Starlings, Queensland, Australia. Avian Flu Bird Flu virus could spread to wild birds

California Sea-Lions rest on floating rafts at Pier 39, San Francisco, United States of America

Free-range goats, Cotswolds, United Kingdom.

Crocodile in muddy shallows of the Mossman River, Daintree, Australia

Female mute swan asleep on nest of moss and twigs, Donnington, Gloucestershire, The Cotswolds, England, United Kingdom

Young elephant seal, Sea Lion Island, Falklands Isles, South Atlantic

Soldiers carrying rifles on their shoulders marching in an Independence Day parade in Banjul, Gambia. One man stands head and shoulders above the rest. He is likely to be more than seven feet tall.

A young camel boy, wearing an arab scarf head-dress, left in charge of camels while the camel train stops for a break, is standing on one leg while resting the other one at Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Hikers taking a rest above the Skaftafellsjokull glacier, Skaftafellsa glacial river in the background, in Skaftafell National Park, south-east Iceland (Austurland), Iceland, Polar Regions

A Sherpa near Dingboche hauling gear to Everest Base Camp for the climbing expeditions stops for a quick rest, Khumbu Region, Nepal, Asia

A boy smiling as he takes a rest from pushing a pile of sugar cane on his bike, Uganda, Africa

Mountain bikers take a rest on an Enduro style single track trail in the Nepal Himalayas near the Langtang region, Nepal, Asia

A mountain biker takes a rest on an Enduro style single track trail in the Nepal Himalayas near the Langtang region, Nepal, Asia

Camel train at rest, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi

Young couple sitting on park bench in deep snow in Tromso, Norway

Small, medium and large, Irish horses and donkey in County Clare, West of Ireland

Quaint cottages and Friesian cows, Swinbrook, The Cotswolds, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Seagull perches on female sculpture in Jardin des Tuileries, Paris, France

Starling by San Francisco bay, California, United States of America

Tourists taking a lunch break on the pier sea defence wall at Ballyvaughan, County Clare, West Coast of Ireland

Spanish girl by fountain at Colexio de San Clemente de Pasantes in Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain

Chelsea Pensioners at Founder's Day Parade, London, United Kingdom.

Female hen pheasant perched on a fence, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom

Kestrel perched on a fence, Cotswolds, Oxfordshire, England

French dog on guard at cafe in historic town of St Jean de Cole, France

Elderly lady stops for a rest by Piazza Pio II after shopping in the market in Pienza, Tuscany, Italy

Wallaby sits on the rocks at Simpson's Gap, West Madonnell Mountain Range, Australia

Greater Black-Backed Gull by San Francisco bay, California, United States of America

Man sleeping beneath trees, Aquitaine, France, Europe

Old travellers rest stop, Damascus, Syria, Middle East

A CEREMONIAL GUARD TAKES A REST AT UNION BUILDINGS, PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA

Greater Black-Backed Gull by San Francisco bay, California, United States of America

Wallaby sits on the rocks at Simpson's Gap, West Madonnell Mountain Range, Australia

Greater Black-Backed Gull by San Francisco bay, California, United States of America

Small, medium and large, Irish horses and donkey in County Clare, West of Ireland

Horse riders taking a rest at Seljalandsfoss on the south coast of Iceland

French dog on guard at cafe in historic town of St Jean de Cole, France

Holidaymakers on lilos in pool looking across bay, Oia, Santorini (Thira), Greek Islands, Greece, Europe

Holidaymakers on lilos in pool looking across bay, Oia, Santorini (Thira), Greek Islands, Greece, Europe

Holidaymakers on lilos in pool looking across bay, Oia, Santorini (Thira), Greek Islands, Greece, Europe

Holidaymakers on lilos in pool and view across bay, Oia, Santorini (Thira), Greek Islands, Greece, Europe

Nepal. Ritual, sonam/boom. Lobsangs cremation. Humla. traveler reached of journey! In freedom of infinite he is free from sorrow, fetters that bound thrown away, burning fever of life is no more,oesays dharmapada. Lobsang having spent whole life preparing moment of death, finds liberation on february 14, 1986. Extensive ritual follows cremation-traditionally a forty nine period, sonam lama rattles damaru. A small ritual drum to have origin in - shamanism. damaru, used as a tantric device to summon gods ward evil spirits, once made from human skull bone dreid human skin as a reminder of impermanence of body. Boom lama blows a kangling, a human thigh-bone horn. kangling is used in exorcism is capable of gods demons. Traditionally, best bones a kangling come from brahmans, particularly sixteen-year- brahman girls-or from tigers. On makeshift altar rest chhome, votive lamps filled with butter, cups of water, grains, tormas, holy food made of barley meal decorated with medallions of butter offered to gods. Alone, boom lama continues prayers of deceased

Black hairstreak butterfly (satyrium pruni) adult at rest on blackthorn leaf, uk

A holly tree growing in a split rock, the only tree in the area, as the rest have been grazed out by sheep, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, a large shorebird roosting on a pole at Captiva Island, Florida, USA

Lobster moth (stauropus fagi) full grown larva at rest, oxfordshire, uk

Mont Blanc from the Aiguille Du Midi above Chamonix, France, with climbers on the Cosmiques Arete.

Southern Elephant Seal; Mirounga leonina, in Grytviken South Georgia, Antarctica, with an old whaling ship behind.

A massive bull, beach master Southern Elephant Seal; Mirounga leonina, at Jason Harbour, South Georgia, Antarctica.

Mont Blanc from the Aiguille Du Midi above Chamonix, France, with climbers on the Cosmiques Arete, climbing the ladder to access the cable car station.

Walrus. Odobenus rosmarus. Male/bull in summer. Round island, walrus island state game sanctuary, alaska, usa

Moose. Alces alces. Bull standing in tundra, in autumn. Denali n.p, alaska, usa

Lobster moth ( stauropus fagi) fully grown larva at rest on blackthorn leaf, oxfordshire, uk

Common darter dragonfly (sympetrum striolatum) male at rest on rock, oxfordshire, uk

Trabant car breaks through wall in mural Test the Rest by Birgit Kinder, Berlin Wall, East Side Gallery, Friedrichshain, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Climbers on a pinnalce on the Aiguille du Midi above Chamonix, France.

Climbers on the arete leading up from the Vallee Blanche to the Aiguille Du Midi above Chamonix, France.

A Light Mantled Albatross, or Light Mantled Sooty Albatross, Phoebetria palpebrata, on South Georgia, on nesting cliffs at Grytviken.

A Leopard Seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) hauled out on an iceberg in the Drygalski Fjord, Antarctic Peninsular,

Climbers on the arete leading up from the Vallee Blanche to the Aiguille Du Midi above Chamonix, France.

Large bull Southern Elephant Seal; Mirounga leonina, fighting at Gold Harbour, South Georgia, Antarctica, in a King Penguin colony.

Climbers on the arete leading up from the Vallee Blanche to the Aiguille Du Midi above Chamonix, France.

A Wandering Albatross; Diomedea exulans, the bird with the largest wing span on the planet, at around 11 feet 6 inches, nesting on Prion Island, South Georgia, Southern Ocean.

Southern Elephant Seals; Mirounga leonina, at Hannah Point, on livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands off the Antarctica Peninsular.

A massive bull, beach master Southern Elephant Seal; Mirounga leonina, at Jason Harbour, South Georgia, Antarctica, with tourists from an expedtion cruise ship.

A Wandering Albatross; Diomedea exulans, the bird with the largest wing span on the planet, at around 11 feet 6 inches, nesting on Prion Island, South Georgia, Southern Ocean.

Mont Blanc from the Aiguille Du Midi above Chamonix, France, with climbers on the Cosmiques Arete, climbing the ladder to access the cable car station.

Climbers on a pinnalce on the Aiguille du Midi above Chamonix, France.

Mont Blanc from the Aiguille Du Midi above Chamonix, France, with climbers on the Cosmiques Arete.

A Leopard Seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) hauled out on an iceberg in the Drygalski Fjord, Antarctic Peninsular.

A Light Mantled Albatross, or Light Mantled Sooty Albatross, Phoebetria palpebrata, on South Georgia, on nesting cliffs at Grytviken.

Atlantic Puffin, Fratercula arctica, on the Farne Islands, Northumberland, UK, with one with a beak full of Sand Eels.

A Brown Skua, Stercorarius antarcticus on the beach at Salisbury Plain, South Georgia, Southern Ocean.

Black hairstreak butterfly (satyrium pruni) adult at rest on twig, uk

A Light Mantled Albatross, or Light Mantled Sooty Albatross, Phoebetria palpebrata, on South Georgia, on nesting cliffs at Grytviken, calling to its mate.

Southern Elephant Seal; Mirounga leonina, on Prion Island, South Georgia, Antarctica.

A Leopard Seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) hauled out on floe ice in the Gerlache Strait,Antarctica

Lac Blanc on the Aiguille rouge above Chamonix, France.

Lobster moth (stauropus fagi) adult at rest on tree trunk, showing camouflage, oxfordshire, uk

Crabeater Seal, Lobodon carcinophaga on an iceberg in Paradise Bay, Antarctica.

Walrus, odobenus rosmarus. Males/ bulls lying on top of each other; summer; long white tusks

Southern Elephant Seal; Mirounga leonina, on Prion Island, South Georgia, Antarctica.

A Light Mantled Albatross, or Light Mantled Sooty Albatross, Phoebetria palpebrata, on South Georgia, on nesting cliffs at Grytviken.

Southern Elephant Seal; Mirounga leonina, on Prion Island, South Georgia, Antarctica, yawning,

A King Penguin sleeping in the world's second largest King Penguin colony on Salisbury Plain, South Georgia, Southern Ocean.

Crabeater Seal, Lobodon carcinophaga on an iceberg in Paradise Bay, Antarctica.

Common Seals, Phoca vitulina, on the Farne Islands, Northumberland, UK, with the Longstone lighthouse that Grace Darling performed her famous rescue from.

A juvenile Arctic Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus) on the coast in Northumberland, UK

Spanish moon moth (graellsia isabellae) adult male at rest on scotts pine, captive bred

Crabeater Seal, Lobodon carcinophaga on an iceberg in Paradise Bay, Antarctica.

Spain, Andaloucia, Costadelsol, Marbella, Rest Of The Moorish Alcazar (Castle) Ramparts

Blue-tailed damselfly (ischnura elegans) female at rest, oxfordshire, uk

A Southern Giant Petrel, Macronectes giganteus, on the beach at Gold Harbour, South Georgia, Southern Ocean.

Common darter dragonfly (sympetrum striolatum) male at rest on rock, oxfordshire, uk

King Penguins at Gold Harbour, South Georgia, with passengers from an expedition cruise.

Rock agama (agama agama) male in breeding colour, at rest on tree trunk, masai mara, kenya

California sealions (Zalophus californianus) large dominant bull growling at the rest of the rookery, Monterey, California, United States of America, North America

A holly tree growing in a split rock, the only tree in the area, as the rest have been grazed out by sheep, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Broad-bodied chaser dragonfly (libellula depressa) male at rest on reed stem, oxfordshire, uk

Walrus, odobenus rosmarus. Males/ bulls lying on top of each other; summer; long white tusks