Several stone lanterns positioned together in the midst of a forest in Nara, Honshu, Japan, Asia

Several stone lanterns positioned together in the midst of a forest in Nara in autumn, Nara, Honshu, Japan, Asia

Oak tree in midst of wheat field, hill countryside, agricultural landscape, spring, tuscany, italy

A dried up lake at Tehachapi Pass, California, USA. California is in the midst of a four year long drought.

A dried up lake at Tehachapi Pass, California, USA. California is in the midst of a four year long drought.

SYRIA Maalula, the last remaining village in Syria where Aramaic is still spoken. This is not part of Wadi al-Nasarah, being a 150 kilometers to the south, but is nevertheless interesting as the majority of the population are Christians, who enjoy the Convent and shrine of saint Tecla being in their midst

Memorial Guenter Litfin for the first person shot dead at the Berlin Wall, Kieler Strasse street at the Berlin-Spandau Schifffahrtskanal channel, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Memorial Guenter Litfin for the first person shot dead at the Berlin Wall, Kieler Strasse street at the Berlin-Spandau Schifffahrtskanal channel, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Memorial Guenter Litfin for the first person shot dead at the Berlin Wall, Kieler Strasse street at the Berlin-Spandau Schifffahrtskanal channel, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Messy room, student room with a guitar

Football fans on tribune lighting fireworks

Love Parade 2010, spray chalk outline of a person killed in a stampede, Duisburg, Ruhr Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Love Parade 2010, spray chalk outlines of two people killed in a stampede, Duisburg, Ruhr Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Loveparade 2010, a float called "Tunnel", huge crowds celebrate before many revellers are crushed to death in tragic tunnel accident, Duisburg, Ruhr Area, North Rhine-Westfalia, Germany, Europe

Mountaingorillas (Gorilla beringei), Virunga National Park, Zaire, Africa

European edible frog, waterfrog (Rana esculenta) hiding in the water between Common duckweeds (Lemna minor), camouflage

Traditional wooden prayer wheels stand on a stone foundation in the midst of an impressive mountain landscape, Little Tibet, Zillertal, Austria, Europe

Common Frog (Rana temporaria), in the midst of spawn

Pele& Castle in Sinaia, Carpathian Mountains, Romania, Europe

Football fans on tribune lighting fireworks

Lighthouse in Lake Constance with view to the mountain chain of the Alps in evening sky, Konstanz, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Replica of a portrait of a young man, thought to be Nero, midst of 1st century, original in the Museo Nazionale Romano, Museo della Civilta Romana, Rome, Latium, Italy, Europe

Flooded grassland on the Elbe river near Dessau at sunrise, Mittlere Elbe biosphere reserve, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Europe

Tree on flooded grassland on the Elbe river near Dessau at sunrise, Mittlere Elbe biosphere reserve, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Europe

Hikers in the midst of a herd of cows on the ascent to the summit of the Geigelstein, Sachrang, Chiemgau, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Schloss Waldeck Castle, Edersee lake, Kellerwald National Park, North Hesse, Germany, Europe

Loveparade 2010, huge crowds celebrate before many revellers are crushed to death in tragic tunnel accident, Duisburg, Ruhr Area, North Rhine-Westfalia, Germany, Europe

Flooded grassland on the Elbe river near Dessau at sunrise, Mittlere Elbe biosphere reserve, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Europe

Tiger (Panthera tigris) in the dry grasses of the Ranthambore Tiger Reserve, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Trunk of a Beech (Fagus) tree in the middle of Yellow Wood Anemones (Anemone ranunculoides) in the morning

Common puffball (Lycoperdon perlatum)

Hawaii, Maui, Jason Polakow in midst of huge crashing waves, one curls above, action

Old abandoned red barn in the midst of a canola field, rural Saskatchewan