Alps in winter, Alpe Devero, Piedmont Region, Italy, Europe

A family community, Argentine Esperanza base, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Alps in winter, Alpe Devero, Piedmont Region, Italy, Europe

Alps in winter, Alpe Devero, Piedmont Region, Italy, Europe

Ste lucie de Tallano, near Sarlene, Corsica, France

Near Ribiera Grande, Santo Antao, Cape Verde Islands, Africa

Kasbah bathed in storm light, Nkob, Morocco, North Africa, Africa

Gold Mining Ghost Town of Bodie, Bodie State Historic Park, California, USA

Women at their home in the foothills of the Himalayas at Pokhara in Nepal

Touareg tribesmen in the Sahara Desert in Burkina Faso, formerly Upper Volta

Women and children living in the foothills of the Himalayas at Pokhara in Nepal

Hardest hit was a 650 kilometers stretch of the somali coastline between garacad (mudung region) and xaafuun (bari region), which forms part of the puntland province near the horn of africa. The tsunami resulted in the death of some 300 people and extensive destruction of shelters, houses and water sources as well as fishing gear. The livelihoods of many people residing in towns and small villages along the somali indian ocean coastline, particularly in the northern regions, were devastated

Hardest hit was a 650 kilometers stretch of the somali coastline between garacad (mudung region) and xaafuun (bari region), which forms part of the puntland province near the horn of africa. The tsunami resulted in the death of some 300 people and extensive destruction of shelters, houses and water sources as well as fishing gear. The livelihoods of many people residing in towns and small villages along the somali indian ocean coastline, particularly in the northern regions, were devastated

A row of houses in Inverarish on the Isle of Raasay, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Boys standing on rock admiring desert landscape

Boys standing on rock admiring desert landscape

Boys sitting on rock admiring desert landscape

Needle cuttlefish, Sepia aculeata, front view at night, Dumaguete, Negros Island, Philippines.

Nudibranch, Atlantis house reef, Dumaguete, Negros Island, Philippines.

Nudibranch, Jorunna funebris, feeding on blue sponge, Haliclona sp., Monkey beach, Puerto Galera, Mindoro, Philippines.

Soft coral, Dendronephthya sp., Lapus Lapus Island marine park, Malapascua, Cebu, Philippines.

Reef octopus, Octopus cyanea, eye and siphon detail, Rongelap, Marshall Islands, Micronesia

Clark's anemonefish, Amphiprion clarkii, unusual color variant, male, Dauin, Negros, Philippines..

Common lionfish, Pterois volitans, blends in with a variety of soft corals and sponges, Cars, Dumaguete, Negros Island, Philippines.

Pink hydrocoral (lace coral), Stylaster sp., Namu atoll, Marshall Islands (N. Pacific).

Family of false clown anemone fish, Amphiprion ocellaris, seeking refuge in sea anemone, Masaplod, Dumaguete, Negros Island, Philippines.

Pleurobranch sidegill slug, Berthella martensi, mantle detail, Puerto Galera, Mindoro, Philippines.

Mandarinfish, Synchiropus splendidus, male, Malapascua, Cebu, Philippines, Visayan Sea.

Nudibranch, Chromodoris magnifica, Dumaguete, Negros Island, Philippines.

A gir Tzutujil dressed in traditional costume, San Juan de la Laguna, Solol√°, Guatemala.

Bluefin trevally, Caranx melampygus, Ailuk atoll, Marshall Islands, Pacific

Horseshoe clam, Hippopus hippopus, Rongelap, Marshall Islands, Micronesia

Saddled butterflyfish, Chaetodon ephippium, Namu atoll, Marshall Islands (N. Pacific).

Split image of Smallspotted dart, Trachinotus baillonii, swimming along the sandy shore at dusk, Rongelap, Marshall Islands, Micronesia

Shrine of El Maximon in Santiago De Atitlan, Guatemala. Maximon saint/devil is one of the strongest remnants of the Mayan faith

Ornate ghost pipefish, Solenostomus paradoxus, Dumaguete, Negros Island, Philippines.

Dorid nudibranch, Glossodoris averni, La Laguna, Puerto Galera, Mindoro, Philippines.

Broadband cuttlefish, Sepia latimanus, in sandy bottom, Gato Island, Cebu, Philippines.

Mushroom coral, Ctenactis sp., night, Dumaguete, Negros Island, Philippines.

False clown anemone fish, Amphiprion ocellaris, Dauin, Dumaguete, Negros, Philippines.

Polycerid nudibranch, Nembrotha cristata, external gill detail, Puerto Galera, Mindoro, Philippines..

Common lionfish, Pterois volitans, close-up, Sabang wreck, Puerto Galera, Mindoro, Philippines.

Red (Lace) coral, Distichopora violacea, feather stars, and juvenile gray reef shark, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos, Ailuk atoll, Marshall Islands, Pacific

Fluted giant clam, Tridacna squamosa, siphon detail, Namu atoll, Marshall Islands (Pacific).

Giant clam, Tridacna gigas, siphon detail, Rongelap, Marshall Islands, Micronesia

Pink anemone fish, Amphiprion periderion, on magnificent sea anemone, Heteractis magnifica, Dumaguete, Negros, Philippines.

Pair of wire coral gobies, Bryaninops yongei, on wire coral, Cirripathes anguina,Ailuk atoll, Marshall Islands, Pacific

Fan coral, Subergorgia sp., and diver silhouette against he sun, Namu atoll, Marshall Islands (N. Pacific).

Anemone fish, Amphiprion sp., Dumaguete, Negros Island, Philippines.

False clown anemone fish, Amphiprion ocellaris, Dauin, Dumaguete, Negros Island, Philippines.

Family of false clown anemone fish, Amphiprion ocellaris, seeking refuge in sea anemone, Dumaguete, Negros Island, Philippines.

Ascidian, Didemnum molle, oscule detail, Dauin, Negros, Philippines.

Family of false clown anemone fish, Amphiprion ocellaris, seeking refuge in sea anemone, Masaplod, Dumaguete, Negros Island, Philippines.

Reef wall covered with soft corals and gorgonians, mainly orange cup coral, Tubastrea faulkneri, Verde Island, Philippines.

Pair of false clown anemonefish, Amphiprion ocellaris, in anemone, Daiun, Negros, Philippines.

Cushion star, Culcita novaguineae, skin texture, Ailuk atoll, Marshall Islands, Pacific

Feather star, possibly Oxycomanthus bennetti, West Escarceo, Puerto Galera, Mindoro, Philippines.

Traditional roofing with sod. The village on the island Mykines, part of the Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic, Denmark, Northern Europe

Wooden arches and building of the recreated Tjodhilde Church in Greenland's Brattahlid, Eriksfjord area, part of a reconstruction of Erik the Red's settlement, Kujataa World Heritage Site, Qassiarsuk, Southern Greenland, Greenland

Stone and turf structure with wooden doorway at the recreated longhouse in Greenland's Brattahlid, Eriksfjord area, part of a reconstruction of Erik the Red's settlement, Kujataa World Heritage Site, Qassiarsuk, Southern Greenland, Greenland

Bangladesh, Chittagong Division, Rangamati, United Nations Mother and Child health clinic in Chakma community of remote area of Barkal Upazila.