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A Somaliland soldier stands guard at the 5000 year-old cave paintings in Lass Geel caves, Somaliland, northern Somalia, Africa

Etchings on sandstone, 6000 years old, finest rock art in Africa, Twyfelfontein, Damaraland, Namibia, Africa

One thousand year old plane tree, trunk has circumference of 14 metres, Isagarada, Pelion, Greece, Europe

Cave temples, 1500 years old, carved in basalt cliff above Waghore River, Ajanta, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Maharashtra, India, Asia

Rock carvings between 2000 and 6000 years old on ice striations, Hjemmeluft UNESCO World Heritage Site, Alta, Finnmark, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Stonehenge, 5000 years old stone circle, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

The 400 year-old stone and mud brick house of the Lunpo Alchi (minister of Alchi village) towers above farmhouses topped with fodder, and sits below a latho (god place) marking the presence of a local god. Ladakh, India

Anuradha Koirala, proclaimed winner of CNN Hero of the Year 2010, warmly greeted upon her return. Tribhuwan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal. A woman whose group has rescued more than 12,000 women and girls from sex slavery has been named the 2010 CNN Hero of the Year. Anuradha Koirala was chosen by the public in an online poll that ran for eight weeks on CNN.com. ?Human trafficking is a crime, a heinous crime, a shame to humanity,? Koirala said after being introduced as one of the top 10 CNN Heroes of 2010. ?I ask everyone to join me to create a society free of trafficking. We need to do this for all our daughters

Anuradha Koirala holds up her CNN Hero of the Year 2010 award as she is warmly greeted upon her return. Tribhuwan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal. A woman whose group has rescued more than 12,000 women and girls from sex slavery has been named the 2010 CNN Hero of the Year. Anuradha Koirala was chosen by the public in an online poll that ran for eight weeks on CNN.com. ?Human trafficking is a crime, a heinous crime, a shame to humanity,? Koirala said after being introduced as one of the top 10 CNN Heroes of 2010. ?I ask everyone to join me to create a society free of trafficking. We need to do this for all our daughters

A painting of Bakula Rinpoche hangs behind his reincarnation, a six year old boy from Nurla, at Samkar Tashi Gatsal House. Ladakh, India

Vietnam yen mo tu commune primary school, ninh binh province. this is one of several schools in this region of northern vietnam where crs in cooperation with the local education authorities has implemented inclusive education practices, whereby children with mental or physical disabilities are integrated into the normal primary schools. crs provides special training for the teachers to help them. the image shows 13-year-old pham thi bich ngoc (in pink jacket) who suffers from cerebral palsy and is intergrated into a class of 11-year-olds. her teacher nguyen thi mund is seen here helping her with an alphabet exercise

El salvador family of teresa de jesus perez, 36, hiv+, left with three sons, one of whom, 8-year-old raphael, is also hiv+. they are supported by contra sida, san salvador. teresa supports herself and family by sewing blouses and dresses at home, shown here with sons raphael, who is hiv+ (on left) and jose, who is not infected

Vietnam yen mo tu commune primary school, ninh binh province. this is one of several schools in this region of northern vietnam where crs in cooperation with the local education authorities has implemented inclusive education practices, whereby children with mental or physical disabilities are integrated into the normal primary schools. crs provides special training for the teachers to help them. the image shows 13-year-old pham thi bich ngoc (in pink jacket) who suffers from cerebral palsy and is intergrated into a class of 11-year-olds. her teacher nguyen thi mund is seen here helping her with an alphabet exercise

Zambia 7-year-old constance mabo of chikwela village, chongwe, with her grandmother rita, in front of her house

The old whaling station at Grytviken on South Georgia. In its 58 years of operation, it handled 53,761 slaughtered whales, producing 455,000 tons of whale oil and 192,000 tons of whale meat.

The old whaling station at Grytviken on South Georgia. In its 58 years of operation, it handled 53,761 slaughtered whales, producing 455,000 tons of whale oil and 192,000 tons of whale meat.

An abandoned whaling boat with a harpoon on its bow at the old whaling station at Grytviken on South Georgia. In its 58 years of operation, it handled 53,761 slaughtered whales, producing 455,000 tons of whale oil and 192,000 tons of whale meat.

Vietnam yen mo tu commune primary school, ninh binh province. this is one of several schools in this region of northern vietnam where crs in cooperation with the local education authorities has implemented inclusive education practices, whereby children with mental or physical disabilities are integrated into the normal primary schools. crs provides special training for the teachers to help them. the image shows 13-year-old pham thi bich ngoc (in pink jacket) who suffers from cerebral palsy and is intergrated into a class of 11-year-olds. her teacher nguyen thi mund is seen here helping her with an alphabet exercise

Religion, ethiopia. 64-year-old meregeta zewde tadesi, a scribe who was trained in gondar, writing a prayer book, bilbala village, near lalibela. A detail of the master writing. He always squats on his haunches and writes on his knee, in the traditional style

An old wagon train at the Harmony Borax works in Death Valley which is the lowest, hottest, driest place in the USA, with an average annual rainfall of around 2 inches, some years it does not receive any rain at all.

A painting of Bakula Rinpoche hangs behind his reincarnation, a six year old boy from Nurla, at Samkar Tashi Gatsal House. Ladakh, India

An old wagon train at the Harmony Borax works in Death Valley which is the lowest, hottest, driest place in the USA, with an average annual rainfall of around 2 inches, some years it does not receive any rain at all.

Amur tiger. Panthera tigris altaica. Portrait of one year old tiger (called cotto) in snow. Zurich zoo, zurich, switzerland

An old wagon train at the Harmony Borax works in Death Valley which is the lowest, hottest, driest place in the USA, with an average annual rainfall of around 2 inches, some years it does not receive any rain at all.

UGANDA The work of Comboni Samaritans, Gulu. Visiting Atoo Alice, 48, who has AIDS and suffers from depression. She lives with her 52-year-old sister Ventorina Ayo who is her primary care giver, and with her husband Michael. Michael and Ventorina are very loving and slo look after Alice's two children, Geoffrey and Enice, both of whom are epileptic. They have taken on a huge committment, and are helped by the Combonis who bring supplioes and food. Ventorina washing and dressing Alice. PHOTO by Sean Sprague

Bangladesh 11, year, old homar ritchil doing his school homework, he is a member of the garo tribal minority, haluaghat, mymensingh region

Zambia kaunga mashi village, shangombo district (near the angolan border). Seed distribution project by catholic relief services. Faces of farmers waiting to receive free seeds to grow crops. This follows 2 years of serious famine in the region

Zambia 7-year-old constance mabo of chikwela village, chongwe, puting away dishes in her grandmothers kitchen

Henry VIII's Fort at Pendennis Castle, a fortress that has protected Cornwall from invasion for 450 years, Falmouth, UK.

Cathedral Gorge State Park, Nevada, The Great Basin, Usaone million year old sediments have been eroded into badlands-style ridges and gullies

France, Normandy, Manche (50), Mont Saintmichel, The Church, Model Scale Of A Boat 200 Years Old Offering

Amur tiger. Panthera altaica. Captive. Portrait of one year old tigern (called cotto) in snow,winter. Zoo zurich, zurich, switzerland

Cathedral Gorge State Park, Nevada, The Great Basin, Usaone million year old sediments have been eroded into badlands-style ridges and gullies

Two hundred year old mosque of Ba Sounou Sacko, Sekoro, old Segou, first capital of the Bambara kingdom, Mali, Africa

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

Mother brown bear (Ursus arctos) foraging for sockeye salmon with two year-old cub at the Brooks River in Katmai National Park near Bristol Bay, Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean

Minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) with an old wound in its dorsal fin now used to recognise this individual by biologists every year in the Hebridean waters. West coast, Scotland

Orca/ Killer whale (Orcinus orca) 'Luna' (L98) surfing in wake of Fisheries boat, 5-year old lone male in Nootka Sound, West Vancouver Island, Canada, North Pacific.

orca/ killer whale (Orcinus orca) 'Luna' (L98), 5-year old lone male interacting with Ingrid Visser (photo by T. Hardie) in Nootka Sound, West Vancouver Island, Canada, North Pacific.

Orca/ Killer whale (Orcinus orca) 'Luna' (L98) surfing in wake of Fisheries boat, 5-year old lone male in Nootka Sound, West Vancouver Island, Canada, North Pacific.

orca/ killer whale (Orcinus orca) 'Luna' (L98), 5-year old lone male interacting with Ed Thornburn in Nootka Sound, West Vancouver Island, Canada, North Pacific.

orca/ killer whale (Orcinus orca) 'Luna' (L98), 5-year old lone male interacting with people's feet in Nootka Sound, West Vancouver Island, Canada, North Pacific.

A curious brown bear (Ursus arctos) two year-old near the parking lot at the Brooks River in Katmai National Park near Bristol Bay, Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean

Tony Cooper a volunteer bird surveyor for the British Trust for Ornithology. Survey work undertaken over many years in the UK of birds has revealed birds reacting to climate change by changing range or starting to breed earlier.

Mother brown bear (Ursus arctos) foraging for sockeye salmon with two year-old cub at the Brooks River in Katmai National Park near Bristol Bay, Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean

A curious brown bear (Ursus arctos) two year-old near the parking lot at the Brooks River in Katmai National Park near Bristol Bay, Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean

Mother brown bear (Ursus arctos) foraging for sockeye salmon with two year-old cub at the Brooks River in Katmai National Park near Bristol Bay, Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean

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

Mother brown bear sow (Ursus arctos) feeding near her two year-old cub at the Brooks River in Katmai National Park near Bristol Bay, Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean

Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) on old pier. Shags use the old pier at Salen. Isle of Mull, throughout the year from which to forage in the Sound of Mull. Hebrides, Scotland

Mother brown bear (Ursus arctos) foragong for sockeye salmon with two year-old cub at the Brooks River in Katmai National Park near Bristol Bay, Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean.

orca/ killer whale (Orcinus orca) 'Luna' (L98), interacting with Fisheries boat, 5-year old lone male in Nootka Sound, West Vancouver Island, Canada, North Pacific.

Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) on old pier. Shags use the old pier at Salen. Isle of Mull, throughout the year from which to forage in the Sound of Mull. Hebrides, Scotland

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

Mother brown bear sow (Ursus arctos) mock fighting with her two-year old cub at the Brooks River in Katmai National Park near Bristol Bay, Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean

Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) on old pier. Shags use the old pier at Salen. Isle of Mull, throughout the year from which to forage in the Sound of Mull. Hebrides, Scotland

Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) on old pier. Shags use the old pier at Salen. Isle of Mull, throughout the year from which to forage in the Sound of Mull. Hebrides, Scotland

Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) on old pier. Shags use the old pier at Salen. Isle of Mull, throughout the year from which to forage in the Sound of Mull. Hebrides, Scotland

Mother brown bear sow (Ursus arctos) at the board walk with her two-year old cub at the Brooks River in Katmai National Park near Bristol Bay, Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean

Mother brown bear sow (Ursus arctos) mock fighting with her two-year old cub at the Brooks River in Katmai National Park near Bristol Bay, Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean

Mother brown bear sow (Ursus arctos) mock fighting with her two-year old cub at the Brooks River in Katmai National Park near Bristol Bay, Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean

Mother brown bear sow (Ursus arctos) feeding near her two year-old cub at the Brooks River in Katmai National Park near Bristol Bay, Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean

Female Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) with her one year old cup who want to play . Southeast of Nordaustlandet, Svalbard Archipelago, High Norwegian Arctic

Mother brown bear sow (Ursus arctos) mock fighting with her two-year old cub at the Brooks River in Katmai National Park near Bristol Bay, Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean

Mother brown bear (Ursus arctos) foraging for sockeye salmon with two year-old cub at the Brooks River in Katmai National Park near Bristol Bay, Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean

Mother brown bear sow (Ursus arctos) mock fighting with her two-year old cub at the Brooks River in Katmai National Park near Bristol Bay, Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean

Mother brown bear sow (Ursus arctos) mock fighting with her two-year old cub at the Brooks River in Katmai National Park near Bristol Bay, Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean