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

Student 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 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

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

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

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

Printing Museum, Lecce, Salento, Apulia, Italy

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

Printing Museum, Lecce, Salento, Apulia, Italy

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

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

Hall of the Scribes and their Textual Legacy, Writing room, Museo Egizio (Egyptian Museum), Turin, Piedmont, Italy

Temple of Ellesyia, 18th Dynasty, Museo Egizio (Egyptian Museum), Turin, Piedmont, Italy

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

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

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

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

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

The library of the Palace of Mafra, Palace of Mafra, Mafra, Portugal, Europe

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

PHD scientist Ian Bartholomew's theodolite 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 using dye tracing techniques 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

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 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

The snout of the Eqip Sermia glacier at Camp Victor north of Ilulissat on Greenland's west coast, 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

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

Water temperatures being taken from the meltwater river at the snout of the Russell Glacier near Kangerlussuaq in 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

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

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

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

Solar panels used to generate electricity to power scientific equipment as part of a research project by scientists from Sydney University, in the Snowy Mountains, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Robert Simpson takes soil samples to measure the level of methanotropic bacteria during an 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 using dye tracing techniques as part of a study to measure the speed of the Russell Glacier near Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, Polar Regions

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

A thermometer taking the air temperature as part of a study to measure the speed of the Russell Glacier near Kangerlussuaq Greenland, Polar Regions

Turtle researchers from the NGO Pro Caguama study and capture the critically endangered Loggerhead Turtle (Caretta caretta) from the town of Puerto Lopez Mateos

An IDP camp (internally displaced people) in Amuru district of Northern Uganda has been created to accommodate the mass of Ugandan refugees fleeing the LRA (Lords Resistance Army) who are fighting the Ugandan government and its people. Inside one of the classrooms, the children are more interested in the camera than study. Amuru, Uganda, East Africa

Aerial shot of the research yacht, The Song of the Whale, being investigated by a Minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata), while one of the crew tries to get a closer look fro

Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) hatchlings being rescued from a damaged nest. Bird Island, Seychelles, Indian Ocean (RR)

New Zealand Whale and Dolphin Trust working with Hectors dolphins (Cephalorhynchus hectori) Akaroa, South Island: New Zealand.

Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) hatchlings being rescued from a damaged nest. Bird Island, Seychelles, Indian Ocean (RR)

Research vessel, Silurian, under sail with observers on the deck and up the mast. Hebrides, Scotland

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

Tourist on Bird Island working with resident warden to rescue Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) hatchlings from damaged nests. Seychelles, Indian Ocean (RR)

New Zealand Whale and Dolphin Trust working with Hector's dolphins (Cephalorhynchus hectori)

Research yacht, Song of the Whale, working offshore. Middle of North Atlantic

PHD scientist Ian Bartholomew using a theodolite to measure the speed of the Russell Glacier near Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, Polar Regions

PHD scientist Ian Bartholomew using a theodolite to measure the speed of the Russell Glacier near Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, Polar Regions

Whale biologists working from research yacht, Silurian, in the Hebrides, Scotland.

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

Robert Simpson conducts a scientific experiment by Sydney University, Australia, in the Snowy mountains, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

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

Solar panels used to generate electricity to power scientific equipment as part of a research project by scientists from Sydney University, in the Snowy Mountains, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Solar panels used to generate electricity to power scientific equipment as part of a research project by scientists from Sydney University, in the Snowy Mountains, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific