A mother polar bear (Ursus maritimus), and cub of the year feeding on a fin whale carcass in Holmabukta in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

New church in a poor area on the hillside around Santa Marta, department of Magdalena, Caribbean Region, Colombia, South America

Adult literacy class in Mitro, Benin, West Africa, Africa

View of Nobel Peace Center and museum, Oslo, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

western king wrasse (coris auricularis), male, dark pink colour with reddish-brown band running around boby and blue-green colouration over the head, wild, day, marine protected area, diving off Rottnest Island, reef edges, sand, seagrass, Western Australia, Indian Ocean. MORE INFO: social structure where dominant male, usually the biggest in the area, will have a harem of females. When the male dies or is absent for any length of time the largest female will change sex and dominate the group.