Birch trees (Betula aetnensis) sprouting, Etna, Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean, Europe

Burned forest area taken over by young Aspen trees in fall colors east of Greenland Lake, Grand Canyon North Rim, Arizona, United States of America

Old adobe village in ruins of Al Ain, perched villages of Jabal Al Akhdar (Green Mountains), Sayq Plateau, Sultanate of Oman, Arabian Peninsula

Views of the abandoned whaling station at Grytviken, Swedish for Pot Cove, on South Georgia in the South Atlantic, Polar Regions

An adult bull introduced reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) before eradication in Stromness Bay, South Georgia, Polar Regions

Grassy dunes of Cil Mhuirbhigh (Kilmurvey Village), Inishmore, largest of the Aran Islands, Galway Bay, County Galway, Connacht, Republic of Ireland

Rana El Zein, Deputy Director at AFALULA, and White saxaul (Haloxylon persicum), Sharaan Nature Reserve, AlUla, Medina Province, Saudi Arabia

Rana El Zein, Deputy Director at AFALULA, and White saxaul (Haloxylon persicum), Sharaan Nature Reserve, AlUla, Medina Province, Saudi Arabia

Northern rockhopper penguins (Eudyptes moseleyi) covered in spilled oil from the wreck of the MS Oliva, Nightingale island, Tristan da Cunha Group, South Atlantic Ocean

Northern rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes moseleyi) covered in spilled oil from the wreck of the MS Oliva, Nightingale island, Tristan da Cunha Group, South Atlantic Ocean

Rana El Zein, Deputy Director at AFALULA, and White saxaul (Haloxylon persicum), Sharaan Nature Reserve, AlUla, Medina Province, Saudi Arabia

El Teide National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Atlantic, Europe