Masonic symbols of angle bracket and delta at the Human Right Monument in the Paris Champ de Mars, Paris, Ile de France, France, Europe

Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes), Gombe Stream National Park, Lake Tanganyika, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Soldiers parade during Trooping the Colour, London, England, United Kingdom

Fijian soldiers standing to attention during a ceremonial parade.

Soldiers carrying rifles on their shoulders marching in an Independence Day parade in Banjul, Gambia. One man stands head and shoulders above the rest. He is likely to be more than seven feet tall.

Royal Palace guard at the Sultan's Palace in Muscat, Oman

Pakistani ceremonial guard outside Sikh Temple Gurdwara of Arjan Dev, Lahore, Pakistan

A friendly Minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) has rolled onto its right side to take a better look at the excited people on the boat. Note that the left eye is open. St. Lawrence estuary, Canada

Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezii), detail of head as shark swims from left to right in half frame, Bahamas, Caribbean.

A mosaic of the region around the centre of the Milky Way in Sagittarius and Scorpius. The field takes in the Milky Way from the Cat's Paw Nebula at bottom edge to the Eagle Nebula at top left. In between from top to bottom are the Swan Nebula (M17), the Small Sagittarius Starcloud (M24), the Trifid and Lagoon Nebulas (M20 and M8) and the open clusters M6 and M7. The prominent dark nebula at right is the large Pipe Nebula (B78) with the small Snake Nebula (B72) above it. The whole complex is visible to the naked eye as the Dark Horse.

A mosaic of the region around the Small Sagittarius Starcloud and Dark Horse dark nebula complex. The field takes in the Milky Way from the Lagoon Nebula at bottom to the Eagle Nebula at top left. In between from top to bottom are the Swan Nebula (M17), and the Small Sagittarius Starcloud (M24). Flanking the bright M24 starcloud are the large open clusters M23 (right) and M25 (left). At bottom left is the M22 globular star cluster. The prominent dark nebula at right is the large Pipe Nebula (B78) with the small Snake Nebula (B72) above it. The whole complex is visible to the naked eye as the Dark Horse.

A red fox stares right at the camera while a ray of light illuminates one of his amber colored eyes, Yukon Territory

The asterism of the False Cross in Vela and Carina, at left, with Gamma Velorum, a bright blue supergiant star, at right. In between are faint arcs of nebulosity in the Gum Nebula. To the left of Gamma Velorum is the open star clister NGC 2547. Below the bottom star of the False Cross, Epsilon Carinae or Avior, is the large naked-eye star cluster NGC 2516. To the right of the right star of the False Cross, Delta Velorum, is the loose open cluster IC 2391.

Colorado Tower, Stuttgart, Germany

New homes built by Brad Pitt's Make It Right organization in the lower ninth ward which was devastated by Hurricane Katrina; the homes are all elevated and use energy-saving technology and eye-catching design, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

New homes built by Brad Pitt's Make It Right organization in the lower ninth ward which was devastated by Hurricane Katrina; the homes are all elevated and use energy-saving technology and eye-catching design, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Aerial view of Whitehaven Beach, Whitsunday Island, right Hook Island, Whitsunday Islands National Park, Queensland, Australia

Aerial view of Whitehaven Beach, Whitsunday Island, right Hook Island, Whitsunday Islands National Park, Queensland, Australia

Aerial view of Whitehaven Beach, Whitsunday Island, right Hook Island, Whitsunday Islands National Park, Queensland, Australia

Statue of St. Ansgar on the Trostbruecke (Trost Bridge) in front of the historic Patriotischen Gesellschaft (right) and Kontorhaus Globushof (left) buildings, Hamburg, Germany, Europe

Downtown, Aalto Theater, Opera, main train station, EVONIK headquarters and RWE Tower administrative building, right, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Statue of St. Ansgar on the Trostbruecke (Trost Bridge) in front of the historic Patriotischen Gesellschaft (right) and Kontorhaus Globushof (left) buildings, Hamburg, Germany, Europe

City of Essen, Philharmonie opera house, bottom left, Aalto Theater, RWE Tower administrative building, right, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Aerial view of Whitehaven Beach, Whitsunday Island, right Hook Island, Whitsunday Islands National Park, Queensland, Australia

Aerial photo, St. Petri church, right, St. Patrokli-Dom Cathedral, left, inner city, Soest, Kreis Soest, Soester Boerde, South Westphalia, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Downtown, with the philharmonic hall, bottom left, Aalto Theater, Opera, EVONIK headquarters and RWE Tower administrative building, right, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Monte Carlo district with the road leading up to the Casino, the start of the Formula 1 race track, top left, the Casino, and to the right the port of La Condamine with superyachts, Principality of Monaco, Cote d'Azur, Europe

Aerial photo, bridges crossing the Moselle River, Europe Bridge, Railway Bridge and the Baldwin Bridge from left to right, Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Europe

Downtown, Aalto Theater, Opera, main train station, EVONIK headquarters and RWE Tower administrative building, right, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Aerial view, Moselle river at Dieblich, left, and Kobern, right, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Europe

Skyscrapers, Tour Coeur Defense reflected in the glass facade of the Opus 12 building, between the Tour Initiale, left, and Tour EDF towers, right, La Defense, Paris, France, Europe

Downtown, RWE Tower administrative building, right, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

SOMALIA Baidoa Woman and children eating lunch from communal dish using the right hand. At a family meal men are usually served first and women and children eat seperately later.

SLOVENIA Triglav National Park Julian Mountain Range Ruska Kapelica The Russian Chapel 1915 -17 - the pyramid on the right is a memorial to 100 Russian Prisoners of War killed in an avalanche whilst building the road through the Julian Alps Monument architecture wooden building highly decorated stone pyramid onion domes

NEW ZEALAND NORTH ISLAND HAWKES BAY NAPIER ART DECO STYLE FACADE OF THE A&B BUILDING ON MARINE PARADE ON NAPIERS SEA FRONT WITH WAR MEMORIAL TO THE RIGHT OF THE PICTURE.. IN 1931 NAPIER WAS ALMOST COMPLETELY DESTOYED BY AN EARTHQUAKE. SUNSEQUENTLY THE TOWN NOW HAS ONE THE BEST PRESERVED COLLECTION OF ART DECO BUILDINGS IN THE WORLD. Antipodean Oceania Single unitary

SYRIA South Damascus View over Tajrida Al Maghribiya Square with traffic encircling a central fountain. Modern facade of the Central Bank top right.

LIBYA Cyrenaica Apollonia Ancient harbour of Cyrene and a city in its own right. Colonnade and fallen masonry.

COLOMBIA Bolivar Cartagena Plaza de San Pedro Claver. Yellow and white colonial facade of building on right with part view of Church of San Pedro Claver beyond. Sculpture and trees in foreground. Saint Peter Claver American Colombian Columbia Hispanic Latin America Latino Religion Religious South America

WEST INDIES Antigua General Couple sitting on rocks on hillside above Ordnance bay on the right and Tank Bay on the left.

FRANCE Aquitaine Pyrenees Atlantique Biarritz The Basque seaside resort on the Atlantic coast. The Grande Plage beach with the Casino Municipal on the right

ITALY Lake Garda Limone View over roof tops to lake town to far right distant hills blue sky.

Portrait of Lion (Panthera leo) male, Masai Mara , Kenya. The famous "Scarface" , the lion of the Marais Musiara disfigured on the right eye. This photo shows the so his " good side " .