Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta), Zimanga game reserve, South Africa, Africa

Straw sculpture of a humanoid figure in a forest, with arms outstretched amidst bare trees, Skipton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A pair of Upland Geese on Sea Lion Island in the Falkland Islands, South Atlantic (The female goose has a ruddy heads, the male has a white head).

Solar Funeral boat, thought to be at least 4000 years old, in its purpose built museum near the Pyramids, Giza, near Cairo, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Largest man made mound in Europe, purpose unknown, Silbury Hill, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Xavante race. race is really a race at, it’s a ceremony, an aesthetic event. Xavante nonplused by notions of winning losing. logs carried by team, representing oppositions that xavante believe go to make up universe. running of logs expresses dynamic tension between opposing principles. purpose of ceremonies to stress that these antithesis need tear world apart. Opposing be controlled to complement each other create equilibrium harmony. Brazil

Amahoro Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Kigali City, Rwanda. It is currently used mostly for football matches. Kigali, Rwanda, East Africa

Blackbanded Jack (Seriolina nigrofasciata) the same individuals as in 8350, showing their ability to blend skin colour changes for camouflage purpose. Red Sea.

A special-purpose-vehicle is cleaning the walls of the Glockenberg-tunnel. Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, germany

Typhoon eurofighter, German Airforce multi-purpose fighter plane in flight, airshow, ILA 2008, International Air Display, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Nose art of a Russian multi-purpose aircraft Antonov AN-2, Germany, Europe

Eurofighter Typhoon, German Airforce multi-purpose fighter jet in flight, airshow, ILA 2008, International Aviation Exhibition, Berlin, germany, Europe

Footprints in the sand, Kniepsand beach, Amrum Island, Nordfriesland, North Frisia, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

O2 World, multi-purpose event centre, Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Partial view of the new multi-purpose hall for up to 17, 000 spectators in Berlin, Germany, Europe

O2 World, a multi-purpose indoor arena for up to 17000 spectators, night scene, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Olympiaturm tower and Olympiahalle, a multi-purpose arena, at dawn, Munich, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Olympiaturm tower and Olympiahalle, a multi-purpose arena at dawn, Munich, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

O2 World, multi-purpose arena, Friedrichshain, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Porsche-Arena Stuttgart, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany

Multi-purpose hall Mercator-Halle, CityPalais, Duisburg, Ruhrgebiet region, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Groups of dancers and musicans are celebrating timkatTimkat cerimony of the ethiopian orthodox church, Timkat procession is entering the jan meda sports ground in Addis Ababa, where the three day cerimony takes place, Timkat is also the celebration of the baptism of Jesus, for this purpose sacred water is distributed, Africa, East Africa, Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Africa, East Africa, Ethiopia, Addis Ababa

Timkat cerimony of the ethiopian orthodox church, Timkat procession is entering the jan meda sports ground in Addis Ababa, where the three day cerimony takes place, Timkat is also the celebration of the baptism of Jesus, for this purpose sacred water is distributed, Africa, East Africa, Ethiopia, Addis Ababa

Priests with tabot on their head, Groups of dancers and musicans are celebrating timkatTimkat cerimony of the ethiopian orthodox church, Timkat procession is entering the jan meda sports ground in Addis Ababa, where the three day cerimony takes place, Timkat is also the celebration of the baptism of Jesus, for this purpose sacred water is distributed, Africa, East Africa, Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Africa, East Africa, Ethiopia, Addis Ababa

Illuminated Shelby Street Pedestrian Bridge at dusk, Nashville, Tennessee, USA

A look at the bump-like knobs known as tubercles on the top of the head of a Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae). Each protuberance contains at least one stiff hair. The purpose of these hairs is not known, though they may provide the whale with a sense of 'touch', Hawaii, United States of America

Pueblo church archway under stormy sky, Picuris Pueblo, New Mexico, United States

Jars with money saved for various purposes