Hiker and dog on trail in front of traditional slate roofed house, Zermatt Alpine Resort, Valais, Switzerland, Europe

Hiker and dog on trail in front of traditional slate roofed house, Zermatt Alpine Resort, Valais, Switzerland, Europe

Statues of Ramses II and Queen Nefertari on front of the Temple of Hathor, built in honour of Queen Nefertari, Abu Simbel, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Nubia, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Tourists in front of the Temple of Re-Herakhte, built for Ramses II, also known as the Sun or Great Temple of Ramses II, Abu Simbel, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Nubia, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Illuminated fountains in front of the casino at Monte Carlo, Monaco, Europe

Guide on camel in front of the Step Pyramid of the pharaoh Zoser at Saqqara (Sakkara), UNESCO World Heritage Site, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Outdoor cafe in front of the Leslie Hotel, Ocean Drive, Art Deco District, Miami Beach, South Beach, Miami, Florida, United States of America, North America

Pilgrim's Rest, Drakensberg Mountains, South Africa

Cao Dai Great Temple, Tay Ninh, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Spring blossom and Himeji Castle (Himeji-jo), built in 1580, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Himeji, west Honshu, Japan, Asia

Hotel de Ville (City Hall), completed 1908, now houses Peoples Committee, Nguyen Hue Boulevard, downtown, Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon), Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Close-up, side view of a female nude statuewith gold headdress in front of the building, art nouveau period, Otto Wagner Villa No 26, Penzing, Vienna, Austria, Europe

Reconstructed Library of Celsus, archaeological site, Ephesus, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor

Lacandon Indian from Bonampak in front of Mayan stele, Mexico, North America

The Uffizi reflected in the Arno river, Florence, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Council houses, Paddington, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

The Colosseum, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Boy on camel in front of the great colonnade, Palmyra, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Syria, Middle East

Montane grasslands with cattle grazing in front of Bale Mountains, Southern Highlands, Ethiopia, Africa

French Quarter, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America, North America

Detail of Renaissance Thurzov dom (house) facade, dating from 1532, in town of Levoca, Presov Region, Spis, Slovakia, Europe

Family at front door of their rag shanty home, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India, Asia

Portrait of a person dressed in mask and costume posing in front of the Bridge of Sighs, Venice Carnival, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Portrait of a person dressed in mask and costume posing in front of the Bridge of Sighs, Venice Carnival, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Red and yellow lanterns in front of the standing statue of Kuan Yim, Kuan Yim temple, Penang Island, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Chartres Cathedral, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Chartres, Eure-et-Loir, France, Europe

Balconies on houses, Igl S Isid, Madrid, Spain, Europe

Temple 2 from the front, Mayan site, Tikal, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Guatemala, Central America

People relaxing in Church Square in front of the El Salvador church near the Balcon de Europa promenade, Nerja, Malaga, Andalucia (Andalusia), Spain, Europe

Jain priest and Jain temple, Amar Sagar, near Jaisalmer, Rajasthan state, India, Asia

Restaurant in front of half timbered houses in Bernkastel-Kues, Moselle valley, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Europe

Restored traditional Pol house, an all wood structure, with wood carved facade, some 300 to 400 years old, Ahmedabad, Gujarat state, India, Asia

Children of the semi-nomadic Aimaq people in front of summer yurts, Pal-Kotal-i-Guk, between Chakhcharan and Djam, Afghanistan, Asia

Town Hall, La Coruna, Galicia, Spain, Europe

Men reading in front of the Friday Mosque or Masjet-eJam, built in the year 1200 by the Ghorid Sultan Ghiyasyddin on the site of an earlier 10th century mosque, Herat, Herat Province, Afghanistan, Asia

Pilgrims in front of tomb of the 11th century Sufi poet Abdullah Ansari, courtyard, Sufi shrine of Gazargah, Herat, Herat Province, Afghanistan, Asia

Security guard in front of the 12th century Minaret of Jam, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ghor (Ghur, Ghowr) Province, Afghanistan, Asia

Little girl dressed for church, in front of hut, Uganda, East Africa, Africa

Hamer girls standing in front of house, wearing traditional goat skin dress decorated with cowie shells, Dombo village, Turmi, Lower Omo valley, Ethiopia, Africa

Jewish man in traditional clothes in front of the Hurva Synagogue arch, Old Walled City, Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East

Christian Church, Madaba, Jordan, Middle East

Horse and carriage in front of the Treasury (Al-Khazneh), Petra, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Wadi Musa (Mousa), Jordan, Middle East

St. Saba Church, red tile roofed town, Bcharre, Qadisha Valley, North Lebanon, Middle East

Local woman in front of her beehive house built of brick and mud, Srouj village, Syria, Middle East

Man on donkey in front of beehive houses built of brick and mud, Srouj village, Syria, Middle East

An anti-whaling sign in front of Falkland traditional wooden house, Sea Lion Islands, Falkland Islands, South America

Shrine guard in orange clothes holding lance standing by pool in front of the Golden Temple, Amritsar, Punjab, India, Asia

Sikh pilgrim with orange turban, white dress and dragger, reading prayer book, in front of the Golden Temple, Amritsar, Punjab state, India, Asia

Portrait of a geisha holding an ornate red umbrella in front of a line of red torii gates, Fushimi-Inari Taisha, Kyoto, Kansai Region, Honshu, Japan, Asia

Close up of two Orthodox priests holding a metal cross in front of St. John monastery during ceremony at Epiphany, Qasr el Yahud, Israel, Middle East

A statue of Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to climb Mount Everest, in front of the Hermitage Hotel and Aoraki (Mount Cook), 3755m, the highest peak in New Zealand, Te Wahipounamu UNESCO World Heritage Site, Aoraki (Mount Cook) National Park, Southern Alps, Mackenzie Country, South Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Front entrance and lawn of Muckross House built in 1843 in Victorian Tudor style by architect William Burn, Muckross Estate, Killarney National Park, County Kerry, Munster, Republic of Ireland, Europe

Buddhist monks in front of seated Buddha in Vatadage building, The Quadrangle, ancient city of Polonnaruwa, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sri Lanka, Asia

A Wedding Ceremony musical performance in front of the Floating Torii Gate at Itsukushima Shrine, founded in 593, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Miyajima Island, Hiroshima prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan, Asia

Piper playing, in front of Dunnotar Castle dating from the 14th century, near Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

A camel stands in front of the Pyramids of Giza, Cairo, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Maman a 21st century bronze sculpture of a spider, 9.25m high with a sac of 26 eggs, by Louis Bourgeois, in front of the Cathedral and Basilica of Notre Dame built between 1839 and 1885, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, North America

Hundreds of women gather in rows along river front, defying the cold, to welcome the rising sun god, Surya, Sun Worship Festival, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh state, India, Asia

Polish cyclists ride roadbikes (Bottecchia front) uphill on The Stelvio Pass (Passo dello Stelvio) (Stilfser Joch), in the Alps, Italy, Europe

Floozie in the Jacuzzi, nickname for the 1993 figure in Victoria Square in front of the Town Hall, Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Man jogging in front of Sydney harbour, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Favelas in front of Christ the Redeemer, Rio de Janiero, Brazil, South America

Police carrying American flags, St. Patricks Day celebrations in front of 5th Avenue, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States of America, North America

Police carrying American flags, St. Patricks Day celebrations in front of 5th Avenue, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States of America, North America

Koryak man, the native people of Kamchatka in front of a traditional tipi, Esso, Russia, Eurasia

Girl in front of the pool with waterfall at the Spa Botanica, Sentosa Resort and Spa in Singapore, Southeast Asia, Asia

Front of a Vietnamese house on the island of Phu Quoc, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Traffic at roundabout in front of the Museum of Islamic Art at night, Doha, Qatar, Middle East

Traffic at roundabout in front of Museum of Islamic Art with West Bay skyscrapers in background, Doha, Qatar, Middle East

Front of an old locomotive, Railway Museum, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Central Asia, Asia

Front of an old locomotive, Railway Museum, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Central Asia, Asia

Woman in front of an old temple transformed into an hotel, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Cakes and pastries in Fabbrica Taddeucci patisserie shop and cafe in Piazza San Michele, Lucca, Italy

Indian architecture of Dharbanga Ghat by the Ganges River in City of Varanasi, where new luxury Clarks Hotel is being built, India

Economic growth in India - new luxury international hotel, Hotel Kariya Ji, being constructed near Varanasi Airport, Benares, India

Ancient Tuscan architecture of hill town of Montalcino in Val D'Orcia, Tuscany, Italy

Il Duomo di Firenze, Cathedral of Florence, and campanile bell tower in Piazza di San Giovanni, Tuscany, Italy

Quaint lakeland cottage with studded front door and Welcome sign, at Troutbeck in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria, UK

The Old Swan Hotel and Public House in Minster Lovell in The Cotswolds, Oxfordshire, UK

Cakes and pastries in Fabbrica Taddeucci patisserie shop and cafe in Piazza San Michele, Lucca, Italy

Emma's Drommekjokken, famous Norwegian restaurant in the city of Tromso in the Arctic Circle in Northern Norway

Toucan bird and display of corks in front window of Treacy's Bar in Youghal, County Cork, Ireland

Graffiti on house with shop front for sale in Kilkee, County Clare, West of Ireland

Woman shopping in Grotta del Brunello wine shop in Costa di Piazza Garibaldi in old hill town of Montalcino, Val D'Orcia, Tuscany, Italy

Couple shopping at Brunello Di Montalcino wine shop in ancient hill town of Montalcino in Val D'Orcia, Tuscany, Italy

Ancient Tuscan architecture of podere farmhouse near Montalcino in Val D'Orcia, Tuscany, Italy

Elegant Georgian hotel front of Perryville House Hotel, Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland

Traditional maori ceremony in front of Marai meeting house, New Zealand

J'ODonovan shop front at Courtmacsherry, County Cork, Ireland

Elegant Georgian hotel front of Perryville House Hotel, Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland

Maori women dancing at tribal gathering in front of the Wharenui meeting house at the Marae in New Zealand

Quaint traditional thatched cottage in Minster Lovell in The Cotswolds, Oxfordshire, UK

Typical French house in Angles Sur L'Anglin in the Dordogne, France

Tourists by Il Duomo di Firenze, Cathedral of Florence, and the Baptistry in Piazza di San Giovanni, Tuscany, Italy

Well of griffins and lions, 16th Century, by Palazzo del Capitano del Popolo, in Piazza Grande in Montepulciano, Tuscany, Italy

Vineyards and Church of St Jean at Pomerol in the Bordeaux wine region of France

Le Manoir Aux Quat' Saisons luxury hotel founded by Raymond Blanc - the front entrance at Great Milton in Oxfordshire, UK

Grotto and statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Catholic tradition in front of house in Kilkee, County Clare, West of Ireland

Traditional French doorway in quaint town of Castelmoron d'Albret in Bordeaux region, Gironde, France

Grotta del Brunello wine shop in Costa di Piazza Garibaldi in old hill town of Montalcino, Val D'Orcia, Tuscany, Italy