Sadhus, Hindu holy men, at Pashupatinath, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, Asia

Handicrafts in Raquira, Boyaca Department, Colombia, South America

Wide sandy beach at Seahouses, Northumberland, England,UK

Achilleion Palace of Empress Elisabeth of Austria well known as Sissi, Corfu, Ionian Islands, Greek Islands, Greece, Europe

Horses, stallion and foal, Sandoy island, Faroe Islands, Denmark, Europe

St. Martin of Tibaes Monastery, Upper Choir and organ, Braga, Minho, Portugal, Europe

Council House and Christmas Market stalls in the Market Square, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Overlooking Chalten from the mountains beneath Cerro Torre, Los Glaciares National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Patagonia, Argentina, South America

BAM Museum, Mons, Wallonia, Belgium, Europe

Taj Mahal, UNESCO World Heritage Site, across the Jumna (Yamuna) River, Agra, Uttar Pradesh state, India, Asia

Poco Iniciatico, Quinta da Regaleira, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sintra, Portugal, Europe

St. Giles Church and rolling hills surrounding Matlock in spring, Derbyshire Dales, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Long grass

Porto de Galinhas beach, Pernambuco, Brazil, South America

Boats moored in bay, Copacabana, Lake Titicaca, Bolivia, South America

Rapenburgwal canal and Montelbaanstoren tower in background, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Europe

Demonstration of centuries old traditional Ajrakh indigo dyeing of skeins of locally spun cotton, Ajrakhpur, Bhuj, Gujarat, India, Asia

A view of the Russian Orthodox Solovetsky Monastery founded in 1436 by two monks on Bolshoy Island, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Onega Bay, Arkhangel Oblast, Russia, Arctic, Europe

A view of the Russian Orthodox Solovetsky Monastery founded in 1436 by two monks on Bolshoy Island, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Onega Bay, Arkhangel Oblast, Russia, Arctic, Europe

A view of the Russian Orthodox Solovetsky Monastery founded in 1436 by two monks on Bolshoy Island, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Onega Bay, Arkhangel Oblast, Russia, Arctic, Europe

A view of the Russian Orthodox Solovetsky Monastery founded in 1436 by two monks on Bolshoy Island, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Onega Bay, Arkhangel Oblast, Russia, Arctic, Europe

A view of the Russian Orthodox Solovetsky Monastery founded in 1436 by two monks on Bolshoy Island, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Onega Bay, Arkhangel Oblast, Russia, Arctic, Europe

King's Parade, King's College Chapel, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Place Stanislas, formerly Place Royale, dating from the 18th century, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Nancy, Meurthe et Moselle, Lorraine, France, Europe

Female Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) in captivity, Rio Grande Zoo, Albuquerque Biological Park, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America, North America

Cape Point lighthouse, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, Africa

Face towers in Bayon Temple in Angkor Thom, Angkor, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Siem Reap Province, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Chinese lanterns, Georgetown, Pulau Penang, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Old American cars drive past the Gran Teatro de La Habana in La Habana (Havana), Cuba, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Plains zebra (Equus quagga), Zimanga private game reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Africa

Artichokes risotto, Italy, Europe

Church in village, bridge over Bohinj Lake, Slovenia, Europe

The ancient Duomo di Firenze built with polychrome marble panels and Brunelleschi's Dome, Florence, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Elephants looking very black after mud bath, Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe, Africa

Peyto Lake, Banff National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Rocky Mountains, Alberta, Canada, North America

Rena Bianca beach, Santa Teresa Gallura, Sardinia, Italy, Mediterranean, Europe

Marina di Campo seen thorough the Napoleon silhouette, Elba Island, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Medieval Old Town area on seafront, Korcula Island, Dalmatia Coast, Croatia, Europe

Shopping, Corfu Old Town, Corfu, The Ionian Islands, Greek Islands, Greece, Europe

Man on a canopy tour zipline in rainforest, Pacuare River, Turrialba, Costa Rica, Central America

Jane's Carousel, a restored 1920s fairground carousel now located in Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America, North America

The Olgas, Kata Tjuta, Red Centre, Northern Territory, Australia

Early morning, Shard Tower, designed by Enzo Piano, Canary Wharf in the background, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Tourists trek in winter, Hemis National Park, Ladakh, India, Asia

125th Street, Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, United States of America, North America

Street cafes and Schloss Schwetzingen Palace, Schwetzingen, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Baden Wurttemberg, Germany, Europe

County Kilkenny, Leinster, Republic of Ireland (Eire), Europe

Renovated typical dwelling, also housed guerillas in the War of Independence against France, the Kasbah, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Algiers, Algeria, North Africa, Africa

Pont Wilson in Tours with the waters of the River Loire flowing briskly underneath, Tours, Indre et Loire, France, Europe

Buildings along Main Street, Silverton, Colorado, United States of America, North America

View of the Burj Khalifa tower at night, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Middle East

Shop sign, Kaysersberg, Alsace, France, Europe

Christ in Saint-Francois de Sales monastery, Evian, Haute Savoie, France, Europe

Pizzeria on Superior Street, Downtown Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, North America

Baggage claim area, New Terminal Building, architect Rogers Stirk and Harbour, Barajas Airport, Madrid, Spain, Europe

Two men kayaking off Mogundula island in the Quirimbas archipelago in northern Mozambique, Indian Ocean, Africa

Oia, Santorini (Thira), Cyclades, Greek Islands, Greece, Europe

Les Halles, Paris, France, Europe

Russia church of the intercession on the vladimir

Spotted eagle ray (Aetobatus narinari), Ailuk atol, Marshall Islands, Pacific

King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) literally by the tens of thousands on South Georgia Island, southern Atlantic Ocean.

Floods of July 2007, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Restaurant, street food night market, at Itsara nuphap, Chinatown, Bangkok, Thailand

Violet Sabrewing, Campylopterus hemileucurus

Measles virus (of large size) and SV40 virus (of small size), TEM. This electron micrograph reveals both a paramyxovirus measles virus, and virions of the polyomavirus, simian virus SV40 (smaller circles)

The mossy water wheel of the donkey mill from 1436, Wangen im Allgaeu, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Florence Cathedral, formally the Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore (in English Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Flower) is the cathedral of Florence, Italy, or Il Duomo di Firenze, in Italian. It was begun in 1296 in the Gothic style to a design of Arnolfo di Cambio and was structurally completed by 1436, with the dome designed by Filippo Brunelleschi. The exterior of the basilica is faced with polychrome marble panels in various shades of green and pink, bordered by white, and has an elaborate 19th-century Gothic Revival facade by Emilio De Fabris.

Organic Farmer at Work. A young man arranging a row of punnets of tomatoes, Accord, New York, USA

a lahar destroyed parts of the town of Chaiten in May 2008 houses were washed into the sea of mud floods from lava ashes South Chile Chile South America America Chile South America America

a piece of brick carving from Xiangyan Temple

Close-up of a couple playing with beach racket