Buachaille Etive Beag and Buachaille Etive Mor, sentinels of Glen Etive, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Old traditional house in Tanjore, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia

Village set on granite hill, Monsanto, Castelo Branco, Beira Baixa, eastern area, Portugal, Europe

Roman temple of Baal-Shamine, dating from 23 AD, Palmyra, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Syria, Middle East

Harvey's Brewery shop on Cliffe High Street, with the Brewery behind, Lewes, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom, Europe

23/9 Park, Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Fountains in gardens, Cordoba, Andalucia (Andalusia), Spain, Europe

Cross Bath, Thermae Bath Spa, Bath, Avon, England, United Kingdom, Europe

The Malecon, Havana, Cuba, West Indies, Central America

Property of K.T.D.C. in Kumarakom, Kerala, India, Asia

Maras, Peninsula Valdes, Argentina, South America

23/9 Park, Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Royal Theatre Carre, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Europe

Port of Douarnenez, Finistere, Brittany, France, Europe

A traditional horse taxi carriage in Trinidad, Cuba, West Indies, Central America

Nyala (tragelaphus angasi) male, eastern cape, south africa

An Aboriginal child in a music festival in Cairns, Queensland, Australia, Pacific

Fiji paulini mateyawa, 23, qelena village, taveuni photo by sean sprague

Wild Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris), Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh, India, Asia

Fiji pio buisena, 23, with taro harvest, lavena village, taveuni photo by sean sprague

CAMBODIA Lib Kham (23) Ban Bung village, Stung Treng district

CAMBODIA Lib Kham (23) with her newborn baby, and cows, Ban Bung village, Stung Treng district

CAMBODIA Lib Kham (23) with her newborn baby, Ban Bung village, Stung Treng district

Fiji paulini mateyawa, 23, in kitchen, qelena village, taveuni photo by sean sprague

Women working at traditional basket. Most of the furniture in the houses are made out of natural element like sisal,wood or mud. Ethiopia

Humpback whale. Megaptera novaeangliae. Wilhelmina bay, antarctica

Giza, Cairo, Egypt. February 18, 2022. Man reclining on a camel with deocrated blanket and halter at the Great Pyramid complex in Giza.

Albion, Washington, USA. May 23, 2021. Red barns in wheat fields in the Palouse hills. Editorial Use Only

Luxor, Egypt. February 23, 2022. Shopkeeper watching TV in Luxor.

Abu Simbel, Aswan, Egypt. February 23, 2022. Caretaker holding a large key in the shape of an Ankh in the Great Temple of Ramesses II.

Abu Simbel, Aswan, Egypt. February 23, 2022. Caretaker holding a large key in the shape of an Ankh in the Great Temple of Ramesses II.

Abu Simbel, Aswan, Egypt. February 23, 2022. Caretaker holding a large key in the shape of an Ankh in the Great Temple of Ramesses II.

Abu Simbel, Aswan, Egypt. February 23, 2022. Small woven rug souvenirs at a tourist shop in Abu Simbel.

Abu Simbel, Aswan, Egypt. February 23, 2022. Carved mask souvenirs at a tourist shop in Abu Simbel.

Abu Simbel, Aswan, Egypt. February 23, 2022. Caretaker holding a large key in the shape of an Ankh in the Great Temple of Ramesses II.

Luxor, Egypt. February 23, 2022. Mannequins in traditional clothing at a store in Luxor.

Abu Simbel, Aswan, Egypt. February 23, 2022. Caretaker holding a large key in the shape of an Ankh in the Great Temple of Ramesses II.

Abu Simbel, Aswan, Egypt. February 23, 2022. Caretaker holding a large key in the shape of an Ankh in the Great Temple of Ramesses II.

Abu Simbel, Aswan, Egypt. February 23, 2022. Sunrise light on statues of Ptah, Amun, Ramesses II, and Ra in the Holiest of Holies in the Great Temple of Ramesses II.

Abu Simbel, Aswan, Egypt. February 23, 2022. Caretaker holding a large key in the shape of an Ankh in the Great Temple of Ramesses II.

Abu Simbel, Aswan, Egypt. February 23, 2022. Sunrise light on statues of Ptah, Amun, Ramesses II, and Ra in the Holiest of Holies in the Great Temple of Ramesses II.

Abu Simbel, Aswan, Egypt. February 23, 2022. Colorful basket souvenirs at a tourist shop in Abu Simbel.

Rocks inscribed with Chinese characters at Tianya-Haijiao Tourist Zone, Sanya, Hainan Island, China, Asia

Abu Simbel, Aswan, Egypt. February 23, 2022. Sunrise light on statues of Ptah, Amun, Ramesses II, and Ra in the Holiest of Holies in the Great Temple of Ramesses II.

Abu Simbel, Aswan, Egypt. February 23, 2022. Ceramic plate souvenirs at a tourist shop in Abu Simbel.

CAMBODIA Lib Kham (23) with her newborn baby, Ban Bung village, Stung Treng district

Abu Simbel, Aswan, Egypt. February 23, 2022. Colorful basket souvenirs at a tourist shop in Abu Simbel.

CAMBODIA Lum Thong Khan, 13, at home, Kamphun village, Stung Treng district. Feeding pig

Mangrove and forest destruction, Balikpapan Bay, East Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Abu Simbel, Aswan, Egypt. February 23, 2022. Sunrise light on statues of Ptah, Amun, Ramesses II, and Ra in the Holiest of Holies in the Great Temple of Ramesses II.

Abu Simbel, Aswan, Egypt. February 23, 2022. Sunrise light on statues of Ptah, Amun, Ramesses II, and Ra in the Holiest of Holies in the Great Temple of Ramesses II.

The village of Semonkong in Lesotho, Africa

Abu Simbel, Aswan, Egypt. February 23, 2022. Small woven rug souvenirs at a tourist shop in Abu Simbel.

Abu Simbel, Aswan, Egypt. February 23, 2022. Lights on the colossal statues of the Great Temple of Ramesses II in early morning.

King Penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus)

Dammastock, 3630m, Goescheneralp, Uri, Switzerland

Luxor, Egypt. February 23, 2022. Crocheted hand bag with a painted portait.

Thailand girl

Luxor, Egypt. February 23, 2022. Horse and buggy on a street in Luxor.

Luxor, Egypt. February 23, 2022. Baskets and spices for sale at a market in Luxor.

Abu Simbel, Aswan, Egypt. February 23, 2022. Gazebo along Lake Nasser at a hotel conference center in Abu Simbel.

Fountain outside City Hall, Hamilton, Bermuda, Central America

Luxor, Egypt. February 23, 2022. Colorful geometric mural on a building in Luxor.

Abu Simbel, Aswan, Egypt. February 23, 2022. The swimming pool at a hotel conference center in Abu Simbel.

Abu Simbel, Aswan, Egypt. February 23, 2022. Colorful basket souvenirs at a tourist shop in Abu Simbel.

Abu Simbel, Aswan, Egypt. February 23, 2022. Replica obelisk at a hotel conference center in Abu Simbel.

Abu Simbel, Aswan, Egypt. February 23, 2022. The swimming pool at a hotel conference center in Abu Simbel.

Tourist enjoying water rafting. Trisuli, Nepal. Trisuli, Nepal

Luxor, Egypt. February 23, 2022. Spices for sale at a shop in Luxor.

Luxor, Egypt. February 23, 2022. Tourist souvenirs for sale at a market in Luxor.

Abu Simbel, Aswan, Egypt. February 23, 2022. The swimming pool at a hotel conference center in Abu Simbel.

Luxor, Egypt. February 23, 2022. Tourist boat on the Nile River in Luxor.

Abu Simbel, Aswan, Egypt. February 23, 2022. The swimming pool at a hotel conference center in Abu Simbel.

Luxor, Egypt. February 23, 2022. Market selling herbs and spices in Luxor.

Luxor, Egypt. February 23, 2022. Mural of a hennaed hand in Luxor.

Luxor, Egypt. February 23, 2022. Tourist boat on the Nile River in Luxor.

Luxor, Egypt. February 23, 2022. Colorfully painted building in Luxor.

A human Inuit skull in a stone chambered cairn, an ancient grave at least 2000 years old, in Ilulissat in Greenland, Polar Regions

Traditional wooden herdsmen's huts with pine shingle roofs and Cattle (Bos taurus) standing near pond on 1600m high pastureland at Velika Planina plateau, Kamnik-Savinja Alps, Slovenia.

Burrow entrance of brown trapdoor spider (Arbanitis longipes) in embankment, Couchy Creek Nature Reserve, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Juvenile little red Flying-fox (Pteropus scapulatus) male approximately 23 weeks old in care, Hopkins Creek, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Split image of pristine coral reef and sky, Rongelap, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Pacific

Adult Southern Rockhopper Penguins (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome) in the Falkland Islands. This is the smallest yellow-crested, black-and-white penguin in the genus Eudyptes. It reaches a length of 45-58 cm (18-23 in) and typically weighs 2-3.4 kg (4.4-7.5 lb), although there are records of exceptionally large rockhoppers weighing 5 kg (11 lbs). Their common name refers to the fact that unlike many other penguins which negotiate obstacles by sliding on their bellies or by awkward climbing using their flipper-like wings as aid, Rockhoppers will try to jump over boulders and across cracks. This behavior is by no means unique to this species however - at least the other "crested" penguins of the genus Eudyptes hop around rocks too. Southern Rockhopper Penguins have a global population of roughly 1 million pairs, perhaps a bit more. About two-thirds of the global population belongs to E. c. chrysocome which breeds on the Falkland Islands and on islands off Argentina and southern Chile. The Southern Rockhopper Penguin is classified as Vulnerable species by the IUCN.

Bottlenose Dolphin, (Tursiops truncatus) leaping duo. Azores (RR)

Dead trees and vegetation waterside on a floodplane in a forest, along the Stampede Trail near Denali National Park, Alaskan Interior. Denali National Park, Alaska, USA

Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle) pair sitting in a drain pipe that they are nesting in, one bird is calling. Black Guillemots nest in drains and holes in the sea wall in the middle of Oban town centre. Argyll Scotland, UK

Bengal Tiger (Panthera Tigris Tigris) wild sub-adult male, critically endangered. Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, India.

Sawfish Pristis sp., member of the rays and sharks, Oceanopolis, Brest, Britanny, France, EU (rr)

Barentsburg, Svalbard, Norway

Cala Mitjana beach, Menorca, Spain

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) cow and calf, underwater, Tonga, South Pacific

Imperial shrimp (Periclimenes imperator) hitching ride on nudibranch (Chromodoris coi). Komodo, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean.

Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) lunge feeding at the surface. The whale is upside down to the visible part is the lower jaw upside down. Monterey Bay, California, USA

23/06/2008 Two local girls, traditional inuit dress, town center of Nikolskoye Village, Bearing Sea, Russia, Asia

Yachts. Classic Boats, Sailing River Dart, Dartmouth, Devon.

Polar Bear (Ursus Maritimus) and its mirroring in a meltwater pond. North Spitsbergen, Svalbard

Orca (Orcinus orca) swimming underwater. Water is very dark because the orca enter Norwegian fjords in middle of winter to feed on herring. Svolvaer, Norway (rr)

Minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata). Damage to dorsal fins is often used for photo-identification purposes but even simply the shape of a 'clean' fin such as this may be identifiable. Hebrides, Scotland

Whale-watchers leaning over a Minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata), which has stopped and is showing interest in them. Husavik, Iceland

Canadian Snow Goose Migration, Chen caerulescens, Canadian Snow Geese, Bosque del Apache, New Mexico