Seaplane flying over North Vancouver at golden hour, Vancouver harbour cranes on the right, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, North America

Southern right whale, Eubalaena australis, Hermanus, South Africa

Female Costa's hummingbird (Calypte costae), in Bahia Concepcion, Baja California Sur, Sea of Cortez, Mexico, North America

Thai flag and Shangri-La Hotel on the right beside the Chao Phraya River, Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Unviable damage to right wing of grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) following barbed wire entanglement, Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Damaged right wing, specifically Plagiopatagium, of male black flying-fox (Pteropus alecto) following barbed wire entanglement, Cudgen, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Unviable damage to right wing of grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) following barbed wire entanglement, Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus) in flight; Quebec, Canada

African white-backed vulture (Gyps africanus) flying over grassy hillside, Serengeti, Tanzania

The two towers of the Concordia station, with the French, Italian and European flags flying in the wind, under a blue sky veiled with cirrus clouds aligned in the direction of the wind. The two towers are linked by a tunnel. They are permanently heated to 20°C by the diesel engine that generates the station's electricity. The left tower is the "quiet tower", housing the hospital, bedrooms;34 beds) and offices. The right tower is the "noisy tower": it houses a small workshop, the emergency generator, the waste room, the technical office, the video room, the living room, the kitchens and the refectory. The two towers are about ten meters apart to prevent the risk of fire spreading. Fire is an Antarctic expeditionary's worst nightmare; the French have a very bad experience of it. Concordia Antarctic Research Station, Dome C plateau, East Antarctica.