Painted rocks, Tafraoute, Morocco, North AfricaIn 1984 Belgian artist Jean Verame used 18 tonnes of paint and the help of a group of Moroccan firemen to paint the granite boulders in the anti-Atlas country west of Tafraoute

After a week of high tides, storm surges and storm force winds, the sea front promenade of Aberystwyth in Wales has been devastated, with millions of £'s of damage. The crsahing waves punched a large hole in the sea wall and has collapsed Aberystwyth's iconic, Victorian promenade shelter, which has stood for over 100 years. This picture was taken on Wednesday 8th January, 2014, the day the council started to try and clear the thousands of tonnes of beach rubble off the sea front road.

After a week of high tides, storm surges and storm force winds, the sea front promenade of Aberystwyth in Wales has been devastated, with millions of £'s of damage. The crsahing waves punched a large hole in the sea wall and has collapsed Aberystwyth's iconic, Victorian promenade shelter, which has stood for over 100 years. This picture was taken on Wednesday 8th January, 2014, the day the council started to try and clear the thousands of tonnes of beach rubble off the sea front road.

After a week of high tides, storm surges and storm force winds, the sea front promenade of Aberystwyth in Wales has been devastated, with millions of £'s of damage. The crsahing waves punched a large hole in the sea wall and has collapsed Aberystwyth's iconic, Victorian promenade shelter, which has stood for over 100 years. This picture was taken on Wednesday 8th January, 2014, the day the council started to try and clear the thousands of tonnes of beach rubble off the sea front road.

A woman having a footbath, in wooden barrel , with steam billowing. Horizontal. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

A woman having a footbath, in wooden barrel , with steam billowing. Horizontal. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

New blast furnace No. 8 producing 5600 tonnes of pig iron daily, ThyssenKrupp Steelworks, Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

One of four new blast furnaces which produce 11.5 million tonnes of pig iron annually, ThyssenKrupp Steelworks, Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

One of four new blast furnaces which produce 11.5 million tonnes of pig iron annually, ThyssenKrupp Steelworks, Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Buoy, fairway buoy, cone tonne, historic, green for starboard, Lifeboat Museum Dorus Rijkers, Den Helder, North Holland province, Netherlands, Netherlands, Europe

Aerial view of a Bowhead whale, (Balaena mysticetus), also known as Greenland right whales, can weigh from 75 to 100 tonnes, swimming in the shallow waters in Vrangel Bay of the Sea of Okhotsk, eastern Russia.

Technicians loading/unloading cargo/freight from the supply plane at Concordia. French;in blue) and Italian;in red) technicians help unload the Basler - Douglas DC3, which delivers scientific and/or technical equipment to the Concordia station several times a month during the summer. It takes a team of 6 to 20 people just 3 minutes to unload the 2 tonnes of cargo, reload the same amount of equipment into the plane and refuel the aircraft with kerosene. As soon as these operations are completed, the plane is ready to leave again. Concordia Antarctic Research Station, Dome C plateau, East Antarctica.

Aerial view of a Bowhead whale, (Balaena mysticetus), also known as Greenland right whales, can weigh from 75 to 100 tonnes, swimming in the shallow waters in Vrangel Bay of the Sea of Okhotsk, eastern Russia.