Nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum), with boat in Hol Chan Marine Preserve, inside the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef, Belize

Adult humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) tail throw among feeding whales in Southeast Alaska, United States of America

Adult humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) tail throw among feeding whales in Southeast Alaska, United States of America

Adult brown bears (Ursus arctos) feeding on humpback whale carcass, Scidmore Cut, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska, United States of America

View of Reykjavik Junior College in the city centre on a sunny day in winter, Reykjavik, Iceland

A curious young polar bear (Ursus maritimus), approaches the ship on Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Two mother polar bears (Ursus maritimus) with cubs of the year watch a male bear feeding on a fin whale carcass in Svalbard, Norway

Young curious female polar bear (Ursus maritimus), on fast ice near Hinlopen Strait in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Adult black guillemot (Cepphus grylle) in summer plumage near Vigur Island in Isafjardardjup Bay, Iceland

Adult Eurasian Wigeon (Anas penelope) in breeding plumage on Lake Myvatn, Iceland

Adult black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys), in flight returning to nesting site on West Point Island, Falklands, South America

Whale bone on a beach, Baffin island, Nunavut, Canadian Arctic, Canada, North America

Views of Base Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Captive Galapagos giant tortoise (Geochelone elephantopus) at the Charles Darwin Research Station, Galapagos, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

Religious symbol of old Roman Missal with a wooden cross, France

Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) pup, called weaners once their mothers stop nursing, South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean

Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) mating behavior on South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean

Aerial drone view of particular ice textures formed in the Hoffelsjokull glacier following global warming, Iceland, Polar Regions

Beautiful interior and Islamic mosaic art, Al-Attarine Madrasa in the Medina of Fes, UNESCO, Morocco

Rana El Zein, Deputy Director at AFALULA, and White saxaul (Haloxylon persicum), Sharaan Nature Reserve, AlUla, Medina Province, Saudi Arabia

Craftsman at work in a workshop in Marrakesh, Morocco

Islamic Arts Museum, Royal Quran in Arabic dated 1871 from Malay Peninsula, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Religious Islamic text, The Quran, over 6000 verses in 114 chapters called Surahs, Tamil translation, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Religious Islamic text, The Quran, over 6000 verses in 114 capters called Surahs, paper and digital Quran, Vietnam

The Jaguar Temple at the Mesoamerican archaeological site of Lamanai (Submerged Crocodile), Belize

The Mask Temple at the Mesoamerican archaeological site of Lamanai (Submerged Crocodile), Belize

The Mask Temple at the Mesoamerican archaeological site of Lamanai (Submerged Crocodile), Belize

The Mask Temple at the Mesoamerican archaeological site of Lamanai (Submerged Crocodile), Belize

Aerial of Ouara, former capital of the Ouaddai Empire, Chad

Aerial of beautiful rock formations around Zouar, Tibesti Mountains, Chad

Aerial of beautiful rock formations around Zouar, Tibesti Mountains, Chad

Adult brown bear (Ursus arctos) skeletal remains on Chichagof Island, Alaska, United States of America

Adult brown bear pair (Ursus arctos) mock-fighting at Scidmore Cut in Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska, United States of America

View from Park Service platform where adult brown bears (Ursus arctos) forage for salmon, Katmai National Park, Alaska, United States of America

Adult polar bear (Ursus maritimus), on multi-year ice floes off the coast of Edgeoya, Svalbard, Norway

Adelie penguin losing down feathers on ice, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Image of Goddess Maat, Paintings and Relief, Tomb of Nefertari, QV66, Valley of the Queens, Ancient Thebes, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Luxor, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Typewriter in study, Hemingway House, Key West, Florida, United States of America, North America

Typewriter in study, Hemingway House, Key West, Florida, United States of America, North America

Book shelf, Grand People's Study House, Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), North Korea, Asia

Grand People's Study House, computer Intranet classroom, Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), North Korea, Asia

The study and desk where Sir Walter Scott wrote his novels, in the house built to his plan and where the writer lived from 1812 until his death 20 years later, Abbotsford House, near Melrose, Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Indian children at Rajyakaiya School in Narlai village, Rajasthan, Northern India

Schoolboys attending lessons at a school in Kathmandu, Nepal

Girls and women studying the Koran at the madrassa at the Jame'asr Hassanal Bolkiah Mosque in Brunei Darussalam

Indian girl reading aloud during English lesson at Rajyakaiya School in Narlai village, Rajasthan, Northern India

Indian children learning English at Rajyakaiya School in Narlai village, Rajasthan, Northern India

Indian children at Rajyakaiya School in Narlai village, Rajasthan, Northern India

Indian children learning English at Rajyakaiya School in Narlai village, Rajasthan, Northern India

Bamboo design at Bat Hall, the study at Prince Gong's Mansion, Hutongs Area, Beijing, China

Students of all female Gundi Pira Secondary School in earthquake area of Pattika, Pakistan

Students of all female Gundi Pira Secondary School in earthquake area of Pattika, Pakistan

Students of all-female Gundi Pira Secondary School in earthquake devastated area of Pattika, Pakistan

Students of all female Gundi Pira Secondary School in earthquake area of Pattika, Pakistan

Tourists on foot study Metropolitain subway map for the Paris Metro in Rue du Bac, Left Bank, Paris, France

Schoolboys at work during a Biology lesson at a school in Kathmandu, Nepal

Museum of Sacred Art, Lecce, Salento, Apulia, Italy

Printing Museum, Lecce, Salento, Apulia, Italy

Artifacts in Castelo de Silves Museum, Silves, Algrave, Portugal

Student of all-female Gundi Pira Secondary School in earthquake area of Pattika, Pakistan

Printing Museum, Lecce, Salento, Apulia, Italy

Students of all female Gundi Pira Secondary School in earthquake area of Pattika, Pakistan

A Buddhist monk studies scripture in his temple of Wat Damnak, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Student of the Koran studying at the Alcazhar Mosque in Cairo, Egypt

An 11-year old boy doing homework, Paris, France, Europe

Classroom at Ramaiah Institute of Management Studies, Bangaluru (Bangalore), Karnataka, India, Asia

Library with ancestor portraits in Diep Dong Nguyen House, built in the 19th century by a Chinese merchant, Hoi An, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Indian students at Delhi University in former Viceroy's Residence, New Delhi, India

Indian woman student at Delhi University in former Viceroy's Residence, India

Religious study, Brazzaville, Congo, Africa

Interior, desk top detail, new build residential home, near Jaipur, Rajasthan state, India, Asia

Bible study at a Protestant gathering, Lyon, Rhone, France, Europe

Trulshig rinpoche, blesses. Tulshig rinpoche blesses. Tulshig rimpoche s followers believe that he, like many other lamas, reassumes a human body after death in order to return to disciples. previous incarnation of tulshig rimpoche spent several years at dzarongpu monastery (highest monastery in world located at 16,500’ within sight of northern side of mt everest) served as of ngawong tenzin teachers. He promised to return in next life, so at tulshig s death ngawong tenzin norbu sought found reincarnation. current tulshig rimpoche then came to monastery studied with ngawong tenzin norbu. relationship between teacher student, in which a teacher returns to study from former student, maintains lineage over generations. Bhutan

India. Study and reading time, helped by sister bincy joseph.Mary Matha bala bhavan, a girls orphanage run by syro-malabar catholic missionary sisters of mary immaculate (msmi), chamal village, thamarassery diocese, khozikode, kerala. 2007

India. Study and reading time, helped by sister jane thennattil (director).Mary Matha bala bhavan, a girls orphanage run by syro-malabar catholic missionary sisters of mary immaculate (msmi), chamal village, thamarassery diocese, khozikode, kerala. 2007

On Friday 11th July 2014, the Young Ospreys that nest on Bassenthwaite in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria, UK, are ringed and fitted with a satelite tracker. they are ringed by Pete Davis, a licensed bird ringer, and the satelite tracker is fitred by Roy Dennis. Roy is theonly person in the UK, licensed to fit satelite trackers to birds of prey. The tracing is part of the Bassenthwaite Osprey project, to see whereabouts in Africa the young migrate to, before returning hopefully to the UK to nest.Ospreys recolonized the Lake district in 2001, after an absence ovf over 150 years. In the last fourteen years of breeding over half a million people have visited the project to view these spectacular fish eating birds.

On Friday 11th July 2014, the Young Ospreys that nest on Bassenthwaite in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria, UK, are ringed and fitted with a satelite tracker. they are ringed by Pete Davis, a licensed bird ringer, and the satelite tracker is fitred by Roy Dennis. Roy is theonly person in the UK, licensed to fit satelite trackers to birds of prey. The tracing is part of the Bassenthwaite Osprey project, to see whereabouts in Africa the young migrate to, before returning hopefully to the UK to nest.Ospreys recolonized the Lake district in 2001, after an absence ovf over 150 years. In the last fourteen years of breeding over half a million people have visited the project to view these spectacular fish eating birds.

On Friday 11th July 2014, the Young Ospreys that nest on Bassenthwaite in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria, UK, are ringed and fitted with a satelite tracker. they are ringed by Pete Davis, a licensed bird ringer, and the satelite tracker is fitred by Roy Dennis. Roy is theonly person in the UK, licensed to fit satelite trackers to birds of prey. The tracing is part of the Bassenthwaite Osprey project, to see whereabouts in Africa the young migrate to, before returning hopefully to the UK to nest.Ospreys recolonized the Lake district in 2001, after an absence ovf over 150 years. In the last fourteen years of breeding over half a million people have visited the project to view these spectacular fish eating birds.

On Friday 11th July 2014, the Young Ospreys that nest on Bassenthwaite in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria, UK, are ringed and fitted with a satelite tracker. they are ringed by Pete Davis, a licensed bird ringer, and the satelite tracker is fitred by Roy Dennis. Roy is theonly person in the UK, licensed to fit satelite trackers to birds of prey. The tracing is part of the Bassenthwaite Osprey project, to see whereabouts in Africa the young migrate to, before returning hopefully to the UK to nest.Ospreys recolonized the Lake district in 2001, after an absence ovf over 150 years. In the last fourteen years of breeding over half a million people have visited the project to view these spectacular fish eating birds.

India. Study and reading time. Mary matha bala bhavan, a girls orphanage run by syro-malabar catholic missionary sisters of mary immaculate (msmi), chamal village, thamarassery diocese, khozikode, kerala. 2007

The Deep, visitor attraction and study centre for marine life, architects Terry Farrell and Partners, River Humber, Hull, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

The Deep, visitor attraction and study centre for marine life, architects Terry Farrell and Partners, River Humber, Hull, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

India. Study and reading time. Mary matha bala bhavan, a girls orphanage run by syro-malabar catholic missionary sisters of mary immaculate (msmi), chamal village, thamarassery diocese, khozikode, kerala. 2007

India. Study and reading time. Mary matha bala bhavan, a girls orphanage run by syro-malabar catholic missionary sisters of mary immaculate (msmi), chamal village, thamarassery diocese, khozikode, kerala. 2007

Bulgaria bible study class at pokrov parish orthodox church, sofia. photo sean sprague 2004

Religion, bulgaria. Bible study class at pokrov parish orthodox church, sofia

Religion, bulgaria. Bible study class at pokrov parish orthodox church, sofia

The Deep, visitor attraction and study centre for marine life, architects Terry Farrell and Partners, River Humber, Hull, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

HONG KONG Holy Spirit Seminary and Study Center. photo by Sean Sprague

Melt water on the Greenland ice sheet which is melting at an unprecedented rate due to human-induced climate change, near Camp Victor north of Ilulissat, Greenland, Polar Regions

PHD scientist Ian Bartholomew's GPS equipment measuring the speed of the Russell Glacier near Kangerlussuaq Greenland, Polar Regions

A scientific experiment by scientists from Sydney University, in the Snowy mountains, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

A scientific experiment by scientists from Sydney University, in the Snowy Mountains, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

A scientific experiment by scientists from Sydney University, in the Snowy Mountains, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

A differential GPS being used in real time kinematic survey, to survey the extent of the Durham canyon flooding feature, County Durham, England, United Kingdom, Europe

PhD scientist Ian Bartholomew taking measurements as part of a study to measure the speed of the Russell Glacier near Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, Polar Regions

PHD scientist Ian Bartholomew using dye tracing techniques as part of a study to measure the speed of the Russell Glacier near Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, Polar Regions

A plane at Kangerlussuaq airport used to fly transect flights over the Greenland ice sheet to measure air pollution from forest fires in Siberia, Greenland, Polar Regions

An American Air Force plane after a resupply flight to the science base on the summit of the Greenland Ice sheet, Kangerlussuaq Airport, Greenland, Polar Regions

An American Air Force plane after a resupply flight to the science base on the summit of the Greenland Ice sheet, Kangerlussuaq Airport, Greenland, Polar Regions