Female southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) with newborn pup on the beach in Stromness Bay, South Georgia Island

Skuas (Catharacta antarctica) fight for the afterbirth of a southern elephant seal, South Georgia

Adult bull southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) fighting for breeding grounds on South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean

Bull southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) on South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean

Young adult bull southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) holding young pup's head underwater trying to kill it, South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean

Bacteria bomb made of ceramic used by the Japanese Imperial army Unit 731 during WWII, Quzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China

Dead and dying pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) gathering after the spawn just outside of Sitka, Alaska, United States of America

Common guillemot (Uria aalge) nesting on Bear Island (Bjornoya) in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway, Arctic, Europe

Students of the Escuela Ceiba school staging an election campaign, panel discussion, as part of their social studies class prior to the upcoming parliamentary elections, Lomas de Santa Faz slum, Guatemala City, Guatemala, Central America

Architecture students drawing a diagram of a earthquake-proof house with truss structure. They are being trained by a German aid organization after the devastating earthquake in January 2010, Coq Chante village near Jacmel, Haiti, Caribbean, Central Ameri