View of Ram headed sphinxes leading up to the first pylon at Karnak Temple, Karnak, Thebes, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

View of Palazzo Madama e Casaforte degli Acaja, first Senate of the Kingdom of Italy, and a residence of the House of Savoy, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Turin, Piedmont, Italy, Europe

Exterior view of the mountain restaurant Bort, First, Grindelwald, Bernese Oberland, Canton of Bern, Switzerland

People at First and Last Refreshment House in England, Land's End, Cornwall, England, Europe

Beluga, White whale (Delphinapterus leucas), White Sea, Karelia, north Russia, Arctic

Kayak trip on the Geirangerfjord, tip of a red kayak in the fjord with reflection, atmospheric fjord landscape, first person view at Geiranger, Møre og Romsdal, Norway

Kayak trip on the Geirangerfjord with waterfall The Seven Sisters and Freier Waterfall, tip of a red kayak in the fjord, atmospheric fjord landscape with reflection, first person view, near Geiranger, Møre og Romsdal, Norway

The 2008 UEFA European Football Championship, Public Viewing, Schlossplatz Square, Turkish football fans cheering because of the first goal, Stuttgart, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

The 2008 UEFA European Football Championship, Public Viewing, Schlossplatz Square, Turkish football fans cheering because of the first goal, Stuttgart, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Monumental head of a medusa, upside down, Yerebatan Sarayi, Byzantine cistern, Sultanahmet, Istanbul, Turkey

Memorial Guenter Litfin for the first person shot dead at the Berlin Wall, Kieler Strasse street at the Berlin-Spandau Schifffahrtskanal channel, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Memorial Guenter Litfin for the first person shot dead at the Berlin Wall, Kieler Strasse street at the Berlin-Spandau Schifffahrtskanal channel, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Queen Elizabeth II attending Wimbledon for the first time in 33 years, Wimbledon Championships 2010, Wimbledon, United Kingdom, Europe

Queen Elizabeth II attending Wimbledon for the first time in 33 years, Wimbledon Championships 2010, Wimbledon, United Kingdom, Europe

A huge Lama figure is carried over the Plaza de Armas square in Qusco, parade of the Inti Raymi festival, winter solstice festival, important festival of the Inca, Qusco, Peru, South America

Kayak trip on the Geirangerfjord at the waterfall The Seven Sisters, tip of a red kayak in the fjord, atmospheric fjord landscape, first person view, near Geiranger, Møre og Romsdal, Norway

Terrace of the Cafe at the Beau-Rivage Palace, a first class hotel, Lausanne, canton of Vaud, Lake Geneva, Switzerland, Europe

First view of the Taj Mahal, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, North India, India, South Asia, Asia

Lavender fields in Provence in height of bloom in early July as workers begin harvesting first rows of Lavender, Plateau de Valensole, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France