A hot cup of tea is the first thing needed after a chilly night at Kagmara Phedi in the little explored Kagmara valley, Dolpa Region, Himalayas, Nepal, Asia

Some much needed rain falls in the distance at sunset in NamibRand Nature Reserve, Namib Desert, Namibia, Africa

Stepping stones above perpetually flowing water needed to cross streets and keep the way clear for carts, archaeological site of Pompeii, UNESCO World Heritage Site, province of Naples, Campania, Italy, Europe

Stepping stones above perpetually flowing water needed to cross streets and keep the way clear for carts, archaeological site of Pompeii, UNESCO World Heritage Site, province of Naples, Campania, Italy, Europe

Stepping stones above perpetually flowing water needed to cross street and keep the way clear for carts, archaeological site of Pompeii, UNESCO World Heritage Site, province of Naples, Campania, Italy, Europe

Some much needed rain falls in the distance at dusk in NamibRand Nature Reserve, Namib Desert, Namibia, Africa

Some much needed rain falls in the distance at dusk in NamibRand Nature Reserve, Namib Desert, Namibia, Africa

Pine trees killed by an outbreak of mountain pine beetles which killed millions of acres of pine trees in the American west; scientists expect the problem to worsen due to global warming, because very cold weather is needed to kill the beetles, Grand Lake

Close-up of a climber's hands showing the strength needed for rock climbing. The image highlights the texture and markings on the climber's gri

Ester Hodari, age 22 years old, cooks dinner using the traditional three-rock cook stove with a fire in the middle. These cookstoves use a lot of fuel, firewood, and produce a lot of smoke. Ester told us that cooking with this type of stove made her eyes turn red and she often had a chest cough. Her children, ages 5, 2 and 3 months are often with her when she is cooking. Her sister-in-law, Shadya Jumanne, age 11, helps her cook as well. Not long ago Ester’s 3 month-old developed a cough, It kept getting worse and so they took her by motorcycle to the hospital at night. Ester started really worrying about this. After this Ester and her husband agreed that they needed to buy a clean cookstove and started saving. The girl helping Ester cook in some of the images is her sister-in-law Shadya Jumanne, age 11. Ester met Solar Sister entrepreneur Fatma Mziray when she married her husband and moved to this village, Mforo near Moshi, Tanzania. Ester said that Fatma is like a mother to her in the village. When Fatma showed Ester the new wood stove she saw that is used less wood and produced less smoke.

Kosevo Cemetery was built during the war on the site of former football practice pitches of Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina. The citizens of Sarajevo needed a place to bury the dead, hence this cemetery came to being; practically all the death years are similar.

Kosevo Cemetery was built during the war on the site of former football practice pitches of Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina. The citizens of Sarajevo needed a place to bury the dead, hence this cemetery came to being; practically all the death years are similar.

Kosevo Cemetery was built during the war on the site of former football practice pitches of Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina. The citizens of Sarajevo needed a place to bury the dead, hence this cemetery came to being; practically all the death years are similar.

A German BGR helicopter used in Terre Victoria to transport geologists to specific research points. These are one-off scientific programs, involving the collaboration of several countries, in this case Germany and Italy. The Germans set up a base camp several dozen kilometers from the Italian Mario Zucchelli station, using Italian logistical resources such as the Laura Bassi icebreaker to transport the helicopter, the equipment needed to set up the base camp, scientific equipment and, of course, personnel. All of this was delivered to the Mario Zucchelli station for onward transport by helicopter to the search site. Victoria Land, Antarctica