The Magnificent Mile, North Michigan Avenue, Chicago's premier shopping street, Chicago, Illinois

Meursault Genevrieres Premier Cru vineyard, Cote de Beaune, France, Europe

The Magnificent Mile, North Michigan Avenue, Chicago's premier shopping street, Chicago, Illinois

Views of Gold Harbor on South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean. MORE INFO Lindblad Expeditions pioneered non-research expedition travel to Antarctica in 1969, and remains one of the premier Antarctic operators to this day.

Houses amid trees and city skyline in the background, of Birmingham, a former premier steel producer and Civil Rights centre, Alabama, USA

View along palm-lined 13th Avenue South in the heart of the city's premier dining district, dusk, Naples, Florida, United States of America, North America

The Cabinet Office Building, on Front Street, houses the Office of the Premier of Bermuda appointed by the Governor, and leads Bermuda's locally elected Government, Hamilton, Bermuda, Atlantic, North America

View to the Tasman Sea over volcanic black sand beach at Piha, New Zealand's premier surfing resort, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Newbury Street, Boston's premier shopping street, Back Bay, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Orchard Road, Singapore's premier shopping street, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Asia

Looking from Brady's Lookout State Reserve across the Tamar River towards Windermere in the state's premier wine region, Tamar Valley, the north, Tasmania, Australia, Pacific

Looking north from Brady's Lookout State Reserve towards the Tamar River and a bush fire on horizon in the state's premier wine region, the Tamar Valley, Tasmania, Australia, Pacific

Marion's vineyard in the Tamar Valley, the state's premier wine region, Deviot, the north, Tasmania, Australia, Pacific

Windermere on the Tamar River in the state's premier wine region, Tamar Valley, the north, Tasmania, Australia, Pacific

A Premier Inn sign and moon at night

A Premier Inn at Hartlepool marina on Teesside, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Goal Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion (arena) Stuttgart Baden-Wuerttemberg Germany

Goalkeeper Sven ULREICH VfB Stuttgart

Goalkeeper Sven ULREICH VfB Stuttgart

Circle of VfB Stuttgart players

VfB Stuttgart Champion Bundesliga 2007, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany

VfB Stuttgart Champion Bundesliga 2007, Stuttgart, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany

Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion Stuttgart, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany

VfB Stuttgart Champion Bundesliga 2007, Stuttgart, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany

Football fans of 1. FC Nuremburg, Bavaria, Germany

Football fans of VfB Stuttgart, with imitation of cup, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany,

Football fans of VfB Stuttgart, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany

Football fans of VfB Stuttgart, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany

Linesman with flag

A Chinese gas station attendant fills up a customer's car in Beijing. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao promised a national plan to address climate change but avoided offering emissions caps, speaking after a parliament session where global warming barely scraped onto the agenda.

Joe Brooks climbs Legend of the Overfiend at Nevada's Mount Charleston outside Las Vegas. It is one of the premier sport climbing limestone cliffs in the United States with some of the toughest routes.

Germany, Berlin, The East Side Gallery, a 1.3 km long section of the Berlin Wall, Mural called My God help me survive this deadly love, Soviet Premier Brezhnev kisses East German Chancellor Honecker.

Germany, Berlin, The East Side Gallery, a 1.3 km long section of the Berlin Wall, Mural called 'My God help me survive this deadly love' Soviet Premier Brezhnev kisses East German Chancellor Honecker.