Muslims gather for prayers at the Jama Masjid (Friday Mosque), Ahmedabad, Gujarat State, India

Arches, the Red Fort, Agra, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Uttar Pradesh state, India, Asia

Novice monks line up in front of monastic building at the new Karma Theckhling Monastery, built in traditional Sikkim style, Ravangla (Rabongla), Sikkim, India, Asia

Students of a Sanskrit school performing the savasana (corpse) posture during daily yoga lesson at sunrise, on the ghat of Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Sugar cane fields, Reunion Island, Indian Ocean

Brick making, Deogarh, Rajasthan, India

Wall with arches lit, one light bulb missing, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Ani Wall, Tashiding Gompa, Tashiding, Sikkim, India, Asia

Taj Mahal, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Agra, Uttar Pradesh state, India, Asia

Row boat and Mogundula island in the Quirimbas archipelago in northern Mozambique, Indian Ocean, Africa

Amazon Indian family in a canoe on a sidearm of the Amazon River, Boca da Valeria, Amazonas, Brazil, South America

Amazon Indian boy in a canoe on the Amazon River, Rio do Cajari, Para, Brazil, South America

Amazonian Indian Family and MS Europa on a sidearm of the Amazon River, Boca da Valeria, Amazonas, Brazil, South America

Boys in their school uniform playing car, Baratang, Middle Andaman, Andamans, India

Decorated elephants and Hindu priests, Pooram festival, Thrissur, Kerala, South India, India, Asia

Elephant parade, near Sree Sastha Temple, Arattupuzha Pooram festival, near Thrissur, Kerala, South India, India, Asia

Rose Street, Kochi, Fort Cochin, Kerala, South India, South Asia

Coloured towels in Kamakhya Temple, a Hindu temple, Guwahati, Assam, North East India, India, Asia

Tribal ritual dance at the Hornbill Festival, Kohima, Nagaland, India, Asia

Naga tribal group performers standing in line to welcome Officials at the Hornbill Festival, Kohima, Nagaland, India, Asia

Elephant ride to Amber Palace, Rajasthan, northern India, Asia

Rows of traditional Buddhist butter lamps lined up in a storage room at the Rumtek Monastery in Gangtok, Sikkim, India, Asia

Indian women at a parade, Ron, Karnataka, South India, India, Asia

Tribal ritual dance at the Hornbill Festival, Kohima, Nagaland, India, Asia

Konyak warriors fully decorated at Hornbill Festival, Kohima, India, Asia

Palace guard during the changing of the guard, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Tuk-tuks in line, waiting for passengers, Badami, Karnataka, India

Colorful fishing boats on the beach, Somatheeram Beach, Malabarian Coast, Malabar, Kerala state, India, Asia

A row of men at a wine store in a street of Panaji or Panjim, Goa, India

Initiation ceremony for new sadhus during the Kumbha Mela festival, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, formerly Uttaranchal, India, Asia

Queue of Jeeps with tourists, just before the gates of the park are opened, Kanha National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India, Asia

The Muni Seva Ashram in Goraj, near Vadodara, India, is a tranquil haven of humanitarian care. The Ashram is hugely sustainable, next year it will be completely carbon neutral. Its first solar panels were installed in 1984, long before climate change was on anyones agenda. Their energy is provided from solar panels, and wood grown on the estate. Waste food and animal manure is turned inot biogas to run the estates cars and also used for cooking. Solar cookers are also used, and the air conditioning for the hospital is solar run. 70 % of the food used is grown on the estate. They provide an orphanage, schools for all ages, vocational training, care for the elderly, a specialist cancer hospital withstate of the art machinary, and even have a solar crematorium. This shot shows solar panels that focus the suns rays on heat exchangers to boil oil, which is then sent down to the kitchens below to heat the cookers.

Colourful Dye Powders In Bowls At Devaraja Market, Mysore, India

Boys paddling in an outrigger canoe, fishing in the turquoise waters of the Indian Ocean, Andaman Islands, India

Fisherman on his boat moving arched swing nets above the water at Loktak Lake

Fisherman on his boat moving arched swing nets above the water at Loktak Lake

Asian or Asiatic elephant (Elephas maximus), dust bath, Jim Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand, India

Passage of a flock of sheep (and shepherd with his dog) in the Ubaye valley, Alpes de Haute Provence, France

African elephants, Loxodonta africana, with its calves walking. Amboseli National Park, Kenya, Africa.

Wildebeest group in the savannah, Masai Mara National Reserve, National Park, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Sand dunes, Merzouga, Morocco, Sahara desert

Group of Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua). walking in between ice at Cuverville Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica

Landscape of South Luangwa NP with African Savannah Elephants (Loxodonta africana africana) crossing an arm of the Luangwa River, Zambia

Common zebras (Equus quagga), Amboseli National Park, Kenya.

Zebras (Equus quagga) are following each other in the savannah. Kenya. Tanzania. National Park. Serengeti. Maasai Mara.