Statue of Nolsoyar Pall (Poul Poulsen Nolsoe), Faroese national hero, seaman, trader, poet, farmer, and boat builder, who in the early 19th century ran the first Faroese trading ship since Viking times, by Hans Pauli Olsen, Faroe Islands (Faroes), Denmark, Europe

Winter landscape of St. Johann church in Ranui in Villnoss, Geisler Spitzen, 3060m, Val di Funes, Dolomites, Trentino-Alto Adige, South Tirol (Tyrol), Italy, Europe

In May of 2009 the Russian reefer ship Petrozavodsk ran into the Fuglefjellet cliffs on Bear Island (Bjornoya), Svalbard Archipelago, Norway, Arctic, Europe

Winter landscape of St. Johann church in Ranui in Villnoss, Geisler Spitzen, 3060m, Val di Funes, Dolomites, Trentino-Alto Adige, South Tirol (Tyrol), Italy, Europe

Winter landscape of S. Johann Church in Ranui in Villnoss, Le Odle Group with Geisler Spitzen, 3060m, Val di Funes, Dolomites, Trentino-Alto Adige, South Tirol (Tyrol), Italy, Europe

Winter landscape of St. Johann Church in Ranui in Villnoss, Le Odle Group with Geisler Spitzen, 3060m, Val di Funes, Dolomites, Trentino-Alto Adige, South Tirol (Tyrol), Italy, Europe

Asian cuisine, authentic Vietnamese Spring Rolls (Nem Ran Hay Cha Gio), Haute-Savoie, France, Europe

Traditional spring rolls accompanied by vegetable soup, rice noodles and fresh mint and lettuce as side dishes, Nem Ran, Hanoi, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Cape Tribulation, near where Captain Cook ran aground on reef, Queensland, Australia, Pacific

Anuradha Koirala holds up her CNN Hero of the Year 2010 award as she is warmly greeted upon her return. Tribhuwan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal. A woman whose group has rescued more than 12,000 women and girls from sex slavery has been named the 2010 CNN Hero of the Year. Anuradha Koirala was chosen by the public in an online poll that ran for eight weeks on CNN.com. ?Human trafficking is a crime, a heinous crime, a shame to humanity,? Koirala said after being introduced as one of the top 10 CNN Heroes of 2010. ?I ask everyone to join me to create a society free of trafficking. We need to do this for all our daughters

Dead and dying Almond trees in Almond groves in Wasco in the Central Valley of California after the irrigation water ran out following the four year long drought in the Western USA. 80% of the world's almonds are grown in California, and it takes 1.1 gallons of water to grow each nut. Many farms have run out of water, and $2.2 Billion has been wiped off the agricultue sector annually. Currently one third of all children in California go to be hungry, as a direct result of job losses connected to the drought. 428,000 acres of farmland have been taken out of production as a result of the drought, in the Central Valley.

Anuradha Koirala, proclaimed winner of CNN Hero of the Year 2010, warmly greeted upon her return. Tribhuwan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal. A woman whose group has rescued more than 12,000 women and girls from sex slavery has been named the 2010 CNN Hero of the Year. Anuradha Koirala was chosen by the public in an online poll that ran for eight weeks on CNN.com. ?Human trafficking is a crime, a heinous crime, a shame to humanity,? Koirala said after being introduced as one of the top 10 CNN Heroes of 2010. ?I ask everyone to join me to create a society free of trafficking. We need to do this for all our daughters

Russian reefer ship Petrozavodsk literally ran into the Fuglefjellet cliffs (411m) on Bear Island, Svalbard, Norway

Russian reefer ship Petrozavodsk literally ran into the Fuglefjellet cliffs (411m) on Bear Island, Svalbard, Norway

The old Norwegian whaling station at Whaler's Cove, Deception Island. The station ran from 1904 through 1931. Shown here are the old steam tanks used for rendering.

Sufi priest studying the holy Quran in the Shrine of Mawlana Abdur Rahman Jami, Herat's greatest 15th century poet, Herat, Afghanistan, Asia

Sufi priest studying the holy Quran in the Shrine of Mawlana Abdur Rahman Jami, Herat's greatest 15th century poet, Herat, Afghanistan, Asia

Sufi priest studying the holy Quran in the Shrine of Mawlana Abdur Rahman Jami, Herat's greatest 15th century poet, Herat, Afghanistan, Asia

Sufi priest studying the holy Quran in the Shrine of Mawlana Abdur Rahman Jami, Herat's greatest 15th century poet, Herat, Afghanistan, Asia

Madrasa Bou Inania, madrasas, Arabic ornaments, Fes, Morocco, Africa

The mosque and madrassa of sultan Hassan, view from the Citadel of Cairo, Egypt, Africa

Arabian food composition ramadan with bread

Ramadan concept with tea set quran

Muslim woman holding quran

Cutter ran aground on river Elbe in Hamburg, Germany

Palmira Gonzalez-Jiminez is surrounded by her best buddies in the playground at Harrington Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. A man tried to abduct Palmira in a nearby park last month. Her friends all ran to her aid hitting and kicking the man. The girls are L to R Irma Belmontes, Crystal Palacios, Melina Sandoval, Palmira Gonzalez-Jiminez, Sandra Ibarra, Lorena Luna.

Palmira Gonzalez-Jiminez is surrounded by her best buddies at Harrington Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. A man tried to abduct Palmira in a nearby park last month. Her friends all ran to her aid hitting and kicking the man. The girls are clockwise starting with Palmira Gonzalez-Jiminez in center (Baby GIrl shirt), Lorena Luna, Crystal Palacios, Irma Belmontes, Melina Sandoval, Sandra Ibarra.

Palmira Gonzalez-Jiminez is surrounded by her best buddies in the playground at Harrington Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. A man tried to abduct Palmira in a nearby park last month. Her friends all ran to her aid hitting and kicking the man. The girls are L to R Irma Belmontes, Crystal Palacios, Melina Sandoval, Palmira Gonzalez-Jiminez, Sandra Ibarra, Lorena Luna.

Empire Mine was the largest, and richest gold mine in California. It ran from 1850-1956. It is now a a historic state park, Grass Valley, Grass Valley, California, USA

Thanksgiving plaques on a shrine at the Difunta Correa Sanctuary, Vallecito, San Juan, Argentina. La Difunta Correa is the most popular of Argentina's folk saints. She was a woman whose husband was forcibly recruited around the year 1840, during the Argentine civil wars. Becoming sick, he was then abandoned by partisans. In an attempt to reach her sick husband, Deolinda took her baby and followed the tracks of the partisans through the desert of San Juan Province. When her supplies ran out, she died. Her body was found days later by gauchos, however they found the baby still alive, feeding from the deceased woman's miraculously ever-full breast. Once the folk tale became known, her devout followers believe her to perform miracles and intercede for the living. Cattle keepers and truck drivers create small altars throughout Argentina and leave bottles of water as votive offerings.

Thanksgiving plaques on a shrine at the Difunta Correa Sanctuary, Vallecito, San Juan, Argentina. La Difunta Correa is the most popular of Argentina's folk saints. She was a woman whose husband was forcibly recruited around the year 1840, during the Argentine civil wars. Becoming sick, he was then abandoned by partisans. In an attempt to reach her sick husband, Deolinda took her baby and followed the tracks of the partisans through the desert of San Juan Province. When her supplies ran out, she died. Her body was found days later by gauchos, however they found the baby still alive, feeding from the deceased woman's miraculously ever-full breast. Once the folk tale became known, her devout followers believe her to perform miracles and intercede for the living. Cattle keepers and truck drivers create small altars throughout Argentina and leave bottles of water as votive offerings.