The Great Tower of Magdalen College with typical archaic lampost in foreground, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Statue of Dionysos, archaic marble quarry, Apollonas Kouros, Naxos Island, Cyclades, Greek Islands, Greece, Europe

Statue of Dionysos, archaic marble quarry, Apollonas Kouros, Naxos Island, Cyclades, Greek Islands, Greece, Europe

Great White Shark, Carcharodon carcharias, Mexico, Pacific ocean, Guadalupe

View of a lighted boat and fish in a canal in San Marco at night, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

View of the gondolas at the Rialto Bridge on the Grand Canal, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Detail shot of a spider crab on the fish market in Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Detail shot of a carved face on a house facade in San Marco, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Sadhu with decoration, participant in the archaic Shivratri procession, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Naked participants in the archaic Shivratri procession, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Naked participants in the archaic Shivratri procession, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Golden calf, CowParade, Geneva, Switzerland

Naked participants in the archaic Shivratri procession, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Ancient mosaics, Roman Villa Silini, Villa Sileen, Leptis Magna Libya

Ancient capitals, ruins of the Roman City Leptis Magna, Libya

Participants in the archaic Shivratri procession, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Four ancient columns with ionic capital, Ruins of the Roman City Leptis Magna, Libya

Arch of Septimus Severus Leptis Magna Libya

Ancient market place, Roman ruins of Leptis Magna, Libya

Four ancient columns with ionic capital, Ruins of the Roman City Leptis Magna, Libya

Ancient colonnade with corinth capitels, Roman ruins of Leptis Magna, Libya

Roman ruins, Leptis Magna, Libya

Ancient market place, Roman ruins of Leptis Magna, Libya

Ancient colonnade with corinth capitels, Roman ruins of Leptis Magna, Libya

Roman ruins of Leptis Magna, Libya

Archaic statues of lions, Delos, Greece

Ancient market place, Roman ruins of Leptis Magna, Libya

Meskel Cerimony in Lalibela (Meskal, Meskal, Maskal, Mescel, Mesquel), which is taking place every September. For Meskel many pilgrims are coming to Lalibela, to celebrate it at one of the holy palces in Ethiopia, Africa, East Africa, Ethiopia, Lalibela

Transhumance, the great sheep trek across the main alpine crest in the Otztal Alps between South Tyrol, Italy, and North Tyrol, Austria. This very special sheep drive is part of the intangible cultural heritage of the austrian UNESCO Commission. Fair at Kurzras with traditional folk music, food and drinks for the herders and the tourists. Alpenhorn played by mountain farmers in their traditional blue skirt, Europe, Central Europe, Italy

Groups of dancers and musicans are celebrating timkatTimkat cerimony of the ethiopian orthodox church, Timkat procession is entering the jan meda sports ground in Addis Ababa, where the three day cerimony takes place, Timkat is also the celebration of the baptism of Jesus, for this purpose sacred water is distributed, Africa, East Africa, Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Africa, East Africa, Ethiopia, Addis Ababa

Meskel Cerimony in Lalibela (Meskal, Meskal, Maskal, Mescel, Mesquel), which is taking place every September. For Meskel many pilgrims are coming to Lalibela, to celebrate it at one of the holy palces in Ethiopia, Africa, East Africa, Ethiopia, Lalibela

Timkat cerimony of the ethiopian orthodox church, Timkat procession is entering the jan meda sports ground in Addis Ababa, where the three day cerimony takes place, Timkat is also the celebration of the baptism of Jesus, for this purpose sacred water is distributed, Africa, East Africa, Ethiopia, Addis Ababa

Priests with tabot on their head, Groups of dancers and musicans are celebrating timkatTimkat cerimony of the ethiopian orthodox church, Timkat procession is entering the jan meda sports ground in Addis Ababa, where the three day cerimony takes place, Timkat is also the celebration of the baptism of Jesus, for this purpose sacred water is distributed, Africa, East Africa, Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Africa, East Africa, Ethiopia, Addis Ababa

Temple to Sobek, the crocodile god, and Harwer, the falcon diety at Kom Ombo, Egypt.

Old books on otherwise empty library bookshelves, Connecticut, United States of America

The strings hanging off the dorsal fin of this Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias) are parasitic copepods. Photographed just breaking the surface off Guadalupe Island, Mexico

Great White Shark, Carcharodon carcharias, Mexico, Pacific ocean, Guadalupe