Tenryu-ji temple garden bamboo grove with under-planting in summer, Arashiyama, Kyoto, Japan, Asia

Portrait of a giraffe in the Amakhala Game Reserve on the Eastern Cape, South Africa, Africa

Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardis), Uganda, Africa

Aspens in fall (Populus tremuloides), Grand Tetons National Park, Wyoming, United States of America, North America

The lush Cocora Valley, part of Los Nevados National Park, principal home for the country's national tree, Colombia, South America

Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis), Mkhaya Game Reserve, Swaziland, Africa

Reticulated giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata), Kalama Conservancy, Samburu, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Ottleys Plantation Inn, St. Kitts, St. Kitts and Nevis, Leeward Islands, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

A Maasai giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi) feeding on a tree, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Conifer plantation in Plymbridge Woods, Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Conifer plantation in Plymbridge Woods, Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Soldiers carrying rifles on their shoulders marching in an Independence Day parade in Banjul, Gambia. One man stands head and shoulders above the rest. He is likely to be more than seven feet tall.