A lioness (Panthera leo) greeted by her cubs upon her return, Masai Mara, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Anuradha Koirala holds up her CNN Hero of the Year 2010 award as she is warmly greeted upon her return. Tribhuwan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal. A woman whose group has rescued more than 12,000 women and girls from sex slavery has been named the 2010 CNN Hero of the Year. Anuradha Koirala was chosen by the public in an online poll that ran for eight weeks on CNN.com. ?Human trafficking is a crime, a heinous crime, a shame to humanity,? Koirala said after being introduced as one of the top 10 CNN Heroes of 2010. ?I ask everyone to join me to create a society free of trafficking. We need to do this for all our daughters

Customers are always greeted with a smile in the bakers at Lyons-la-Foret, Eure, Normandy, France, Europe

Anuradha Koirala, proclaimed winner of CNN Hero of the Year 2010, warmly greeted upon her return. Tribhuwan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal. A woman whose group has rescued more than 12,000 women and girls from sex slavery has been named the 2010 CNN Hero of the Year. Anuradha Koirala was chosen by the public in an online poll that ran for eight weeks on CNN.com. ?Human trafficking is a crime, a heinous crime, a shame to humanity,? Koirala said after being introduced as one of the top 10 CNN Heroes of 2010. ?I ask everyone to join me to create a society free of trafficking. We need to do this for all our daughters

On the left, Gebre Kristos is greeted by two dogs of his father on his arrival, on the right by his parents' grief as they recognize him as their son, Canvas paintings in the Orthodox Church Abreha wa Atsbaha, Gheralta Region, Tigray, Ethiopia.

Scuba diver being greeted by dive boat captain at end of dive off the Kona coast, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii, United States of America