A priest stands at the entrance to the rock-hewn church of Bet Gabriel-Rufael, in Lalibela, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ethiopia, Africa

A priest stands at the entrance to the rock-hewn church of Bet Gabriel-Rufael, in Lalibela, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ethiopia, Africa

Walker looks out over the Edale Valley from Ringing Roger rock formation in winter, Kinder Scout, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Walker looks out over Grindslow Knoll and the Edale Valley from Ringing Roger rock formation in winter, Kinder Scout, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Mayor Santa Maria La Coronada church, Medina Sidonia, Cadiz province, Andalucia, Spain, Europe

Woman ringing bell, Manakamana Temple, Manakamana, Gorkha District, Gandaki, Nepal, Asia

Grindslow Knoll and the Edale Valley from Ringing Roger rock formation in winter, Kinder Scout, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Meal call in Zen temple, Larzac, Dordogne, France, Europe

Bell call, Klosterneuburg, Austria, Europe

The Edale Valley from Ringing Roger rock formation in winter, Kinder Scout, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Woman ringing the Mingun Bell, cast between 1808 and 1810 for King Bodawpaya, at 90 tons the second largest ringing bell in the world, Mingun, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Church bell tower, Fiskardo, Kefalonia (Cephalonia), Greece, Europe

Monks pulling ropes of big bell, Chion in temple, eastern hills, Higashiyama, Kyoto, Japan, Asia

Buddist monk ringing the Huating Temple gong, China

Buddhist bell and devotee, Bagan (Pagan), Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Buddhist monk ringing prayer bell, Trongsa Dzong, Trongsa, Bhutan, Asia

Ho Phap Buddhist temple, monk ringing bell in monastery, Vung Tau, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Bell ringing, United Kingdom, Europe

A close-up of an ornate metal bell decorated with dragon-like creatures and suspended in an arch by two metal chains decorated with lizards in Patan, Nepal.

Linh An Buddhist pagoda, young monk ringing bell in monastery, Dalat, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Buddhist worshipper rings bell, Phuoc Thanh Buddhist pagoda, Cai Be, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Crowds at the annual cable car bell ringing contest, in Union Square in downtown San Francisco, California, United States of America, North America

Mingun Bell weighing 90 tons, the largest ringing bell in the world today, Mingun, Sagaing Division, Republic of the Union of Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Interior of Shiva temple, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Middle East

Alan Myatt, Town Crier, Camden, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

On Friday 11th July 2014, the Young Ospreys that nest on Bassenthwaite in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria, UK, are ringed and fitted with a satelite tracker. they are ringed by Pete Davis, a licensed bird ringer, and the satelite tracker is fitred by Roy Dennis. Roy is theonly person in the UK, licensed to fit satelite trackers to birds of prey. The tracing is part of the Bassenthwaite Osprey project, to see whereabouts in Africa the young migrate to, before returning hopefully to the UK to nest.Ospreys recolonized the Lake district in 2001, after an absence ovf over 150 years. In the last fourteen years of breeding over half a million people have visited the project to view these spectacular fish eating birds.

On Friday 11th July 2014, the Young Ospreys that nest on Bassenthwaite in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria, UK, are ringed and fitted with a satelite tracker. they are ringed by Pete Davis, a licensed bird ringer, and the satelite tracker is fitred by Roy Dennis. Roy is theonly person in the UK, licensed to fit satelite trackers to birds of prey. The tracing is part of the Bassenthwaite Osprey project, to see whereabouts in Africa the young migrate to, before returning hopefully to the UK to nest.Ospreys recolonized the Lake district in 2001, after an absence ovf over 150 years. In the last fourteen years of breeding over half a million people have visited the project to view these spectacular fish eating birds.

On Friday 11th July 2014, the Young Ospreys that nest on Bassenthwaite in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria, UK, are ringed and fitted with a satelite tracker. they are ringed by Pete Davis, a licensed bird ringer, and the satelite tracker is fitred by Roy Dennis. Roy is theonly person in the UK, licensed to fit satelite trackers to birds of prey. The tracing is part of the Bassenthwaite Osprey project, to see whereabouts in Africa the young migrate to, before returning hopefully to the UK to nest.Ospreys recolonized the Lake district in 2001, after an absence ovf over 150 years. In the last fourteen years of breeding over half a million people have visited the project to view these spectacular fish eating birds.

On Friday 11th July 2014, the Young Ospreys that nest on Bassenthwaite in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria, UK, are ringed and fitted with a satelite tracker. they are ringed by Pete Davis, a licensed bird ringer, and the satelite tracker is fitred by Roy Dennis. Roy is theonly person in the UK, licensed to fit satelite trackers to birds of prey. The tracing is part of the Bassenthwaite Osprey project, to see whereabouts in Africa the young migrate to, before returning hopefully to the UK to nest.Ospreys recolonized the Lake district in 2001, after an absence ovf over 150 years. In the last fourteen years of breeding over half a million people have visited the project to view these spectacular fish eating birds.

Alan Myatt, Town Crier, Camden, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Dilbu ringing, humla. is transient. When sees this, he is above sorrow. This is clear path, says buddha. Nepal

Alan Myatt, Town Crier, Camden, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) ringing bell in captivity at Napier Marine Land, Napier, New Zealand, South Pacific

Mixed Race cashier ringing up groceries

Cashier ringing up groceries

Female employee ringing a customer up at the cash register

Altar boy ringing the bells in the Iglesia la Merced of Granada in Nicaragua Central America. Back cathedral of Granada Nicaragua

Volunteers at dawn at the Laguna de Fuente de Piedra, waiting for the start of the immature Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) capture event in order to ring them, Malaga province, Andalusia, Spain, Europe

Young buddhist monk ringing the bell, Wat Sirimungkhun, Luang Prabang, Laos, Southeast Asia

Medieval bell in Domgarten Riga Latvia

Father Christmas captures the city, Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe

Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus), tended back to health, being banded and released back into freedom, Roesrath, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Bell ringer ringing the bells at the bell tower of the chapel Ermita Reina de los Angeles, at sunset, Alajar, Huelva, Spain, Europe

Female tourist ringing the bell of a japanese shrine, Kyoto japan

Mission Bell, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Still life of Liberty Bell