features in London before moving to South-east Asia, where her images often make our photo highlights selections.

Some compelling pictures here:

Photographer of the year – 2015 shortlist: atrocities in Paris and Syria, bodybuilders in PalestineSpanning the human cost of air strikes in Syria and the refugee crisis, child jockeys, forest fires and Boris Johnson taking a tumble, here are the most incredible images that agency photographers sent to our picture desk this year. The overall winner will be announced on 21 December

Source: Photographer of the year – 2015 shortlist.

Some 40 plus pictures appear here – all but two of them feature people. Compare that to my pictures almost none of which have any people in them. I guess I shouldn’t look forward to appearing on the Guardian pictures of the year short list any time soon. After all this is the Guardian and newspapers tend to focus on reportage and photojournalism so I suppose I shouldn’t be too surprised.

I look forward to hearing who the ultimate winner is.