Cherry blossom in the Shinjuku-Gyoen Park, Tokyo, Japan, Asia

Rhuddlan Castle, Denbighshire, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

A small house built on stilts in Belluda Creek, Ucayali River, Loreto, Peru, South America

American Robin (Turdus migratorius), Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, United States of America, North America

Lycian Pillar Tomb (left) & Harpy Monument, Xanthos Archaeological Site, Originally Founded 8th Century BC, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Near Kalkan, Antalya, Turkey

Field of poppies and oil seed with two cypress trees on brow of hill, near Pienza, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Nuestra Senora del Carmen Chapel, Los Fundadores Park, Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo State, Mexico

Men and women with traditional clothes during a religious celebration, Holy Trinity Cathedral, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Africa

Fertility stone and tori gate at Takino'o Shrine of Futarasan Temple (UNESCO World Heritage Site), Nikko, Tochigi, Japan

Statue in the French garden of the Chateau of Valencay, Valencay, Department of Indre, Historic Province of Berry, Centre-Val de Loire region,France

Kiyomizu-dera temple, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kyoto, Honshu, Japan, Asia

Silhouetted figures against brightly coloured buildings, basketball net on street corner, San Martin, Old Havana, Cuba

Sailing boats at the harbour of Picton, Marlborough Sounds, South Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Lions (Panthera leo), Okavango delta, Botswana, Africa

Aerial by drone of Metamorfosi Beach, Sithonia, Chalkidiki, Greece, Europe

Contemporary block-printed fabric, designed by Toy and Joy Singh, on covered verandah of private residence, Jaipur, Rajasthan state, India, Asia

Indian girls in shoe shop with cobbler at work at Sarnath near Varanasi, Benares, Northern India

Prestinone, atelier Ferraris (Severino Ferraris studio), Valle Vigezzo, Val d'Ossola, Verbania, Piedmont, Italy, Europe

Alligators in swamp waters at Babcock Wilderness Ranch near Fort Myers, Florida, United States of America, North America

Fishing boats in Kusadasi, Aydin Province, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

Mass in Cathedral Notre-Dame de la Misericorde, Cotonou, Benin, West Africa, Africa

Dawn over the River Stour, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Guests from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer kayaking in and around the Antarctic Peninsula in the summer months.

Modern farmers houses built by the local communist party on the outskirts of Suihua city in northern China, Asia

Wilderness husky sledding taiga tour with Bearhillhusky in Rovaniemi, Lapland, Finland

Globe Showing Asia, True Colour Satellite Image. True colour satellite image of the Earth showing Asia and Oceania, half in shadow, and the sun. This image in orthographic projection was compiled from data acquired by LANDSAT 5 & 7 satellites.

Oigawa Railway, Shizuoka, Japan

Wintry view of Saas Fee and three four-thousand-metre high mountain peaks, Taeschhorn mountain, 4491 m, Dom mountain, 4545 m, the highest mountain of Switzerland, and Lenzspitze mountain, 4264m, canton of Valais, Switzerland, Europe

The three four-thousand-metre high mountain peaks, Taeschhorn mountain, 4491 m, Dom mountain, 4545 m, the highest mountain of Switzerland, and Lenzspitze mountain, 4264m, canton of Valais, Switzerland, Europe

Boat moored in harbour of Perast in the Bay of Kotor, Montenegro at night, mountain in the distance, Perast, Bay of Kotor, Montenegro

USA, North Carolina, Outer Banks, Kill Devil Hills, no swimming sign on beach