A 10-year-old girl wearing Star of David jewelry, Hertzliya, Israel, Middle East

10 year-old Border Terrier dog, Jess, sitting in the sunshine in a country garden, England

Primary school, Mysore, Karnataka, India, Asia

Anuradha Koirala holds up her CNN Hero of the Year 2010 award as she is warmly greeted upon her return. Tribhuwan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal. A woman whose group has rescued more than 12,000 women and girls from sex slavery has been named the 2010 CNN Hero of the Year. Anuradha Koirala was chosen by the public in an online poll that ran for eight weeks on CNN.com. ?Human trafficking is a crime, a heinous crime, a shame to humanity,? Koirala said after being introduced as one of the top 10 CNN Heroes of 2010. ?I ask everyone to join me to create a society free of trafficking. We need to do this for all our daughters

Anuradha Koirala, proclaimed winner of CNN Hero of the Year 2010, warmly greeted upon her return. Tribhuwan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal. A woman whose group has rescued more than 12,000 women and girls from sex slavery has been named the 2010 CNN Hero of the Year. Anuradha Koirala was chosen by the public in an online poll that ran for eight weeks on CNN.com. ?Human trafficking is a crime, a heinous crime, a shame to humanity,? Koirala said after being introduced as one of the top 10 CNN Heroes of 2010. ?I ask everyone to join me to create a society free of trafficking. We need to do this for all our daughters

Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata)wild adult, keeping warm in a hot spring. Honshu Japan. Status:least concern but 1/10 of the pop is killed by humans evey year. more info: They spend much of the winter swimming,diving or just contemplating life in the warm water.

Portrait of a girl of Indian ethnicity at a Hindu Festival in Georgetown, Guyana, South America

Group of girls sitting on the beach of a lake

Group of girls splashing each other and playing in a lake

Traditionally dressed and made-up girls at a temple festival, Matsuri Festival, at the Kitano Tenmangu Shrine, Kyoto, Japan, Asia

Two boys and four girls running across the beach, laughing, Bretagne, France, Europe

Girl carving a jack-o-lantern from a pumpkin for Halloween

Girl lying on a sofa holding an iPad, tablet computer with wireless internet access

Children splashing water at an animal watering trough, Elendsalm, Klooaschertal valley near Bayerischzell, Blauberge, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Group of girls playing with a ball on the beach of a lake

Woman and two children at Seljalandsfoss, Iceland, Europe

Group of girls playing with a ball on the beach of a lake

Two men in traditional Bavarian dress, Lederhose, on a meadow

Girlfriends lying on the beach of a lake

Two girls sitting on a couch, one is listening with earphones to music from an iPad, tablet computer, one is playing with an iPhone, smartphone

Woman, man, two girls and a boy walking along the beach, hand in hand, laughing, Bretagne, France, Europe

Girlfriends sitting on the beach of a lake

Group of girls playing with a ball on the beach of a lake

Group of girls splashing each other and playing in a lake

Girl carving a jack-o-lantern from a pumpkin for Halloween

Girl in Pampa Blanca village, Munizip Charazani, Departamento La Paz, Bolivia, South America

Group of girls playing with a ball on the beach of a lake

Group of girls playing with a ball on the beach of a lake

Two children running on the beach

Three friends, one girl and two boys, arm in arm

Mother on holiday carrying the suitcases for her family on her own on the beach

People sitting in a beer tent at an international festival for national costume, Muehldorf, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Boy carving a jack-o-lantern from a pumpkin for Halloween

Grandparents and their grandchildren, AIDS orphans, looking at photographs, Cameroon, Africa

Girls, portrait, Cameroon, Africa

Kindergarten boys wearing uniforms, Cameroon, Africa

Sacrificial tower of rice, Hindu New Year Festival, Pura Besakhi, held every 10 years, at Agung volcano, 2567m, Bali, Republic of Indonesia, Asia

Two boys and four girls having fun on the beach, laughing, Bretagne, France, Europe

Boy carrying a pail of water on his head, Sahel region, Cameroon, Africa

Boy fetching water from a well, Cameroon, Africa

Parade, youth playing music, drama, history, fundraising, Leon, Nicaragua, Central America

Family walking relaxed in a flower meadow

Family standing relaxed in a flower meadow

Girl holding balloon, Cameroon, Africa

Eagle Ray (Myliobatidae) being fed, Discovery Cove, Orlando, Florida, USA, North America

Girl lying on a couch and reading a magazine

Girl, 9 years, at the hairdresser

Gullfoss, The Golden Waterfall, Iceland, Europe

Family standing relaxed in a flower meadow

Family walking relaxed in a flower meadow

Girl, 9 years, at the hairdresser

Family walking relaxed in a flower meadow

Girl reading a book

School children wearing pioneer clothing with red ties around their necks, Vietnam, Asia

Eagle Ray (Myliobatidae) being fed, Discovery Cove, Orlando, Florida, USA, North America

Praying pilgrims, Hindu New Year Festival, Pura Besakhi, held every 10 years, at Agung volcano, 2567m, Bali, Republic of Indonesia, Asia

Three participants of the UTMB are running in the hills of Chamonix. The famous peaks of the Mont Blanc range are in the background. The Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc (also referred to as UTMB) is a single-stage mountain ultramarathon. It takes place once a year in the Alps, across France, Italy and Switzerland. The distance is approximately 166 kilometres (103 mi), with a total elevation gain of around 9,600 m. It is widely regarded as one of the most difficult foot races in Europe. It's certainly one of the largest with over two thousand starters. The combined participation in all of the events is approaching 10 thousand runners. While the best runners complete the loop in slightly more than 20 hours, most runners take 30 to 45 hours to reach the finish line.

An elderly woman is running in the hills of Chamonix. She is close to finishing the extremely exhausting UTMB race. The Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc (also referred to as UTMB) is a single-stage mountain ultramarathon. It takes place once a year in the Alps, across France, Italy and Switzerland. The distance is approximately 166 kilometres (103 mi), with a total elevation gain of around 9,600 m. It is widely regarded as one of the most difficult foot races in Europe. It's certainly one of the largest with over two thousand starters. The combined participation in all of the events is approaching 10 thousand runners. While the best runners complete the loop in slightly more than 20 hours, most runners take 30 to 45 hours to reach the finish line.

Seven workers are disassembling computers at TES-AMM Shanghai, which was founded on September 21, 2005, currently has 67 employees of which 26 are workers. With an annual production capacity of 10,000 tons, it has only treated 2,000 tons of e-waste from its founding more than a year ago. 'The biggest problem is that there isn't an e-waste recycling channel in China. The biggest chunks of raw materials we get are from government bodies, which are upgrading their equipments, and electronic appliances franchises that are washing out their outdated inventories. We don't have any imported e-waste because that's banned by the government. It takes a worker no more than ten minutes to disassemble a computer, and each worker can deal with between 60 to 70 computers a day,' says Janice Wu, who's the Environment & Quality Management Dept. Manager and Plant Manager Assistant.

A gray whale swims near tourists in a boat in Ojo de Liebre Lagoon near the town of Guerrero Negro in Mexico's southern Baja California state, February 18, 2009. The Gray Whale emigrate every year from the North American Pacific Coast from arctic seas to the lagoons of Baja California, Mexico for mating and calving. The whales make one of the longest of all mammalian migrations, averaging 10,000-14,000 miles, Mexico

A gray whale swims near tourists in Ojo de Liebre Lagoon near the town of Guerrero Negro in Mexico's southern Baja California state, February 18, 2009. The Gray Whale emigrate every year from the North American Pacific Coast from arctic seas to the lagoons of Baja California, Mexico for mating and calving. The whales make one of the longest of all mammalian migrations, averaging 10,000-14,000 miles, Mexico

Holland, Michigan, Veldheers was founded in 1955 by Vernin Veldheer as a hobby with 100 red tulips and 300 white tulips. In 1997 Veldheers had planted over 4 million tulips, 500,000 Daffodils, 10,000 Hyacinths and 20,000 other spring flowers each year for the past decade.

Holland, Michigan, Veldheers was founded in 1955 by Vernin Veldheer as a hobby with 100 red tulips and 300 white tulips. In 1997 Veldheers had planted over 4 million tulips, 500,000 Daffodils, 10,000 Hyacinths and 20,000 other spring flowers each year for the past decade.

Crop consultant checking progress on no till cotton, approximately 10-12 leaf stage, following previous year's crop of corn, England, Arkansas, United States of America