Ships passing through locks, Panama Canal, Panama, Central America

Carpets, cushions and rugs for sale near the Muttrah souk, Muttrah, Muscat, Oman, Middle East

Exhibition and Convention Center, Wan Chai waterfront, Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong, China, Asia

Trishaws passing in Town Square, Melaka, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Encaenia, university dignitaries passing in front of the Radcliffe Camera, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom (U.K.), Europe

Buddhist monk passing prayer wheels, McLeod Ganj, Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh state, India, Asia

Narrow boat passing through a lift bridge, Llangollen Canal, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

The Mersey ferry Royal Iris sailing passed the Liverpool waterfront, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Mississippi River, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America (U.S.A.), North America

Boat passing under bridge along canal, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China, Asia

Blurred people passing through the Blue Gate, Fez, Morocco, North Africa, Africa

Exhibition and Convention Center, Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong, China, Asia

Cruiseship passing the island, Santorini, Cyclades Islands, Greece, Europe

A 1950s car and rickshaw pass the Capitolio in central Havana, Cuba, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Boat passing a man standing in the holy river , River Ganges (Ganga), Varanasi (Benares), Uttar Pradesh state, India, Asia

A local man walks past traditional Greek anchors for sale outside a chandler's store, Pothia Town, Kalymnos Island, Dodecanese, Greek Islands, Greece, Europe

A small boat passing the island of Spina Longa, Crete, Greece, Europe

Truc Lam Phuong Nam Buddhist temple, statue of the final Nirvana, the Buddha entered into meditation and then passed away, Can Tho, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Gondola ski lift passing in front of the Wetterhorn mountain, Grindelwald, Jungfrau region, Bernese Oberland, Swiss Alps, Switzerland, Europe

A vintage American car parked in front of the Capitolio building in central Havana, Cuba, West Indies, Central America

Reclining Buddha, the final Nirvana, The Buddha entered into meditation and then passed away, Parinirvana, Buddhist Temple, Hoi An, Quang Nam, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Trans-Siberian Express, Siberia, Russia

After 45 years of teaching the Dharma, the Buddha passed into Parinirvana, scene from the Life of Buddha, Seoul, South Korea, Asia

Deep gorge passed by the King's Highway between Kerak and Shobak, biblical Zered, Wadi Hasa, Jordan, Middle East

After 45 years of teaching the Dharma, the Buddha passed into Parinirvana, scene from the Life of Buddha, Seoul, South Korea, Asia

Ethiopia priest walking passed mural depicting abuna aregawi and the serpent, kidana merhet church, tigray

Colombia woman breast feeding her baby beside the rio magdalena, barrancabermeja. Fishermen go passed in a dug our canoe

Colombia woman breast feeding her baby beside the rio magdalena, barrancabermeja. Fishermen go passed in a dug our canoe

Vietnam farmer on bicycle riding passed ducks. vinh long province

Diaphragmatic hernia. Following a trauma, the left diaphragm has burst. The upper area of the stomach and colon have passed through the wound into the thorax.

Diaphragmatic hernia. Following a trauma, the left diaphragm has burst. The upper area of the stomach and colon have passed through the wound into the thorax.

The nurses of the death chamber takes the man who just passed away in the room of meditation.

Diaphragmatic hernia. Following a trauma, the left diaphragm has burst. The upper area of the stomach and colon have passed through the wound into the thorax.

Diaphragmatic hernia. Following a trauma, the left diaphragm has burst. The upper area of the stomach and colon have passed through the wound into the thorax.

Castle with oldtimer in Vadstena, Oestergoetland, southern Sweden

Fish carcasses in lake during drought, Dinero, Lake Corpus Christi, South Texas, USA

Cremation ceremony for a passed away Jain nun, Palitana, Gujarat, India, Asia

Stone bust on the grave of Dr. Justus Freiherr von Liebig, 1803-1873, chemist, Alter Suedfriedhof, old cemetery in Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Grave of Elias Mauromichalis, 1800-1836, Greek officer, adjutant of King Otto of Greece, Alter Suedfriedhof, old cemetery in Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Stone bust on the grave of Arnold Ritter von Zenetti, 1824-1891, chief municipal building officer, Alter Suedfriedhof, old cemetery in Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Grave of Johann Georg von Dillis, 1759-1841, landscape painter, landscapist, Alter Suedfriedhof, old cemetery in Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Grave of Johann Friedrich Ritter von Gaertner, 1792-1847, director of the Art Academy, Alter Suedfriedhof, old cemetery in Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Grave of Josef Hoechl, 1777-1838, municipal architect, Alter Suedfriedhof, old cemetery in Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Grave of Dr. phil. Thaddaeus Siber, 1774-1854, mathematician, Alter Suedfriedhof, old cemetery in Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Grave of Richard Jakob August von Voit, 1801-1870, architect, Alter Suedfriedhof, old cemetery in Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Stone bust on the grave of Arnold Ritter von Zenetti, 1824-1891, chief municipal building officer, Alter Suedfriedhof, old cemetery in Munich, Bavaria, Germany

War memorial for fallen soldiers

Memorial for commemoration of workers passed over while building the Ataturk Dam, Turkey, Europe

Jen Dwyer holds a photograph of her grandmother while taking part in the All Souls Procession in Tucson, Arizona, November 6, 2002. Inspired by Mexico's Dia de los Muertos holiday, over 10,000 participants gather on the streets of downtown Tucson for a two-mile long human-powered procession that ends in the finalizing action of burning a large urn filled with the hopes, offerings and wishes for those who have passed.

Mountaineers navigating through the Hillary Step on Mount Everest. The Hillary Step is a nearly vertical part (height around 40 ft) of upper Mount Everest. It lies almost at the top of the mountain, halfway from the "south summit" to the summit top, and is the last real challenge before the summit. It is reached by climbing the South East route. It was named after Sir Edmund Hillary, who was the first person, along with Tenzing Norgay, who passed it to reach the summit, Nepal

Vintage American cars sit on blocks below a deteriorating building from the Colonial era in Old Havana. Because of the blockade and economic hardships, cars are a precious possession and many are passed down from generation to generation.

Giant steam vats used to disinfect clothes stolen from the people that passed through the Sauna (Disinfection), Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp, Oswiecim, Malopolska, Poland

Japanese Flying Squid (Todarodes pacificus), also knows as a Japanese common squid, in black water. This image was captured a mile off the island of Yap at night with the bottom 1000+ feet below. Hundreds of these squid passed by very quickly. This one paused just briefly for a portrait. It is one of the most abundant of the commercially valuable squid in the world, Yap, Micronesia

Germany, Berlin, Potzdamer Platz, Preserved line of the Berlin Wall where it passed through the square.

A white rhino, Ceratotherium simum, walks passed a waterhol, Londolozi Game Reserve, Sabi Sands, Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa