Superbly carved intricate sculptures adorn the existed Konark Sun Temple's exterior. these include deities, floral and geometric patterns, dancers.musicians, elephants, birds,mythical creatures and...lovers in erotic poses.

Superbly carved intricate sculptures adorn the existed Konark Sun Temple's exterior. these include deities, floral and geometric patterns, dancers.musicians, elephants, birds,mythical creatures and...lovers in erotic poses.

Superbly carved intricate sculptures adorn the existed Konark Sun Temple's exterior. these include deities, floral and geometric patterns, dancers.musicians, elephants, birds,mythical creatures and...lovers in erotic poses.

Superbly carved intricate sculptures adorn the existed Konark Sun Temple's exterior. these include deities, floral and geometric patterns, dancers.musicians, elephants, birds,mythical creatures and...lovers in erotic poses.

Superbly carved intricate sculptures adorn the existed Konark Sun Temple's exterior. these include deities, floral and geometric patterns, dancers.musicians, elephants, birds,mythical creatures and...lovers in erotic poses.

CROSSES IN THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION FIELD OF REMEMBRANCE AT ST MARGARET'S CHURCH, WESTMINSTER, LONDON INCLUDE MANY FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTRE DISASTER.

CAMBODIA Village primary school. Inclusive education: CRS works with local education authorities to include children with physical disabilities in regular classrooms. Teachers will receive special training. Ang Soukliang primary school, Prey Neang Puon village, Chum Reas Pen commune, Sam Roang District, Takeo Province. PHOTO by Sean Sprague

CAMBODIA Village primary school. Inclusive education: CRS works with local education authorities to include children with physical disabilities in regular classrooms. Teachers will receive special training. Ang Soukliang primary school, Prey Neang Puon village, Chum Reas Pen commune, Sam Roang District, Takeo Province. PHOTO by Sean Sprague

CAMBODIA Village primary school. Inclusive education: CRS works with local education authorities to include children with physical disabilities in regular classrooms. Teachers will receive special training. Ang Soukliang primary school, Prey Neang Puon village, Chum Reas Pen commune, Sam Roang District, Takeo Province. PHOTO by Sean Sprague

CAMBODIA Village primary school. Inclusive education: CRS works with local education authorities to include children with physical disabilities in regular classrooms. Teachers will receive special training. Ang Soukliang primary school, Prey Neang Puon village, Chum Reas Pen commune, Sam Roang District, Takeo Province. PHOTO by Sean Sprague

CAMBODIA Village primary school. Inclusive education: CRS works with local education authorities to include children with physical disabilities in regular classrooms. Teachers will receive special training. Ang Soukliang primary school, Prey Neang Puon village, Chum Reas Pen commune, Sam Roang District, Takeo Province. PHOTO by Sean Sprague

Young Dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus) leaping in the midriff region of the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico. Note: other common names include Maha Mahi (Hawaiian) and Dorado (Spanish).

Young Dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus) leaping in the midriff region of the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico. Note: other common names include Maha Mahi (Hawaiian) and Dorado (Spanish).

Domestic duties in Uganda include finding wood for burning and domestic improvements. Here a group of African women are carrying the load back on their heads. Gulu Town, Uganda, East Africa

Other participants include adults and children in various dress which include altar boys, Nazarenes,

M31, the Andromeda Galaxy, with its companion galaxies, M32 (below) and M110 (aka NGC 205, above), framed to include the blue star Nu Andromedae at left, usually used as the star hopping guide star to find M31.

Crews work carefully, inflating their hot air balloons for launch. The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta takes place in Albuquerque, New Mexico each year drawing in participants and spectators from across the globe. Highlights include an early morning dawn patrol, followed by mass ascencion of aircraft and an evening glow which all take place at the Balloon Fiesta Park throughout the week long event.

Hot air balloons lift skyward. The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta takes place in Albuquerque, New Mexico each year drawing in participants and spectators from across the globe. Highlights include an early morning dawn patrol, followed by mass ascencion of aircraft and an evening glow which all take place at the Balloon Fiesta Park throughout the week long event.

Hot air balloons lift skyward. The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta takes place in Albuquerque, New Mexico each year drawing in participants and spectators from across the globe. Highlights include an early morning dawn patrol, followed by mass ascencion of aircraft and an evening glow which all take place at the Balloon Fiesta Park throughout the week long event.

Hot air balloons lift skyward. The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta takes place in Albuquerque, New Mexico each year drawing in participants and spectators from across the globe. Highlights include an early morning dawn patrol, followed by mass ascencion of aircraft and an evening glow which all take place at the Balloon Fiesta Park throughout the week long event.

Hot air balloons lift skyward. The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta takes place in Albuquerque, New Mexico each year drawing in participants and spectators from across the globe. Highlights include an early morning dawn patrol, followed by mass ascencion of aircraft and an evening glow which all take place at the Balloon Fiesta Park throughout the week long event.

Hot air balloons lift skyward. The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta takes place in Albuquerque, New Mexico each year drawing in participants and spectators from across the globe. Highlights include an early morning dawn patrol, followed by mass ascencion of aircraft and an evening glow which all take place at the Balloon Fiesta Park throughout the week long event.

Fireworks light the night sky. The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta takes place in Albuquerque, New Mexico each year drawing in participants and spectators from across the globe. Highlights include an early morning dawn patrol, followed by mass ascencion of aircraft and an evening glow which all take place at the Balloon Fiesta Park throughout the week long event.

Crews work carefully, inflating their hot air balloons for launch. The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta takes place in Albuquerque, New Mexico each year drawing in participants and spectators from across the globe. Highlights include an early morning dawn patrol, followed by mass ascencion of aircraft and an evening glow which all take place at the Balloon Fiesta Park throughout the week long event.

Frederiksted, St. Croix: Bedroom window detail of the main estate house at Estate Whim. Now a museum, this restored sugar and rum estate traces its Danish beginnings to 1733-35. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, it is furnished to the 1810 era with outbuildings that include a cookhouse, an earlier windmill, and the remains of a sugar factory.

Hot air balloons lift skyward. The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta takes place in Albuquerque, New Mexico each year drawing in participants and spectators from across the globe. Highlights include an early morning dawn patrol, followed by mass ascencion of aircraft and an evening glow which all take place at the Balloon Fiesta Park throughout the week long event.

Dia de los Muertos, the Day of the Dead altar at the Regional Museum of Michoacun in Morelia. These altars usually have the Christian cross, pictures of deceased persons, and scores of candles. Ofrendas (offerings) usually include foods such as candied pumpkin, pan de muerto (bread of the dead), sugar skulls and beverages such as atole., Michoacun, Mexico