The Battle of the Flowers festival, Nice, Cote d'Azur, Provence, France

Protestant minister conducting baptism, Paris, Ile de France, France, Europe

People gather to form an informal choir, part of the morning exercise in the park by the City Wall, Xian, China

Buddhist novice schoolgirls conducting class meditation in the school classroom before lessons, Sagaing, Myanmar, Southeast Asia

Singing group in the Ghost Corridor at park of the Temple of Heaven, Beijing, China

Bishop Michel Aupetit conducting deacon ordination in Sainte Genevieve's cathedral, Nanterre, France, Europe

Choir, Notre Dame de Paris cathedral, Paris, France, Europe

Fortuneteller conducting a divination, Paris, France, Europe

Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C. (District of Columbia), United States of America, North America

THAILAND Visit to Ban Pan Tong, a Lahu village which practices traditional religion. The local 'tobo' or shaman at the village chapel shrine conducting Animist ceremony. Photo by Sean Sprague

Scientific divers conducting a survey on a highly diverse coral reef, Namu atoll, Marshall Islands, Pacific

Woman conducting research in an aquaculture lab at Delaware State University

Scientist holding a fish and conducting research in an aquaculture lab at Delaware State University

Woman conducting research in an aquaculture lab at Delaware State University

Woman conducting research in an aquaculture lab at Delaware State University

People conducting research on a sheep

Scientist conducting an experiment on chicks in a laboratory

Two female scientists conducting research in a wildlife lab

Scientist conducting an experiment in a laboratory

Scientist conducting research in a food lab using a test tube

Scientists conducting an experiment in a laboratory

Scientist conducting experiment in lab

The teachers of Henry Derozio Academy HS School are conducting classes outdoors, maintaining social distancing for the students who could not attend online classes

The teachers of Henry Derozio Academy HS School are conducting classes outdoors, maintaining social distancing for the students who could not attend online classes

The teachers of Henry Derozio Academy HS School are conducting classes outdoors, maintaining social distancing for the students who could not attend online classes

The teachers of Henry Derozio Academy HS School are conducting classes outdoors, maintaining social distancing for the students who could not attend online classes

The teachers of Henry Derozio Academy HS School are conducting classes outdoors, maintaining social distancing for the students who could not attend online classes

Brahmin conducting a religious ceremony, Aarti and Deepdan ceremony holding an oil lamp, sacred Pushkar Lake during the Pushkar Mela, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Shephard conducting a group of sheep down a road, Tavush Province, Armenia, Asia

A local hunter, Abdul Rahim, discusses wild animals and their habitat with a wildlife biologist, Dr. George Schaller and his assistant, who are conducting a wildlife survey, in the Band-e Baba range, Herat Province, Afghanistan

Firefighters conducting a hazard mitigation burn near Mount Tamborine, Queensland, Australia.

November 12, 2008 Mt Shasta and the Shasta River, Big Springs ranch, CA Carson Jeffres Staff Research Associate for UC Davis Center for watershed Sciences, conducting research in the Shasta River where it runs through Big Springs Ranch about 20 miles north of the town of Mt Shasta. The Shasta River and its tributaries create one of the most important spawning nurseries for Chinook salmon in the entire Klamath Basin. The ranch is contributing to degraded habitat conditions, which actually warm water temps by upwards of 10 degrees as the river passes through the ranch and then spills into the Klameth River.This stretch of river is a very fertile juvenile salmon rearing area and that there are a surprising number of returning salmon in spite of habitat degraded by grazing cattle and bad irrigation practices, United States of America

November 12, 2008 Mt Shasta CA, Big Springs ranch Carson Jeffres (rt) Staff Research Associate for UC Davis Center for watershed Sciences, and Andrew Nichols, Jr Specialist (UC Davis Center for watershed Sciences,) conducting research in the Shasta River where it runs through Big Springs Ranch about 20 miles north of the town of Mt Shasta. The ranch, which is contributing to degraded habitat conditions that warm water temps by upwards of 10 degrees as the river passes through the ranch and then spills into the Klameth, is currently under contract for purchase by TNC, therefor TNC and partner organizations have been allowed to research this stretch of river for the first time. They have discovered that is it a very fertile juvenile rearing area and that there are a surprising number of returning salmon in spite of habitat degrated by grazing cattle (often in the river) and irrigation practices. If this purchase is sucessful, TNC has the chance to improve a large stretch of habitiat and qucikly improve conditions that will effect numbers of returning fish and habitiat in the Shasta and Klameth Rivers. The Shasta River and its tributaries create one of the most important spawning nurseries for Chinook salmon in the entire Klamath Basin, United States of America

Lourdes, Priests conducting service at cave shrine in pilgrimage centre, Hautes-Pyrenees, Midi-Pyrenees, France