A Triptych of Lichens on Concrete Defences, Stokksnes Peninsula, Southern Iceland, Europe

Surfer memorial, Nazare, Oeste, Portugal, Europe

A Crown-of-Thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci) on a badly damaged section of a coral reef in Gaaful Dhaalu atoll, in the faer south of the Maldives.

View of Goree Island, UNESCO World Heritage Site, just offshore from, but considered a part of Dakar, Senegal, West Africa, Africa

Natal Plum (carissa macrocarpa), a shrub native to Southern Africa, popular in Bermuda as a plant for hedges, Bermuda, North Atlantic

Thrift near Marwick Head, Mainland, Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

A lone adult emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) on sea ice in the Gullet between Adelaide Island and the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Itsukushima Shrine Otorii Gate standing in the floods, Miyajima, Hiroshima, Japan.

Abolition of Slavery statue, sculpture by Guadelupian brothers Jean and Christian Moisa, Ile de Goree (Goree Island), UNESCO, Dakar, Senegal