Thousands of devotees converge to take a dip in the River Ganges at Navsamvatsar, a Hindu holiday during the Maha Kumbh Mela festival, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India, Asia

Thousands of devotees converge to take a dip in the River Ganges at Navsamvatsar, a Hindu holiday during the Maha Kumbh Mela festival, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India, Asia

Thousands of devotees converge to take a dip in the River Ganges at Navsamvatsar, a Hindu holiday during the Maha Kumbh Mela festival, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India, Asia

Magnificent tiered Kumbum, literally one hundred thousand images, of the Palcho Monastery, the largest chorten in Tibet, Gyantse, Tibet, China, Asia

Six thousand terracotta figures two thousand years old, Army of Terracotta Warriors, from the tomb of the First Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, Xian, Shaanxi Province, China, Asia

Climber makes a solo ascent of one of the thousands of classic outcrop climbs on the popular cliff of Stanage Edge, near Hathersage, Peak District, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

The Khan el Khalili bazaar, a maze of streets with thousands of vendors selling their wares, Cairo, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Forty five thousand young people in St. Peter's Square to pray with Pope Benedict XVI, European Meeting in Rome led by the Taize Community, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Thousands of devotees converge in Haridwar to take a dip in the river Ganges on the occasion of Navsamvatsar, a Hindu holiday taking place during the Maha Kumbh Mela festival, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India, Asia

Mid-Levels Escalator, used by thousands of workers every day to get to and from the higher levels to the office buildings of Central, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, China, Asia

Drawing a mandala in the Temple of the Thousand Buddhas, Dashang Kagyu Ling congregation, Toulon sur Arroux, Saone et Loire, France, Europe

For almost 60 years, about two thousand people from 28 different guilds (associations of faithful Catholics) come together on Good Friday to participate in this procession, carrying emblems, religious images concerning the Stations of the Cross, and dressed in the distinctive colors of their guilds, Each one of the ,??Guilds,?? carries an image with a picture of Jesus Christ,??s Stations of the Cross and of the mysteries of the Holy Rosary,

For almost 60 years, about two thousand people from 28 different guilds (associations of faithful Catholics) come together on Good Friday to participate in this procession, carrying emblems, religious images concerning the Stations of the Cross, and dressed in the distinctive colors of their guilds, Each one of the ,??Guilds,?? carries an image with a picture of Jesus Christ,??s Stations of the Cross and of the mysteries of the Holy Rosary,

For almost 60 years, about two thousand people from 28 different guilds (associations of faithful Catholics) come together on Good Friday to participate in this procession, carrying emblems, religious images concerning the Stations of the Cross, and dressed in the distinctive colors of their guilds, Each one of the ,??Guilds,?? carries an image with a picture of Jesus Christ,??s Stations of the Cross and of the mysteries of the Holy Rosary,

For almost 60 years, about two thousand people from 28 different guilds (associations of faithful Catholics) come together on Good Friday to participate in this procession, carrying emblems, religious images concerning the Stations of the Cross, and dressed in the distinctive colors of their guilds, Each one of the ,??Guilds,?? carries an image with a picture of Jesus Christ,??s Stations of the Cross and of the mysteries of the Holy Rosary,

Shop of thousand years egg at Danshui Street, Taipei, Taiwan

Longhua Temple, Longhua Temple and pagoda, oldest and largest buddhist temple in Shanghai, thousand-buddha-hall

Longhua Temple, Longhua Temple and pagoda, oldest and largest buddhist temple in Shanghai, thousand-buddha-hall

A park ranger climbs a ladder to enter the Balcony House cliff dwelling at Mesa Verde National Park, featuring cliff dwellings of ancestral Puebloans that are nearly a thousand years old, Cortez, Colorado, USA

Thousands of young women and man are throwing color powder in the air at the colorful Holi festival, Dresden, Saxony, Germany, Europe

Thousands of young women and man are raising their arms at the colorful Holi festival, Dresden, Saxony, Germany, Europe

A young woman walking through the city of Berat in Albania in the summer holidays, the city of a thousand windows

A tourist woman walking through the city of Berat in Albania, the city of a thousand windows

Several thousand motorcyclists in a motorcycle parade on the Nordschleife part of the Nuerburgring race track, begin of the motorcycle season with the motto "Anlassen", start, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Europe

Thousands of Buddhist monks listening to the teachings of the Dalai Lama, Leh, Jammu and Kashmir, India, Asia

A tourist woman walking through the city of Berat in Albania, the city of a thousand windows

Barre des Ecrins 4.102 m, Glacier Blanc, Provence-Alpes-Cote de Azur, Hautes-Alpes, France

A park ranger watches as visitors climb a ladder to enter the Balcony House cliff dwelling at Mesa Verde National Park, featuring cliff dwellings of ancestral Puebloans that are nearly a thousand years old, Cortez, Colorado, USA

Visitors tour the Spruce Tree House cliff dwelling at Mesa Verde National Park, featuring cliff dwellings of ancestral Puebloans that are nearly a thousand years old, Cortez, Colorado, USA

Crowd at the Los Angeles Coliseum site of the 1984 Olympics

Crowd at RFK Stadium in Washington , DC

Crowd at the Los Angeles Coliseum Site of the 1984 Olympics

Crowd at the Los Angeles Coliseum site of 1984 Olympics

Crowd at the Los Angeles Coliseum site of 1984 Olympics

Three participants of the UTMB are running in the hills of Chamonix. The famous peaks of the Mont Blanc range are in the background. The Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc (also referred to as UTMB) is a single-stage mountain ultramarathon. It takes place once a year in the Alps, across France, Italy and Switzerland. The distance is approximately 166 kilometres (103 mi), with a total elevation gain of around 9,600 m. It is widely regarded as one of the most difficult foot races in Europe. It's certainly one of the largest with over two thousand starters. The combined participation in all of the events is approaching 10 thousand runners. While the best runners complete the loop in slightly more than 20 hours, most runners take 30 to 45 hours to reach the finish line.

Masks and caricatures of politicians singing and dancing in the streets and enormous paper mache floats, surrounded by thousands of people, in the great celebration of the Carnival of Viareggio.

Masks and caricatures of politicians singing and dancing in the streets and enormous paper mache floats, surrounded by thousands of people, in the great celebration of the Carnival of Viareggio.

Masks and caricatures of politicians singing and dancing in the streets and enormous paper mache floats, surrounded by thousands of people, in the great celebration of the Carnival of Viareggio.

Crowds of boys and men, holding posters of Ahmad Shah Masood and Afghan president Hamid Karzai, line the roofs of buildings during a ceremony in the Panjshir Valley on the one year anniversary of Masoods assasination, September 9, 2002. Thousands of people from all over Afghanistan and the world, including many important dignitaries, arrived in the Panjshir Valley for ceremonies honoring Masood, a revered mujahedin leader who also was one of the leaders of the Northern Alliance which opposed the Taliban and helped the US Military in their defeat. Masood was assasinated by what are thought to be Al Queda operatives on Sept. 9, 2001. The shrine to honor this latest of Afghan war heros was built in the Panjshir Valley as that is from where Masood led much popular resistance against both the Soviets and the Taliban forces.

Tommy Caldwell and Beth Rodden keep warm in their sleeping bags at their bivy site while camping high on a ridge off of Longs Peak in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. The Diamond is a 2000 thousand foot rock face popular for rock climbing (see background).

Thousands attend the 2008 West Hollywood Costume Carnival.

Masks and caricatures of politicians singing and dancing in the streets and enormous paper mache floats, surrounded by thousands of people, in the great celebration of the Carnival of Viareggio.

Masks and caricatures of politicians singing and dancing in the streets and enormous paper mache floats, surrounded by thousands of people, in the great celebration of the Carnival of Viareggio.

Masks and caricatures of politicians singing and dancing in the streets and enormous paper mache floats, surrounded by thousands of people, in the great celebration of the Carnival of Viareggio.

A female hiker sitting on top of the Wannihorn in the Swiss Alps. In the background the four thousand meter peaks of the Weisshorn and Weissmies. This region of Wallis is a outdoor paradise for all climbers, hikers, mountainbikers, trailrunners and nature lovers.

Masks and caricatures of politicians singing and dancing in the streets and enormous paper machee floats, surrounded by thousands of people, in the great celebration of the Carnival of Viareggio.

NIGERIA Argungu Fishing Festival. Climax of festival when thousands of giwan ruwa fish confined in stretch of the Sokoto River are caught with hand held nets and calabashes.

CROATIA Istria Buzet CrBuzet Subotina festival/giant omelette preparation.The highlight of the Buzet Subotina festival held every September is the preparation of a giant truffle omelette using over two thousand eggs and ten kilos of truffles. The area around Buzet is one of Europes prime locations for finding the gourmet fungus Croatian cuisine