Black-Legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) adult and chick on the nest, Iceland, Polar Regions

Adult gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) feeding chick at Jougla Point, Wiencke Island, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Adult black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophris) feeding chick in the New Island Nature Reserve, Falkland Islands, South America

Crab-eating macaque (Macaca fascicularis) mother with baby, Monkey Forest, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Gentoo penguin feeding large chick, Gourdin Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Elephants (Loxodonta africana), Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa

African elephants (Loxodonta africana), Okavango delta, Botswana, Africa

Elephant (Loxodonta africana) calf, Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa

Intensive care, maternity, Korlebu Hospital, Accra, Ghana, West Africa, Africa

Elderly peoples' home, Chedde, Haute Savoie, France, Europe

Bluetit bird feeding hungry young nestling in a garden bird box, The Cotswolds, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Traditional snow scene with Toyota pick-up truck in The Cotswolds, Swinbrook, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Traditional snow scene in a typical Cotswolds village, Swinbrook, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Female mute swan, Cygnus olor, and her cygnet in Southrop in the Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, UK

Indian Langur monkeys, Presbytis entellus, female and baby feeding in Ranthambore National Park, Rajasthan, India

Red-Legged Partridge newborn chicks (French Partridge) Alectoris rufa, The Cotswolds, UK

Rock climbing, free climbing on Black Crag, in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria, UK

Female Mallard duck, Anas platyrhynchos, with young ducklings in a stream in The Cotswolds, UK

Red-Legged Partridge hen (French Partridge) Alectoris rufa, with newborn chicks, one under wing, The Cotswolds, UK

Indian children being bathed with water from a tap in the street by their mother in Agra, India

Mare and foal horses in Vallee d'Ossau near Laruns in Parc National des Pyrenees Occident, France

Indian Langur monkeys, Presbytis entellus, female and baby feeding in Ranthambore National Park, Rajasthan, India

Female mute swan, Cygnus olor, and her cygnet in Southrop in the Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, UK

Indian Langur monkeys, Presbytis entellus, female and baby in Ranthambore National Park, Rajasthan, India

Lone walker in traditional snow scene in The Cotswolds, Swinbrook, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Female mute swan, Cygnus olor, and her cygnet in Southrop in the Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, UK

Indian Langur monkeys, Presbytis entellus, female and baby in Ranthambore National Park, Rajasthan, India

Connemara pony mare with foal suckling in buttercup meadow, Connemara, County Galway, Ireland

Female Mallard duck, Anas platyrhynchos, with young ducklings in a stream in The Cotswolds, UK

Traditional robes worn by residents at Britain's oldest charitable institution The Hospital Of St Cross founded in 1100's, Winchester, UK

Lone walker in traditional snow scene in The Cotswolds, Swinbrook, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Female Mallard duck, Anas platyrhynchos, with young ducklings in a stream in The Cotswolds, UK

Bluetit bird feeding hungry young nestling in a garden bird box, The Cotswolds, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Indian Langur monkeys, Presbytis entellus, female and baby in Ranthambore National Park, Rajasthan, India

Female mallard duck and ducklings in stream in The Cotswolds, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Grandmother and child from Zhuang Minority Group, Ping An, Guilin. China has a one child policy to limit population.

American Chinese family walk the ancient Great Wall of China at Mutianyu, north of Beijing, China

Traffic police investigate car accident between two BMW cars in Place de la Concorde, Central Paris, France

Blue-footed Booby bird protecting her eggs on Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Traffic stops for pedestrians on zebra crossing across Champs-?lys?es in front of the Arc de Triomphe, Central Paris, France

Peruvian boy carries black lamb, Peru, South America

Pakistani family in mountain village of Altit in Hunza region of Karokoram Mountains, Pakistan

Impala looking over its shoulder watching for predators at Moremi National Park, Botswana

Horse being fed an apple, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom.

Giant tortoise feeding on leaves on the Galapagos Islands

Watched by a group of young children a woman washes dishes in a bucket of water at a humble home on the sidewalk in Bombay, India. A little girl has a gleeful expression despite the poverty of the situation.

With flies around his nose a child holds onto his mother's necklace at Gorom Gorom Hospital in Burkina Faso

A giant tortoise feeding on leaves and a bird on the Galapagos Islands

The back foot of a giant tortoise on the Galapagos Islands

Cleaning the beach in Mauritius to aid tourism

Giant tortoise feeding on leaves on the Galapagos Islands

Mother Teresa talking with a poor woman and her child from a Red Cross minibus in Calcutta, India

Giant tortoise feeding on leaves on the Galapagos Islands

Friendly Himba women in their hut, Kaokoland, Namibia, Africa

Himba women in front of their hut, Kaokoland, Namibia, Africa

Burchell's Zebra and foal in Northern Botswana, Africa

A man balances his little boy on his bicycle, Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh, Asia

Old man gardening in front of a thatched house in the village of Kurzeme, Ethnographic Open-Air Museum near Riga, Latvia, Baltic region, Europe

Four wheel drive car in traditional snow scene in The Cotswolds, Swinbrook, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Female Olive Baboon carrying young, Grumeti, Tanzania

Small car drives slowly on icy road in The Cotswolds, Swinbrook, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Pedestrians In Road Ahead warning sign by the road in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Woman and girl child in rural Nepal.

Child in a queue waiting to enter the Forbidden City in Beijing, China

Aboriginal children caring for an orphaned baby kangaroo (joey), Nyinyikay Homeland, East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia, Pacific

Woman with tribal markings on her face holding her baby close, Northern Nigeria

Gardeners at work in one of the gardens of Goverdan ecovillage, Maharashtra, India, Asia

Small church at Nupsstadur, under Lomagnupur cliffs, dating from the 17th-century, in the care of the National Museum of Iceland, South Iceland, Polar Regions

Gardeners at work in one of the gardens of Goverdan ecovillage, Maharashtra, India, Asia

Young girls inspecting for nits, Patan, Nepal.

Man wheeling child on bicycle in crowded street in Islamabad in Pakistan

Military airplane returns to USS Nimitz aircraft carrier, Los Angeles, USA.

Jedburgh Augustinian Abbey, founded 1136 by King David, in the care of Historic Scotland, Jedburgh, Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Indian Langur monkeys, Presbytis entellus, female and baby in Ranthambore National Park, Rajasthan, India

Street pedicure in central Thies, Senegal, West Africa, Africa

Zanzibar Red Colobus monkey with young, one of Africa's rarest primates

Vietnamese traditional medicine clinic, medicinal plants for Chinese medicine, Cu Chi, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

A lone visitor holding the handrail for his descent of steep Ayers Rock, Australia

Tourist visiting Ayers Rock in Australia holds onto the roped handrail for support

Woman watering a vegetable garden in Loumbila, Burkina Faso, West Africa, Africa

Family nepali immigrant family kalimpong, indi

Kenya,dadaab refugees camp, somalian border gtz hospital ,the camps were set up around the town of dadaab beginning in 1991 when civil wars erupted on a grand scale in somalia (16 rival factions were involved). The wars, along with a prolonged drought, forced more than 900,000 somalis to flee to neighboring countries. Approximately 400,000 of them, many of whom were in a serious state of exhaustion and starvation, took refuge in kenya. Since then, a majority have returned to their country. However, some 131,000 somalis remain in kenya, and 110,000 are in dadaab, along with some sudanese, ugandans, and about 3,000 ethiopians women waiting the receive care from gtz ngo at the local hospital

Kenya,dadaab refugees camp, somalian border gtz hospital ,the camps were set up around the town of dadaab beginning in 1991 when civil wars erupted on a grand scale in somalia (16 rival factions were involved). The wars, along with a prolonged drought, forced more than 900,000 somalis to flee to neighboring countries. Approximately 400,000 of them, many of whom were in a serious state of exhaustion and starvation, took refuge in kenya. Since then, a majority have returned to their country. However, some 131,000 somalis remain in kenya, and 110,000 are in dadaab, along with some sudanese, ugandans, and about 3,000 ethiopians women waiting the receive care from gtz ngo at the local hospital

Kenya,dadaab refugees camp, somalian border gtz hospital ,the camps were set up around the town of dadaab beginning in 1991 when civil wars erupted on a grand scale in somalia (16 rival factions were involved). The wars, along with a prolonged drought, forced more than 900,000 somalis to flee to neighboring countries. Approximately 400,000 of them, many of whom were in a serious state of exhaustion and starvation, took refuge in kenya. Since then, a majority have returned to their country. However, some 131,000 somalis remain in kenya, and 110,000 are in dadaab, along with some sudanese, ugandans, and about 3,000 ethiopians women waiting the receive care from gtz ngo at the local hospital

Kenya,dadaab refugees camp, somalian border gtz hospital ,the camps were set up around the town of dadaab beginning in 1991 when civil wars erupted on a grand scale in somalia (16 rival factions were involved). The wars, along with a prolonged drought, forced more than 900,000 somalis to flee to neighboring countries. Approximately 400,000 of them, many of whom were in a serious state of exhaustion and starvation, took refuge in kenya. Since then, a majority have returned to their country. However, some 131,000 somalis remain in kenya, and 110,000 are in dadaab, along with some sudanese, ugandans, and about 3,000 ethiopians women waiting the receive care from gtz ngo at the local hospital

European lynx, lynx lynx, family in winter, national park bayrischer wald, germany, captiv

Kenya,dadaab refugees camp, somalian border gtz hospital ,the camps were set up around the town of dadaab beginning in 1991 when civil wars erupted on a grand scale in somalia (16 rival factions were involved). The wars, along with a prolonged drought, forced more than 900,000 somalis to flee to neighboring countries. Approximately 400,000 of them, many of whom were in a serious state of exhaustion and starvation, took refuge in kenya. Since then, a majority have returned to their country. However, some 131,000 somalis remain in kenya, and 110,000 are in dadaab, along with some sudanese, ugandans, and about 3,000 ethiopians women waiting the receive care from gtz ngo at the local hospital

Cambodia american volunteer kathy kremmer taking care of sick babies at an orphanage in pnom penh

Kenya,dadaab refugees camp, somalian border gtz hospital ,the camps were set up around the town of dadaab beginning in 1991 when civil wars erupted on a grand scale in somalia (16 rival factions were involved). The wars, along with a prolonged drought, forced more than 900,000 somalis to flee to neighboring countries. Approximately 400,000 of them, many of whom were in a serious state of exhaustion and starvation, took refuge in kenya. Since then, a majority have returned to their country. However, some 131,000 somalis remain in kenya, and 110,000 are in dadaab, along with some sudanese, ugandans, and about 3,000 ethiopians women waiting the receive care from gtz ngo at the local hospital

India - health st. Josephs hospice for cancer patients kottayam, kerala

Kenya,dadaab refugees camp, somalian border gtz hospital ,the camps were set up around the town of dadaab beginning in 1991 when civil wars erupted on a grand scale in somalia (16 rival factions were involved). The wars, along with a prolonged drought, forced more than 900,000 somalis to flee to neighboring countries. Approximately 400,000 of them, many of whom were in a serious state of exhaustion and starvation, took refuge in kenya. Since then, a majority have returned to their country. However, some 131,000 somalis remain in kenya, and 110,000 are in dadaab, along with some sudanese, ugandans, and about 3,000 ethiopians women waiting the receive care from gtz ngo at the local hospital .malnourrish child

Kenya,dadaab refugees camp, somalian border gtz hospital ,the camps were set up around the town of dadaab beginning in 1991 when civil wars erupted on a grand scale in somalia (16 rival factions were involved). The wars, along with a prolonged drought, forced more than 900,000 somalis to flee to neighboring countries. Approximately 400,000 of them, many of whom were in a serious state of exhaustion and starvation, took refuge in kenya. Since then, a majority have returned to their country. However, some 131,000 somalis remain in kenya, and 110,000 are in dadaab, along with some sudanese, ugandans, and about 3,000 ethiopians women waiting the receive care from gtz ngo at the local hospital

A water charity in Porterville supplying bottled water to houses who have had no running water for over five months, near Bakersfield, California, USA. Hoses in the East of Porterville, many of which are on private wells, have run completely out of water as the water table has dropped catastrophically. Following an unprecedented four year long drought, Bakersfield is now the driest city in the USA. Most of California is in exceptional drought, the highest level of drought classification. 428,000 acres of agricultural land have been taken out of production due to lack of water, thousands of agricultural workers have lost their jobs and one third of all children in California go to bed hungry.

The Muni Seva Ashram in Goraj, near Vadodara, India, is a tranquil haven of humanitarian care. The Ashram is hugely sustainable, next year it will be completely carbon neutral. Its first solar panels were installed in 1984, long before climate change was on anyones agenda. Their energy is provided from solar panels, and wood grown on the estate. Waste food and animal manure is turned inot biogas to run the estates cars and also used for cooking. Solar cookers are also used, and the air conditioning for the hospital is solar run. 70 % of the food used is grown on the estate. They provide an orphanage, schools for all ages, vocational training, care for the elderly, a specialist cancer hospital withstate of the art machinary, and even have a solar crematorium. This shot shows a cook preparing chapatis on a biofuel stove.

The Muni Seva Ashram in Goraj, near Vadodara, India, is a tranquil haven of humanitarian care. The Ashram is hugely sustainable, next year it will be completely carbon neutral. Its first solar panels were installed in 1984, long before climate change was on anyones agenda. Their energy is provided from solar panels, and wood grown on the estate. Waste food and animal manure is turned inot biogas to run the estates cars and also used for cooking. Solar cookers are also used, and the air conditioning for the hospital is solar run. 70 % of the food used is grown on the estate. They provide an orphanage, schools for all ages, vocational training, care for the elderly, a specialist cancer hospital withstate of the art machinary, and even have a solar crematorium. This shot shows a Hematology Analyzer for analyzing blood in one of the labs in the specialist cancer hospital.

The Muni Seva Ashram in Goraj, near Vadodara, India, is a tranquil haven of humanitarian care. The Ashram is hugely sustainable, next year it will be completely carbon neutral. Its first solar panels were installed in 1984, long before climate change was on anyones agenda. Their energy is provided from solar panels, and wood grown on the estate. Waste food and animal manure is turned inot biogas to run the estates cars and also used for cooking. Solar cookers are also used, and the air conditioning for the hospital is solar run. 70 % of the food used is grown on the estate. They provide an orphanage, schools for all ages, vocational training, care for the elderly, a specialist cancer hospital withstate of the art machinary, and even have a solar crematorium. This shot shows solar panels that focus the suns rays on heat exchangers to boil oil, which is then sent down to the kitchens below to heat the cookers.

The Muni Seva Ashram in Goraj, near Vadodara, India, is a tranquil haven of humanitarian care. The Ashram is hugely sustainable, next year it will be completely carbon neutral. Its first solar panels were installed in 1984, long before climate change was on anyones agenda. Their energy is provided from solar panels, and wood grown on the estate. Waste food and animal manure is turned inot biogas to run the estates cars and also used for cooking. Solar cookers are also used, and the air conditioning for the hospital is solar run. 70 % of the food used is grown on the estate. They provide an orphanage, schools for all ages, vocational training, care for the elderly, a specialist cancer hospital withstate of the art machinary, and even have a solar crematorium. This shot shows the solar air conditioning for the Ashram's hospital.

The Muni Seva Ashram in Goraj, near Vadodara, India, is a tranquil haven of humanitarian care. The Ashram is hugely sustainable, next year it will be completely carbon neutral. Its first solar panels were installed in 1984, long before climate change was on anyones agenda. Their energy is provided from solar panels, and wood grown on the estate. Waste food and animal manure is turned inot biogas to run the estates cars and also used for cooking. Solar cookers are also used, and the air conditioning for the hospital is solar run. 70 % of the food used is grown on the estate. They provide an orphanage, schools for all ages, vocational training, care for the elderly, a specialist cancer hospital withstate of the art machinary, and even have a solar crematorium. This shot shows a Varian nuclear proton therapy machine in the specialist cancer hospital.

The Muni Seva Ashram in Goraj, near Vadodara, India, is a tranquil haven of humanitarian care. The Ashram is hugely sustainable, next year it will be completely carbon neutral. Its first solar panels were installed in 1984, long before climate change was on anyones agenda. Their energy is provided from solar panels, and wood grown on the estate. Waste food and animal manure is turned inot biogas to run the estates cars and also used for cooking. Solar cookers are also used, and the air conditioning for the hospital is solar run. 70 % of the food used is grown on the estate. They provide an orphanage, schools for all ages, vocational training, care for the elderly, a specialist cancer hospital withstate of the art machinary, and even have a solar crematorium. This shot shows a woman planting trees for onward growth in the Ashrams forests.

The Muni Seva Ashram in Goraj, near Vadodara, India, is a tranquil haven of humanitarian care. The Ashram is hugely sustainable, next year it will be completely carbon neutral. Its first solar panels were installed in 1984, long before climate change was on anyones agenda. Their energy is provided from solar panels, and wood grown on the estate. Waste food and animal manure is turned inot biogas to run the estates cars and also used for cooking. Solar cookers are also used, and the air conditioning for the hospital is solar run. 70 % of the food used is grown on the estate. They provide an orphanage, schools for all ages, vocational training, care for the elderly, a specialist cancer hospital withstate of the art machinary, and even have a solar crematorium. This shot shows the girls school.