Traditional Basque architecture in the Biskaia Basque region of Northern Spain

Drystone wall in disrepair on edge of woodland in Swinbrook in the Cotswolds, Oxfordshire, UK

Flood disaster as homes are surrounded by deep flood water at Towyn in North Wales in 1990, UK

Traditional Basque house for sale in the Biskaia Basque region of Northern Spain

Fire damaged building alongside newly cleaned facades near Place de la Bourse in old Bordeaux

Road sign used for target practice and shot with airgun pellets, North Cornwall

Buildings demolished in earthquake area of Azad Jammu Kashmir, in village of Pattika, Pakistan

Demolished buildings seen from helicopter in earthquake area of Azad Jammu Kashmir, Pakistan

Buildings demolished in earthquake area of Azad Jammu Kashmir, in village of Pattika, Pakistan

BMW car after a crash, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

BMW car after a crash, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Buildings demolished in earthquake area of Azad Jammu Kashmir, in village of Pattika, Pakistan

Demolished buildings seen from helicopter in earthquake area of Azad Jammu Kashmir, Pakistan

Young girl with arm in plaster bandage sits on a bed in a rural hospital supported by the Save the Children Fund charity in The Gambia, West Africa. A mosquito net hangs above.

Damaged car and buildings, January 2010 earthquake, Montana Estate, Port au Prince, Haiti, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Church ruins in North Creake, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom

Church ruins in North Creake, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom

Tree felled by Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) by Narew River close to Strekowa Gora village, Biebrza National Park, Poland, Europe

Nanmyin watchtower (the leaning tower of Ava), 27m high, damaged by 1838 earthquake, all that remains of the palace built by King Bagyidaw, ancient city of Inwa (Ava), Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Traditional Basque architecture in the Biskaia Basque region of Northern Spain

Flooded church and graveyard, United Kingdom

Traditional Basque architecture in the Biskaia Basque region of Northern Spain

Woman in front of a damaged car, January 2010 earthquake, downtown, Port au Prince, Haiti, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Traditional Basque architecture in the Biskaia Basque region of Northern Spain

War damaged apartment block, Sarajevo, Bosnia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Europe

Ruins of the church after the earthquake of 1968, Santa Margherita Belice, Sicily, Italy, Europe

Traditional Basque architecture in the Biskaia Basque region of Northern Spain

War damaged building, Sarajevo, Bosnia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Europe

Boats tethered to a stone bench in the flooded town of Towyn in North Wales, UK.

The A-Bomb Dome Memorial, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Hiroshima, Japan, Asia

War damaged building, Sarajevo, Bosnia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Europe

Kaiser Wilhelm Gedachtniskirche and new hexagonal Bell Tower, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Destroyed old house full of bullet holes in the former war zone of Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Europe

Hurricane damaged Anglican Church, St. Georges, Grenada, Windward Islands, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Port au Prince cathedral damaged by the 2010 earthquake, Port au Prince, Haiti, West Indies, Central America

Tram and war damaged buildings, Sarajevo, Bosnia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Europe

Bomb damaged buildings, Beirut, Lebanon, Middle East

Man selling cucumbers from wheel barrow in street near war damaged building, Central Kabul, Afghanistan, Asia

Scars of war on a house near Karlovac, Croatia, Europe

In mid January 2015, a three day period of excessive rain brought unprecedneted floods to the small poor African country of Malawi. It displaced nearly quarter of a million people, devastated 64,000 hectares of alnd, and killed several hundred people. This shot shows a food being ferried across a river near Phalombe after the bridge was washed away.

Juvenile clown anemonefish (Amphiprion ocellaris) in bleached sea anemone (Heteractis magnifica), Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

A Land Rover Discovery that slid into a wall in the snow on Kirkstone Pass above Ambleside in the Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Indonesia a kindergarten in banda aceh which lost many of children to tsunami, been rebuilt. schools director halimah anwar bustam (seen here in foreground) describes horrors suffered: area kids came from completely flattened by waves. On that fateful sunday children were in their homes, or many were already on beach having. So many died that morning. It devastating. Only we getting things back together, very grateful to helping with reconstruction of damaged building. staff give up a portion of their (already) salaries to sponsor poor children from outlying villages to come to school. structure includes offices staff, a library, prayer room wheelchair accessible classroom.__ Photograph taken in banda aceh, -december 2006, 2 years after tsunami of december 26th 2004 devasted much of coastal region. Taken to illustrate reconstruction work projects of (catholic relief services) of sponsored photo tour

A Second world War lookout post leaning alarmingly and about to tumble over the edge of the cliff near Aldbrough on Yorkshires East Coast, UK. The coast is composed of soft boulder clays, very vulnerable to coastal erosion. This section of coast has been eroding since Roman times, with many villages having disappeared into the sea, and is the fastest eroding coast in Europe. Climate change is speeding up the erosion, with sea level rise, increased stormy weather and increased heavy rainfall events, all playing their part.

A boat ripped off oits moorings and damaged by the extreme storm surge weather in December 2013 in Blakeney on the North Norfolk coast, UK.

The Remains of the Godwin battery on the beach at Kilnsea at the head of Spurn point on Yorkshires East Coast, UK. Initially constructed during the First World War, the Godwin Battery was added to during the Second World War. It comprised of gun emplacements, search light, barracks, officers’ mess, and a hospital. This section of coastline is the fastest eroding coastline in Europe. The soft boulder clay cliffs are easily eroded and have been eroding since Roman Times, but recently the climate change impacts of increased stormy weather, increased heavy rainfall events and sea level rise have accelerated the rate of erosion. The average rate of attrition is 1.5metres per year, last year it was 5 metres.

The Remains of the Godwin battery on the beach at Kilnsea at the head of Spurn point on Yorkshires East Coast, UK. Initially constructed during the First World War, the Godwin Battery was added to during the Second World War. It comprised of gun emplacements, search light, barracks, officers’ mess, and a hospital. This section of coastline is the fastest eroding coastline in Europe. The soft boulder clay cliffs are easily eroded and have been eroding since Roman Times, but recently the climate change impacts of increased stormy weather, increased heavy rainfall events and sea level rise have accelerated the rate of erosion. The average rate of attrition is 1.5metres per year, last year it was 5 metres.

Juvenile clown anemonefish (Amphiprion ocellaris) in bleached sea anemone (Heteractis magnifica), Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Juvenile clown anemonefish (Amphiprion ocellaris) in bleached sea anemone (Heteractis magnifica), Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

One of two mermaids in Inverarish of the Isle of Raasay, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Mingun Paya, Mingun, Mandalay district, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

One of two mermaids in Inverarish of the Isle of Raasay, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Bridge over the River Petteril destroyed in January 2005 when a severe storm hit Cumbria, Carlisle, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Car beneath fallen branches in January 2005 after a severe storm hit Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A car crash in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A bee with deformed wings as a result of attack by Varoa mites in a beehive in Cockermouth, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Tarmac ripped up by the power of the flood water in November 2009, Cockermouth, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Electrocution burn banding to wing of male black flying-fox (Pteropus alecto) on a power line fatality, Hopkins Creek, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Damaged left wing, specifically Plagiopatagium, of black flying-fox (Pteropus alecto) following barbed wire entanglement, Clothiers Creek, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Euthanased female grey headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) with self mutilation injuries, Midginbil, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Unviable damage to right wing of grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) following barbed wire entanglement, Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Male grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) with electrocution burns to both wrists and thumbs, Hopkins Creek, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Insect damage to sandpaper fig leaf (Ficus coronata), Couchy Creek Nature Reserve, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Wych elms (Ulmus glabra) killed by Dutch elm disease summer 2007, Scotland, UK

Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) recovers after having lost its shell to illegal poachers, Center for sea turtle protection, TAMAR project, Arembepe, Bahia, Brazil, South America

Damaged right wing, specifically Plagiopatagium, of male black flying-fox (Pteropus alecto) following barbed wire entanglement, Cudgen, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Unviable damage to right wing of grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) following barbed wire entanglement, Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Earthquake damage, Lorca, Andalucia, Spain, Europe

Aerial view of patch of destroyed rain forest, Amazonas, Brazil, South America

Aerial view of patch of destroyed rain forest, Amazonas, Brazil, South America

A BMW car crashed on its roof in the middle of a field after leaving the road at high speed on the A66 near Keswick, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A queen cell in a beehive infected and damaged by the Varoa mite, Cockermouth, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Snow covering the old barrel staves at Whalers Bay inside of the caldera at Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

Snow covering the ash and mud slides at Whalers Bay inside of the caldera at Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

California Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) with huge wound in San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja Peninsula, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Young California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) which has become entangled in a gill net on Los Islotes, Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Baja California Sur, Mexico

The Leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) is the second largest species of seal in the Antarctic

Adult female California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) at Los Islotes just outside of La Paz, Baja California Sur in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico

Manatee, tail damaged by boat propeller (Trichechus manatus). USA, Florida. (rr)

Detailed look at a healed wound on the side of an adult California Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) in San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja Peninsula, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Lamplugh Glacier in Glacier Bay National Park, southeast Alaska, USA

Adult female California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) which has become entangled in a gill net on Los Islotes, Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Baja California Sur, Mexico

Adult ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula) faking a broken wing in order to divert attention away from it's nest on the ground. Lovund, Norway in the Norwegian Sea.

The Leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) is the second largest species of seal in the Antarctic

Minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) with an old wound in its dorsal fin now used to recognise this individual by biologists every year in the Hebridean waters. West coast, Scotland

Common Bottlenose Dolphin, Tursiops truncatus, breaching right in front of the photographer. Note the scar above the right pectoral flipper which has been caused by the Remora. Costa Rica, Pacific Ocean.

Whale Shark with damaged pectotal fin and remoras, Rhincodon typus, Mahe, Seychelles, Indian Ocean

Fin whale (balaenoptera physalus) Gulf of California.A damaged and distinct fin whale fin.

Humpback whale (megaptera novaeangliae) A pilot whale with cookie cutter shark mark. Indonesia.

Wales Air Ambulance and crew loading a casualty into helicopter at Solva harbour, Solva, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK, Europe

Red Deer (Cervus elaphus) hind with 1st year Juvenile, juvenile has broken ear. Isle of Mull, Argyll, Scotland, UK

Wales Air Ambulance helicopter and crew carrying a casualty on a stretcher at Solva harbour, Solva, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK, Europe

South Wales Air Ambulance helicopter and crew carrying a casualty on a stretcher at Solva harbour, Solva, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK, Europe

Anchor damaged Coral (Antler Pocillopora Coral, Pocillopora sp.). Gorontalo, Sulaweis, Indonesia

A heavily scarred dorsal fin of a Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) tells of many encounters, some violent, with other dolphins in the Moray Firth, Scotland

A tagged Blue marlin gasps for air. The Marlin has damaged skin and eyes from being tagged and released a few too many times. Vava'u Tonga in the South Pacific

A beehive infected and damaged by the Varoa mite, Cockermouth, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Adult female California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) which has become entangled in a gill net on Los Islotes, Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Baja California Sur, Mexico

Wales Air Ambulance and crew loading a casualty into helicopter at Solva harbour, Solva, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK, Europe

Captive adult bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) at the raptor rehabilitation center just outside of Sitka, Southeast Alaska, USA