Gemsbok (Oryx gazella) sheltering from the midday sun in the NamibRand Nature Reserve, Namib Desert, Namibia, Africa

Air Force Palace, Bari waterfront, Bari, Apulia, Italy

San Nicolo Cathedral, Noto, UNESCO, Noto Valley, Sicily, Italy

Praying devout men and women, ceremonial midday prayer, Cao Dai Holy See Temple, Tay Ninh, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Praying devout men and women, ceremonial midday prayer, Cao Dai Holy See Temple, Tay Ninh, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre, Barletta, Barletta-Andria-Trani, Apulia, Italy

Heliostats reflecting sun rays, solar energy scientific research centre, AORA Tulip System, Tabernas, Almeria, Andalusia, Spain, Europe

Frankestraat, Haarlem, North Holland, Netherlands, Europe

Socorro Church, Socorro Plaza, Ronda, Malaga, Andalusia, Spain

Viana do Castelo, Minho-Lima, Portugal

Gravina, Bari, Alta Murgia, Apulia, Italy

Cathedral, Trani, Barletta-Andria-Trani, Apulia, Italy

Piazza Maria Immacolata, Martina Franca, Taranto, Apulia, Italy

Praying devout men and women, ceremonial midday prayer, Cao Dai Holy See Temple, Tay Ninh, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Praying devout women, ceremonial midday prayer, Cao Dai Holy See Temple, Tay Ninh, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

St. Paul's Pillars, Paphos, Cyprus, Europe

Plains zebra (Equus quagga) drinking at waterhole, Nxai Pan National Park, Botswana, Africa

Piazza Walther, Bolzano, Sudtirol, Italy, Europe

An artistic photograph of a yellow Hong Kong Tram going through a strip of sunlight as it comes into Hong Kong, China

Evening Shadows, West Mitten Butte, Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, Utah, United States of America

A waterfall backlit by the midday sun, in a gorge in Bossiney Haven, near Tintagel, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Sun setting down at the sea on a wild natural beach, Elafonisos Island, Greece

Sharaan Nature Reserve, AlUla, Medina Province, Saudi Arabia

Old clock tower, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India

Church of Sainte Perpetue, Nimes, Gard, Occitania, France, Europe

Guadalupe fur seal (Arctocephalus townsendi), at new haul out on Las Animas Island, Baja California Sur, Sea of Cortez, Mexico, North America

White-backed vultures (Gyps africanus) and a Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) feed on an African elephant (Loxodonta africana), Savuti, Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa

Vendors at the Large Market at Chefchaouen, Rif region, Morocco

Ounila River valley, Ouarzazate Province, region of Draa-Tafilalet, Morocco

Alley of trees in winter, Swabian Jura, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, Europe

Panorama view of Sedona from the Schnebly Hill Vista at midday, Arizona, United States of America, North America

The cliffs of Bright Angel Canyon along the Bright Angel Trail in winter near midday on the South Rim of Grand Canyon, Grand Canyon National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Arizona, United States of America, North America

A car pictured within the Sandwich Harbour dunes, Skeleton Coast at midday, Namibia, Africa

Church of the Divine Savior of Alvor, Alvor, Algarve, Portugal

The midday sun casts its light across a row of medieval houses at Arlington Row, Bibury in Gloucestershire, Cotswolds, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Midday golf being played at the Pezula Golf Course, Kynsna, South Africa, Africa

View of one of the two noon guns at Lion Battery on Signal Hill in Cape Town. The daily noon gun is Cape Town’s oldest living tradition and the two cannons used are the oldest guns in daily use in the world. They have marked the midday hour in the mother city in this distinctive, albeit noisy manner since early 1806. The cannons were cast in Britain in 1794 and still bear the royal crest of King George the third. The firing of the cannon was originally to give ships in the bay a means of re-setting their clocks accurately.

Chief Petty Officer Dudley Malgas using a wooden ram rod to push the charge into the muzzle of the noon gun cannon in Cape Town. The daily noon gun is Cape Town’s oldest living tradition and the two cannons used are the oldest guns in daily use in the world. They have marked the midday hour in the mother city in this distinctive, albeit noisy manner since early 1806. The cannons were cast in Britain in 1794 and still bear the royal crest of King George the third. The firing of the cannon was originally to give ships in the bay a means of re-setting their clocks accurately.

Chief Petty Officer Dudley Malgas of the South African Navy posing alongside the noon gun cannon in Cape Town. CPO Malgas has been in charge of firing the canon since 1995. The daily noon gun is Cape Town’s oldest living tradition and the two cannons used are the oldest guns in daily use in the world. They have marked the midday hour in the mother city in this distinctive, albeit noisy manner since early 1806. The cannons were cast in Britain in 1794 and still bear the royal crest of King George the third. The firing of the cannon was originally to give ships in the bay a means of re-setting their clocks accurately.

The noon gun firing in Cape Town. The daily noon gun is Cape Town’s oldest living tradition and the two cannons used are the oldest guns in daily use in the world. They have marked the midday hour in the mother city in this distinctive, albeit noisy manner since early 1806. The cannons were cast in Britain in 1794 and still bear the royal crest of King George the third. The firing of the cannon was originally to give ships in the bay a means of re-setting their clocks accurately.

Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) Gulf of California. A diving blue whale hoists its tail high into the midday sky.

Buddhist monks from the Vipassana Dhura Mandala Meditation Center have lunch at the Udong Pagoda, Oudong (Udong), Kampong Speu, Cambodia, Asia

A delicious lunch is served on board river cruise ship on Tonle Sap River, Kampong Chhnang, Cambodia, Asia

Buddhist monks from the Vipassana Dhura Mandala Meditation Center have lunch at the Udong Pagoda, Oudong (Udong), Kampong Speu, Cambodia, Asia

Praying devout men, ceremonial midday prayer in the Cao Dai temple, Tay Ninh, Vietnam, Asia

Golden autumn leaf in shape of a heart

Praying devout men and women, ceremonial midday prayer in the Cao Dai temple, Tay Ninh, Vietnam, Asia

Seated Nuns praying, ceremonial midday prayer in the Cao Dai temple, Tay Ninh, Vietnam, Asia

Praying devout men and women, ceremonial midday prayer in the Cao Dai temple, Tay Ninh, Vietnam, Asia

Monks and nuns praying, holy altar "the eye", ceremonial midday prayer in the Cao Dai temple, Tay Ninh, Vietnam, Asia

Nuns, ceremonial midday prayer in the Cao Dai temple, Tay Ninh, Vietnam, Asia

Ski touring person directly under the sun with ski sticks yellow jacket in a winter landscape wirh snow and blue sky at the Scheinbergspitze close to castle Linderhof in Germany

Monks and nuns, colorful robes in red, yellow, blue, praying, ceremonial midday prayer in the Cao Dai temple, Tay Ninh, Vietnam, Asia

Ceremonial midday prayer in the Cao Dai temple, Tay Ninh, Vietnam, Asia

Ceremonial midday prayer in the Cao Dai temple, Tay Ninh, Vietnam, Asia