Restaurant at Hofatsblick station, Oberstdorf, Swabia, Bavarian Alps, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Derelict cottage in Glen Clunie, Scotland

The Kern Valley Wildlife Refuge in California's Central Valley was created as important resting and feeding grounds for wildfowl migrating along the pacific flyway. After four years of unprecedented drought, the water shortages in California are critical. The reserve has received only 40% of its usual warer, with the result that most of the lake beds are dried up and dessicated, leaving the birds few places to go. This is the only area of lake with any water left.

Bright church with white domes, surrounded by green trees and red roofs, viewpoint on the left, view of the Holy Monastery of Timi Prodromos, Byzantine fortress, nunnery, Koroni, Pylos-Nestor, Messinia, Peloponnese, Greece, Europe

Field cross at Rappensee, left behind Kleiner Rappenkopf, 2276m, Allgäu Alps, Allgäu, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Ostrich (Struthio camelus) . Female on the left and male on the ridge of a grass-grown sand dune. Behing them a chick. Kalahari Desert, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa, Africa

Cairns on the hiking trail, Glacier du Tour, glacier and mountain peaks, high alpine landscape, left Aiguille du Chardonnet, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, France, Europe

Drone shot, view of the Aenok marshland with river Kamajakka, birch forests, autumn, intense colours, Vallespiken mountain on the left, Sarek mountains in the background, Kvikkjokk, Jokkmokk, Norrbottens laen, Lapland, Northern Sweden, Sweden, Europe

Footprints in the sand, Kniepsand beach, Amrum Island, Nordfriesland, North Frisia, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

Common octopus Octopus vulgaris), mating, male on left inserts mating arm into mantle cavity on female's siphon transfers sperm-filled capsule, Red Sea, Aqaba, Kingdom of Jordan

Saulo Toron, Tomas Morales and Alonso Quesada, Agaete, Las Palmas Province, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain, sculpture by local poets, from left, Europe

Autumn atmosphere at a lake framed by birch trees, autumn, intense colours, reflections, in the background mountains Tuolpagorni on the right, mountain Singitjakka on the left, in the middle valley Singivagge, Nikkaluokta, Kiruna, Gaellivare, Norrbottens laen, Lapland, Northern Sweden, Sweden, Europe

Historic school house of Silvies, Ponderosa Ranch, Oregon, USA

Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) baby crossing a red dune lifts up its left front leg. Kalahari, South Africa Kalahari, South Africa, Africa

African fish eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer), juvenile, on branch, looking left, Moremi Game Reserve East, Okavango Delta, Botswana, Africa

Tiger (Panthera tigris), portrait side view of his face head. animal looks to the left. Ranthambore National Park, Rajasthan, India, Asia

A beautiful alley with blooming pink and white cherry trees in spring in the morning sun with a sunstar, a bench on the left side, Rhine-Neckar-region, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Green Acacia tree Vachellia tortilisstands in front of the Etosha salt pan in the desert. On the salt pan many animals are crossing from the left to the right. Etosha National Park, Namibia, Africa

Lush, freshly mowed golf green, flag and cup with plenty of room for text on the left side

The Tasman Sea (left) meets the Pacific Ocean (right), Cape Reinga, Te Rerenga Wairua, Northland, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania

Great tit (Parus major) standing on stone, reflecting in water, looking to the left, surrounded by other stones, Overijssel, Netherlands

Left-hand traffic sign on the road of death, Camino de la Muerte, La Paz Department, Bolivia, South America

Elephant bull (Loxodenta africana) rubs his head on a tree trunk, leans to the left. Okavango Delta, Botswana, Africa

Carp pond, carp pond, fish farming, nature reserve bird sanctuary, pond area near Mohrhof, villages from left Mohrhof, middle Biengarten, right Poppenwind, Aischgrund, Middle Franconia, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Rainbow in front of waterfall, people on the left, stone desert in the background, Dettifoss, Joekulsa a Fjoellum, Iceland, Europe

Lioness attacks a second lioness from left to right jumping. (Panthera) leo. Okavango Delta, Botswana, Africa

Pleissenspitze peak (left) and Mt. Brunnstein (right), Karwendel Range, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Tiger (Panthera tigris), portrait side view of his face head. animal looks to the left. Ranthambore National Park, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Plaza Mayor with the Museo Romantico on the left and the Iglesia de la Santisima Trinidad on the right, far left the bell tower of the Museo de la Lucha Contra Bandidos, Trinidad, Cuba, Central America

Left-hand traffic sign on the road of death, Camino de la Muerte, La Paz Department, Bolivia, South America

Canal Grande at night, left Renaissance palace Palazzo Cavalli-Franchetti, back church Santa Maria della Salute, Venice, Italy, Europe

View from Canyon Overlook into Zion Canyon in winter with snow, at sunrise, back left Bridge Mountain, Zion National Park, Utah, USA, North America

Grand Canal, left Church Chiesa di San Geremia, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Franconian rock landscape with hiking trail, on the left rock tower Himmelsstaeuberer, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

The outflowing Lake Constance, called Lake Rhine, on the left the Hoeri peninsula with the German municipality of Oehningen, on the right the Swiss municipality of Eschenz and Mammern, Canton Thurgau, Switzerland, Europe

Gilded buddha head, curls ritually twisted from left to right, Luang Prabang, Laos, Asia

Pottenstein Castle with castle museum, hilltop castle, Spornburg, geotope, left B470, Franconian Switzerland-Veldenstein Forest nature park Park, Upper Franconia, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Lonely highway trough Goshute Valley, Nevada, USA

Historic school house of Silvies, Ponderosa Ranch, Oregon, USA

United States Virgin Islands, St. John, Pair of flip flops left on empty beach, United States Virgin Islands, St. John