Ornamental guard on the last remaining intact Ming Dynasty city wall in China, Pingyao (Ping Yao), UNESCO World Heritage Site, Shanxi Province, China, Asia

One of the last remaining Chinese sailing junks on Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong, China, Asia

The last remaining cedars, Qadisha Valley (Ouadi Qadisha) (Holy Valley), UNESCO World Heritage Site, Lebanon, Middle East

One of the few remaining large cranes on the River Clyde at Clydebank, West Dumbartonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Last remaining cedar forest covering only a few hectares, Cedar Forest, Lebanon, Middle East

The last remaining forest of biblical cedars in Lebanon, Cedar Forest, Lebanon, Middle East

The last remaining forest of biblical cedars, Cedar Forest, Lebanon, Middle East

View from Kowloon of one of the last remaining Chinese sailing junks on Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong, China, Asia

One of the last remaining Chinese sailing junks on Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong, China, Asia

One of the last remaining Chinese sailing junks on Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong, China, Asia

Traetskae Pradmestse, the remaining pre-war buildings of Minsk, Belarus, Europe

The Legislative Council Building, one of Hong Kong's last remaining Colonial buildings, formerly the Supreme Court but now Hong Kong's Parliament, Statue Square, Central, Hong Kong, China, Asia

Traetskae Pradmestse, the remaining pre-war buildings of Minsk, Belarus, Europe

A Great Blue Heron fishes in a local pond in Clark, New Jersey. His reflection is seen in the water along with the warm colors of the remaining fall foliage.

Blair Castle, home to Europe's last remaining private army, the Atholl Highlanders, Blair Atholl, Perthshire, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

View of the Ratinger Tor, a customs gate built between 1811 and 1815 in the classicist style, the last built and only remaining city gate, Dusseldorf, North Rhine Westphalia, Germany, Europe

One of the few remaining standing statues of Stalin in public, Gori, his birthplace, Central Georgia, Central Asia, Asia

View of the Ratinger Tor, a customs gate built between 1811 and 1815 in the classicist style, the last built and only remaining city gate, Dusseldorf, North Rhine Westphalia, Germany, Europe

View of the Ratinger Tor, a customs gate built between 1811 and 1815 in the classicist style, the last built and only remaining city gate, Dusseldorf, North Rhine Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Gate Tower on the last remaining intact Ming Dynasty City wall in China, Pingyao City, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Shanxi Province, China, Asia

The seasons last remaining shore fast ice in Bellsund, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Single minaret remaining on a high plinth from Bahadur Shah's mosque built between 1526-36, Champaner, Gujarat, India, Asia

Walls and towers being the last remaining corner of the enormous abbey church built in Cluny in the 1100s, Cluny, Saone-et-Loire, Burgundy, France, Europe

The seasons last remaining shore fast ice in Bellsund, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

The last remaining Cedar forest, covering only a few hectares, Lebanon, Middle East

Painting by Russian artist Dimitry Vrubel of Brezhnev kissing Honecker at the remaining section of the Berlin Wall at the East Side Gallery, Friedrichshain, Berlin, Germany, Europe

One of the last remaining Inughuit subsistence hunters, Naimanngitsoq Kristiansen, stands on watch with his rifle for marine mammals at the ice edge, Greenland, Denmark, Polar Regions

Last remaining intact Ming Dynasty city wall in China, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Pingyao City, Shanxi Province, China, Asia

The 510 streetcar is one of eleven remaining streetcar routes in Toronto, Sadina Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, North America

Four of the six remaining minarets marking the corners of the long gone Madrassa built by the last Timurid ruler Sultan Husain Baiquara, within the Mousallah Complex of Gaur Shad's mausoleum, Herat, Afghanistan, Asia

One of the last remaining Inughuit subsistence hunters, Naimanngitsoq Kristiansen, stands on watch with his rifle for marine mammals at the ice edge, Greenland, Denmark, Polar Regions

The last remaining natural coastline in Kowloon, Lei Yue Mun, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China, Asia

Remaining Doric columns of the Temple of Aphaia, archaeological site, Aegina, Saronic Islands, Greek Islands, Greece, Europe

Remaining Doric columns, Samothrace, Ionian Islands, Greece, Europe

Remaining arches of the Cruciform Church, dating from between 476 and 491 AD, with the base of the pillar of St. Simeon the Stylite, Dead City region, northern Syria, Middle East

SYRIA Maalula, the last remaining village in Syria where Aramaic is still spoken. This is not part of Wadi al-Nasarah, being a 150 kilometers to the south, but is nevertheless interesting as the majority of the population are Christians, who enjoy the Convent and shrine of saint Tecla being in their midst

Verges, a small town in the Northeast of Catalonia (Spain), during Easter celebrates the Procession of Verges with skeletons dancing on the sound of a drum, Roman soldiers, known as the 'Manages', and a representation of the life and crucifixion of Jesus Christ. The Procession features the Dance of Death, a tradition from the Middle Age associated with epidemics and plagues and the only one remaining in Spain Ten skeletons dance to the beat of a drum to remember that no one is exempt of death. The backdrop of the medieval walls and towers of Verges is key to this macabre staging.

Verges, a small town in the Northeast of Catalonia (Spain), during Easter celebrates the Procession of Verges with skeletons dancing on the sound of a drum, Roman soldiers, known as the 'Manages', and a representation of the life and crucifixion of Jesus Christ. The Procession features the Dance of Death, a tradition from the Middle Age associated with epidemics and plagues and the only one remaining in Spain Ten skeletons dance to the beat of a drum to remember that no one is exempt of death. The backdrop of the medieval walls and towers of Verges is key to this macabre staging.

Verges, a small town in the Northeast of Catalonia (Spain), during Easter celebrates the Procession of Verges with skeletons dancing on the sound of a drum, Roman soldiers, known as the 'Manages', and a representation of the life and crucifixion of Jesus Christ. The Procession features the Dance of Death, a tradition from the Middle Age associated with epidemics and plagues and the only one remaining in Spain Ten skeletons dance to the beat of a drum to remember that no one is exempt of death. The backdrop of the medieval walls and towers of Verges is key to this macabre staging.

Verges, a small town in the Northeast of Catalonia (Spain), during Easter celebrates the Procession of Verges with skeletons dancing on the sound of a drum, Roman soldiers, known as the 'Manages', and a representation of the life and crucifixion of Jesus Christ. The Procession features the Dance of Death, a tradition from the Middle Age associated with epidemics and plagues and the only one remaining in Spain Ten skeletons dance to the beat of a drum to remember that no one is exempt of death. The backdrop of the medieval walls and towers of Verges is key to this macabre staging.

Verges, a small town in the Northeast of Catalonia (Spain), during Easter celebrates the Procession of Verges with skeletons dancing on the sound of a drum, Roman soldiers, known as the 'Manages', and a representation of the life and crucifixion of Jesus Christ. The Procession features the Dance of Death, a tradition from the Middle Age associated with epidemics and plagues and the only one remaining in Spain Ten skeletons dance to the beat of a drum to remember that no one is exempt of death. The backdrop of the medieval walls and towers of Verges is key to this macabre staging.

Verges, a small town in the Northeast of Catalonia (Spain), during Easter celebrates the Procession of Verges with skeletons dancing on the sound of a drum, Roman soldiers, known as the 'Manages', and a representation of the life and crucifixion of Jesus Christ. The Procession features the Dance of Death, a tradition from the Middle Age associated with epidemics and plagues and the only one remaining in Spain Ten skeletons dance to the beat of a drum to remember that no one is exempt of death. The backdrop of the medieval walls and towers of Verges is key to this macabre staging.

Verges, a small town in the Northeast of Catalonia (Spain), during Easter celebrates the Procession of Verges with skeletons dancing on the sound of a drum, Roman soldiers, known as the 'Manages', and a representation of the life and crucifixion of Jesus Christ. The Procession features the Dance of Death, a tradition from the Middle Age associated with epidemics and plagues and the only one remaining in Spain Ten skeletons dance to the beat of a drum to remember that no one is exempt of death. The backdrop of the medieval walls and towers of Verges is key to this macabre staging.

Verges, a small town in the Northeast of Catalonia (Spain), during Easter celebrates the Procession of Verges with skeletons dancing on the sound of a drum, Roman soldiers, known as the 'Manages', and a representation of the life and crucifixion of Jesus Christ. The Procession features the Dance of Death, a tradition from the Middle Age associated with epidemics and plagues and the only one remaining in Spain Ten skeletons dance to the beat of a drum to remember that no one is exempt of death. The backdrop of the medieval walls and towers of Verges is key to this macabre staging.

Verges, a small town in the Northeast of Catalonia (Spain), during Easter celebrates the Procession of Verges with skeletons dancing on the sound of a drum, Roman soldiers, known as the 'Manages', and a representation of the life and crucifixion of Jesus Christ. The Procession features the Dance of Death, a tradition from the Middle Age associated with epidemics and plagues and the only one remaining in Spain Ten skeletons dance to the beat of a drum to remember that no one is exempt of death. The backdrop of the medieval walls and towers of Verges is key to this macabre staging.

Verges, a small town in the Northeast of Catalonia (Spain), during Easter celebrates the Procession of Verges with skeletons dancing on the sound of a drum, Roman soldiers, known as the 'Manages', and a representation of the life and crucifixion of Jesus Christ. The Procession features the Dance of Death, a tradition from the Middle Age associated with epidemics and plagues and the only one remaining in Spain Ten skeletons dance to the beat of a drum to remember that no one is exempt of death. The backdrop of the medieval walls and towers of Verges is key to this macabre staging.

Verges, a small town in the Northeast of Catalonia (Spain), during Easter celebrates the Procession of Verges with skeletons dancing on the sound of a drum, Roman soldiers, known as the 'Manages', and a representation of the life and crucifixion of Jesus Christ. The Procession features the Dance of Death, a tradition from the Middle Age associated with epidemics and plagues and the only one remaining in Spain Ten skeletons dance to the beat of a drum to remember that no one is exempt of death. The backdrop of the medieval walls and towers of Verges is key to this macabre staging.

Exterior view of the Volgograd Panorama Museum and the Gerhardt Mill (one of the few remaining buildings from the Battle of Stalingrad in World War II), Volgograd, Volgograd District, Russia, Europe

Monument outside the Gerhardt Mill (one of the few remaining buildings from the Battle of Stalingrad in World War II), Volgograd, Volgograd District, Russia, Europe

Remaining rubble of Temple G and Temple E (back) at the ancient Greek archaeological site in Selinunte, Sicily, Italy

Scrap metal, recycling, dredger loading scrap metal

Scrap heap, scrap metal

Sand sculpture at the Sand Sculpture Festival, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Art and the Berlin Wall, crowds breaking through the Berlin Wall, painting on a remaining segment of the Berlin Wall, East Side Gallery, Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany, Europe

The Thur Bridge near Bischofszell is the oldest remaining stone arch bridge in Switzerland, dating back to the Middle Ages.

Monkey figures, symbols, Chinatown, San Francisco, California, USA, North America

Art and the Berlin Wall, crowds breaking through the Berlin Wall, painting on a remaining segment of the Berlin Wall, East Side Gallery, Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Art and the Berlin Wall, crowds breaking through the Berlin Wall, painting on a remaining segment of the Berlin Wall, East Side Gallery, Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany, Europe

The Thur Bridge near Bischofszell is the oldest remaining stone arch bridge in Switzerland, dating back to the Middle Ages.

One of the remaining 400 windmills from originally 2000, Oeland, Kalmar County, Sweden, Scandinavia, Europe

Overhead abstract of apple pie, empty plate with remaining crumbs and fork

Remaining west tower and side chapels of the historic Church of St. Mary in the historic city centre of Wismar, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Hanseatic League city of Wismar, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Europe

The remaining two of the three towers of the fortress of Arquata del Tronto, province of Ascoli Piceno, Marches, Italy, Europe

The remaining two of the three towers of the fortress of Arquata del Tronto, province of Ascoli Piceno, Marches, Italy, Europe

Onboard Shamrock V (JK3) during the Regates Royales in Cannes, France. Shamrock V was built in 1930 for Sir Thomas Lipton's fifth and last America's Cup challenge. Designed by Nicholson, she was the first British yacht to be built to the new J Class Rule and is the only remaining J to have been built in wood.

On a cold winter day a canoe decorated with Christmas lights floats on the last remaining open water on Lake Monona.

Germany, Berlin, Mitte, Brandenburg Gate or Brandenburger Tor in Pariser Platz leading to Unter den Linden and the Royal Palaces with the Quadriga of Victory on top. The only remaining of the original 18 gates in the Berlin Customs Wall.

Germany, Berlin, Mitte, sightseeing tourists at the Brandenburg Gate or Brandenburger Tor in Pariser Platz leading to Unter den Linden and the Royal Palaces with the Quadriga of Victory on top. The only remaining of the original 18 gates in the Berlin Customs Wall.

Germany, Berlin, Mitte, Brandenburg Gate or Brandenburger Tor in Pariser Platz leading to Unter den Linden and the Royal Palaces with the Quadriga of Victory on top. The only remaining of the original 18 gates in the Berlin Customs Wall.

Germany, Berlin, Mitte, Brandenburg Gate or Brandenburger Tor in Pariser Platz leading to Unter den Linden and the Royal Palaces with the Quadriga of Victory on top. The only remaining of the original 18 gates in the Berlin Customs Wall.

Germany, Berlin, Mitte, sightseeing tourists at the Brandenburg Gate or Brandenburger Tor in Pariser Platz leading to Unter den Linden and the Royal Palaces with the Quadriga of Victory on top. The only remaining of the original 18 gates in the Berlin Customs Wall.

Germany, Berlin, Mitte, Brandenburg Gate or Brandenburger Tor in Pariser Platz illuminated at night leading to Unter den Linden and the Royal Palaces with the Quadriga of Victory on top. The only remaining of the original 18 gates in the Berlin Customs Wall.

Germany, Berlin, Mitte, Brandenburg Gate or Brandenburger Tor and roadsign for Pariser Platz illuminated at night leading to Unter den Linden and the Royal Palaces with the Quadriga of Victory on top. The only remaining of the original 18 gates in the Berlin Customs Wall.

Germany, Berlin, Mitte, Brandenburg Gate or Brandenburger Tor in Pariser Platz leading to Unter den Linden and the Royal Palaces with the Quadriga of Victory on top. The only remaining of the original 18 gates in the Berlin Customs Wall.

Germany, Berlin, Mitte, sightseeing tourists at the Brandenburg Gate or Brandenburger Tor in Pariser Platz leading to Unter den Linden and the Royal Palaces with the Quadriga of Victory on top. The only remaining of the original 18 gates in the Berlin Customs Wall.

Germany, Berlin, Mitte, Brandenburg Gate or Brandenburger Tor seen between columns in Pariser Platz leading to Unter den Linden and the Royal Palaces with the Quadriga of Victory on top. The only remaining of the original 18 gates in the Berlin Customs Wall.

Two divers swimming along the remaining structure of a shipwreck.