Arles Amphitheatre, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Arles, Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France, Western Europe

Aerial of Little Lagoon, Denham, Shark Bay, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Aerial of the Hamelin Pool stromatolites, Shark Bay, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Aerial view of the Bungle Bungle, Purnululu National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Beach at Coral Bay, Ningaloo Reef, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Arles Amphitheatre, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Arles, Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France, Western Europe

Aerial view of the Bungle Bungle, Purnululu National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Aerial of Vlamingh Head Lighthouse, Ningaloo Reef, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

White sand beach at Turquoise Bay, Ningaloo Reef, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Aerial of the Hamelin Pool stromatolites, Shark Bay, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Aerial of the Ningaloo Reef, Coral Bay, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

View over Yardie Creek, Ningaloo Reef, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae), Ningaloo Reef, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Aerial of the Hamelin Pool stromatolites, Shark Bay, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Aerial of Shell Beach, Shark Bay, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Aerial of the Hamelin Pool stromatolites, Shark Bay, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Aerial of the Hamelin Pool stromatolites, Shark Bay, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

White sand beach at Turquoise Bay, Ningaloo Reef, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Aerial of Little Lagoon, Denham, Shark Bay, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

View over Yardie Creek, Ningaloo Reef, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

View over Yardie Creek, Ningaloo Reef, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Detail from the Kandariya Mahadev temple, Western Group, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh state, India, Asia

Detail from the Lakshmana Temple, Western Group, Khajuraho, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Madhya Pradesh state, India, Asia

Detail from the Lakshmana Temple, Western Group, Khajuraho, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Madhya Pradesh state, India, Asia

The beehive-like mounds, Purnululu National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Bungle Bungle Mountain Range, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Starbucks coffee shop, American influence, alongside Chinese street signs in Yu Garden Bazaar Market, Shanghai, China

Male Hill, 410m, overlooking western Kalahari desert, Tsodilo Hills rock art sites, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ngamiland, Botswana, Africa

Cruise ship at Gudvangen, Naeroyfjorden, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Western Fiordlands, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

A Bomb Dome, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Peace Park, Hiroshima city, Western Japan, Asia

Visvanatha (Visvanath) temple, Western group, Khajuraho, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Madhya Pradesh state, India, Asia

Kandariya Mahadev Temple, Western Group, Khajuraho, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Madhya Pradesh state, India, Asia

Detail of western entrance wall, Angkor Wat, Angkor, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

The Domes, Bungle Bungle, Purnululu National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Dry river and beehive-like mounds in the Purnululu National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Bungle Bungle mountain range, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Lone seagull, Helford, Helston, Cornwall, England, UK

Palm trees at approach to Echidna chasm, Purnululu National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Bungle Bungle, Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Tourists cross flood scoured rocks, past typical formations, Purnululu National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Bungle Bungle, Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Rocky amphitheatre with pool, at head of Cathedral Gorge, Purnululu National Park, UNESCO World Heritage site, Bungle Bungle, Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

View of worshippers at the Western Wall in Old City, Old City, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East

Western Wall and Dome of the Rock, Old City, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East

World Trade Center (WTC), Cosmo Tower, tallest tower in western Japan, on Sakishima Island, Osaka, Japan, Asia

Echidna Chasm Walk, Purnululu National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Bungle Bungle mountain range, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Snowmobiling in the western area of Yellowstone National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Montana, United States of America, North America

Road leading to the Purnululu National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Bungle Bungle mountain range, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Bungle Bungle, Purnululu National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

The idea of the interconnectedness of all things is central to the tribal way of looking at the world. practical knowledge of the environment, of crops and medicines, of hunting and fishing, is a byproduct of it. the makuna believe that human beings, animals, and all of nature are parts of the same one. animals and fish live in their own communities, which are just like human communities, with their chiefs, their shamans, their dance houses, their songs, and their material possessions. when human peoples dance in this world, the shaman invites the animal people to dance in theirs. if humans do not dance and shamans do not offer spirit food to the animal people, the animals will die out and there will be no more game left in the world. for the makuna the radical disjunction so characteristic of western thought between nature and culture, men and animals, dissolves. eastern colombia amazon, vaupes region, population: 600

Ladder leading down into a channel between the limestone karsts of the Grand Tsingy in Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, western Madagascar, Madagascar, Africa

View of suspension bride spanning the Grand Tsingy landscape of limestone karst in the Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, western Madagascar, Madagascar, Africa

View across the Grand Tsingy landscape of limestone karst in the Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, western Madagascar, Madagascar, Africa

View across the Grand Tsingy landscape of limestone karst in the Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, western Madagascar, Madagascar, Africa

Dead and dying Almond trees in Almond groves in Wasco in the Central Valley of California after the irrigation water ran out following the four year long drought in the Western USA. 80% of the world's almonds are grown in California, and it takes 1.1 gallons of water to grow each nut. Many farms have run out of water, and $2.2 Billion has been wiped off the agricultue sector annually. Currently one third of all children in California go to be hungry, as a direct result of job losses connected to the drought. 428,000 acres of farmland have been taken out of production as a result of the drought, in the Central Valley.

Almond groves being chopped down as there is no longer water available to irrigate them, in Wasco in the Central Valley of California following the four year long drought in the Western USA. 80% of the world's almonds are grown in California, and it takes 1.1 gallons of water to grow each nut. Many farms have run out of water, and $2.2 Billion has been wiped off the agricultue sector annually. Currently one third of all children in California go to be hungry, as a direct result of job losses connected to the drought. 428,000 acres of farmland have been taken out of production as a result of the drought, in the Central Valley.

Almond groves being chopped down as there is no longer water available to irrigate them, in Wasco in the Central Valley of California following the four year long drought in the Western USA. 80% of the world's almonds are grown in California, and it takes 1.1 gallons of water to grow each nut. Many farms have run out of water, and $2.2 Billion has been wiped off the agricultue sector annually. Currently one third of all children in California go to be hungry, as a direct result of job losses connected to the drought. 428,000 acres of farmland have been taken out of production as a result of the drought, in the Central Valley.

Almond groves in Wasco in the Central Valley of California that are vulnerable following the four year long drought in the Western USA. 80% of the world's almonds are grown in California, and it takes 1.1 gallons of water to grow each nut. Many farms have run out of water, and $2.2 Billion has been wiped off the agricultue sector annually. Currently one third of all children in California go to be hungry, as a direct result of job losses connected to the drought. 428,000 acres of farmland have been taken out of production as a result of the drought, in the Central Valley.

Almond groves being chopped down as there is no longer water available to irrigate them, in Wasco in the Central Valley of California following the four year long drought in the Western USA. 80% of the world's almonds are grown in California, and it takes 1.1 gallons of water to grow each nut. Many farms have run out of water, and $2.2 Billion has been wiped off the agricultue sector annually. Currently one third of all children in California go to be hungry, as a direct result of job losses connected to the drought. 428,000 acres of farmland have been taken out of production as a result of the drought, in the Central Valley.

View of suspension bride spanning the Grand Tsingy landscape of limestone karst in the Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, western Madagascar, Madagascar, Africa

Fish-eye lens view across the Grand Tsingy landscape of limestone karst in the Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, western Madagascar, Madagascar, Africa

View across the Grand Tsingy landscape of limestone karst in the Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, western Madagascar, Madagascar, Africa

Female red-fronted brown lemur (Eulemur fulvus rufus) in the Tsingy De Bemaraha National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, western Madagascar, Madagascar, Africa

View of the tourist hiking trail through the limestone karsts of the Grand Tsingy in Tsingy De Bemaraha National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, western Madagascar, Madagascar, Africa

A man climbing down into a channel between the limestone karsts of the Grand Tsingy in Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, western Madagascar, Madagascar, Africa

Whale shark. Growing over 17m in length, despite it is th largest fish of the world, scientists still do not know a lot about the Whale Shark, such as where they migrate to, why divers don't see the free swimming babies, etc. Here, a bunch of divers may be a bit too close to the 8m long shark. By regulations in Ningaloo, swimmers have to be 3 meter from the whale shark. Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia

A popular bartering gift in many areas of Africa is the pencil. It encourages education, is inexpensive in the western world and very useful in Africa. It also discourages children begging for money. Gikongoro, Rwanda, East Africa

The Slave House, Island of Goree, UNESCO World Heritage Site, near Dakar, Senegal, West Africa, Africa

Statue Commemorating the End of Slavery, Goree Island, near Dakar, Senegal

African Renaissance Monument, Dakar, Senegal. April 4, 2010. Sculptor, Pierre Goudiaby.

The Slave House, Island of Goree, UNESCO World Heritage Site, near Dakar, Senegal, West Africa, Africa

Baobabs near Andavadoaka, western Madagascar

Tourist, in Workshop of Fallow painter, Goree island, near Dakar, Senegal

Baobabs near Andavadoaka, western Madagascar

Largest Western Red Cedar Tree in the world, Thuja plicata, Olympic Nationalpark, Washington, USA

Wedding party in Peace Hotel, White wedding, Peace Hall, interior, bride with kids, banquet

Jeep at Fisherman's beach, western Great Keppel Island, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Queensland, Australia

Black Noddy Terns western Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Queensland, Australia

Heron Island Resort at night, western Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Queensland, Australia

Western Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla), adult, male, silverback, Africa

Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla), juvenile, captive, Florida, USA, North America

Honey bees (Apis mellifera), worker bees caring for the brood, larvae, circa 8 days

Mountain biker finding a tortoise, Goereme Valley, Cappadocia, Turkey

Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla), male, silverback, African species, captive, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla), portrait, African species, captive, Florida, USA

Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla), mother and baby, captive, African species, zoo animals, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Great Grey Owl (Strix nebulosa), Marlow Vogelpark bird park, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Europe

Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla), silver back and female, Virunga National Park, Congo, Africa

Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla), mother and baby resting, captive, African species, zoo animals, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla), male, silverback, African species, captive, Florida, USA

Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla), mother and baby resting, captive, African species, zoo animals, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Chalk cliffs and a forest of European Beech (Fagus sylvatica), UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site, lookout point called Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Sicht, Jasmund National Park, Ruegen, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Baltic Sea, Germany, Europe

Honey bees (Apis mellifera), worker bees caring for the brood, on brood cells, larvae, circa 8 days

Temple of Artemis, antique city of Ephesus, Efes, Turkey, Western Asia

Eurasian cranes (Grus grus) in flight, flock flying in a formation in the evening light, lake Guenzer See, Altenpleen, Western Pomerania Lagoon Area National Park, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Europe

Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla), male, silverback, African species, captive, Florida, USA

Balloon flight over the valley of Goereme, Cappadocia, Turkey, Western Asia

Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla), female grooming, African species, captive, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

European honey bee or western honey bee (Apis mellifera) on flowering marjoram (Origanum majorana), Germany, Europe

Honey bees (Apis mellifera var carnica), worker bees in panic formation on a comb with eggs

Common cranes (Grus grus) in flight, sunrise, Zingst peninsula, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Europe

Chinese woman using a bow and arrow at the Jiayuguan Fortress with two gatehouses at the western end of the Great Wall of China, Silk Road, Gansu, China, Asia

Honey bees (Apis mellifera), worker bees caring for the brood, on brood cells, larvae, circa 8 days, in honeycomb cells

Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla), baby sleeping on the belly of its mother, captive, African species, zoo animals, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe