A court at the Moorish Nasrid Palace, Alhambra, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Granada, Andalucia, Spain, Europe

Court of the Lions at the Nasrid Palace, the Alhambra, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Granada, Andalucia, Spain, Europe

The tower of the Hassan II Mosque, Casablanca, Morocco, North Africa, Africa

Customer pays for purchase, busy fish stall in winter, Pescheria, Rialto Market, Venice, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Veneto, Italy, Europe

The Oostpoort (Eastern Gate) in Delft, The Netherlands, Europe

Portrait of Alexander I by Franz Kruger painted in 1837, 1812 War Gallery, Winter Palace, Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia, Europe

Great Coxwell Barn, built 1300, owned by the National Trust, in The Cotswolds, Oxfordshire, UK

Australasian gannet (Morus serrator), breeding colony at Cape Kidnappers, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Canal de Brienne, town of Toulouse, Haute Garonne, Midi-Pyrenees, France, Europe

Tomb, Persepolis, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Iran, Middle East

Plaza de Santa Ana, Granada, Andalucia, Spain, Europe

Artist's Palette, Artist's Drive, Death Valley National Park, California, United States of America, North America

Stained glass window of St. Mark at Collegiale Notre-Dame des Marais, Villefranche-sur-Saone, Rhones-Alpes, France, Europe

Kungsgatan (Kings Street) in Norrmalm at night with first ever cinema theater in Sweden Biograf Rigoletto on the left side, Stockholm, Sweden, Scandinavia, Europe

View of Eiffel Tower on the River Seine early in the morning in autumn, Paris, France, Europe

Tidikmat mountains, Algeria, North Africa, Africa

India visits to post, tsunami site in srayickadu kollom, kerala, where cnewa funds relief efforts through the social services office of the syro, malankar church. Family of shaji gobal (47), fisherman, his wife jayasree (38) and their surviving daughter shinthu (15). They lost their other daughter, chikku (17) in the disaster. Note that the new house which they are in was built and donated by the matha amrithanandamayi mssion ashram, as were 1300 other houses in the area. Cnewa had managed to build one house during the 13 months since the disaster. Sp1140194

Ghana children bolgatanga

Crowds during the opening ceremony (chupinazo) of the festival of San Fermin (The Running of the Bulls), Pamplona, Navarra, Euskadi, Spain, Europe

Mountains and Neretva River, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Europe

Big Thompson River, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, United States of America, North America

Imperial War Museum, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

The village of Toll Bar one of many places hit by unprecedented floods in June 2007, near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Scalloped hammerhead shark pup (Sphyrna lewini), Kaneohe, Oahu, Hawaii, United States of America, Pacific

Adult Spinetail Mobula (Mobula japanica) massing in huge schools in the upper Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico

Whalebone Alley grand vista, high altitude flora, Itygran Island (Bering Sea) Russia, Asia. MORE INFO: Whale Bone Alley was discovered by Soviet archaeologists in 1976, but has remained untouched since and little is known of this place. There is a long double line of bowhead whale bones -- jaws and ribs -- running parallel along the shore for hundreds of yards. Many of the bones, especially the enormous jaw bones, are still standing, propped up by lichen-covered rocks. The location is thought to have been used in about 1300 as a ceremonial site, for a men's secret society or feasting site.

Whalebone Alley, female tourist standing between bow head whale rib bones, Itygran Island (Bering Sea) Russia, Asia. MORE INFO: Whale Bone Alley was discovered by Soviet archaeologists in 1976, but has remained untouched since and little is known of this place. There is a long double line of bowhead whale bones -- jaws and ribs -- running parallel along the shore for hundreds of yards. Many of the bones, especially the enormous jaw bones, are still standing, propped up by lichen-covered rocks. The location is thought to have been used in about 1300 as a ceremonial site, for a men's secret society or feasting site.

Whalebone Alley, female tourist standing around still intact extremly old inuit elder grave, skeleton still present. Itygran Island (Bering Sea) Russia, Asia. MORE INFO: Whale Bone Alley was discovered by Soviet archaeologists in 1976, but has remained untouched since and little is known of this place. There is a long double line of bowhead whale bones -- jaws and ribs -- running parallel along the shore for hundreds of yards. Many of the bones, especially the enormous jaw bones, are still standing, propped up by lichen-covered rocks. The location is thought to have been used in about 1300 as a ceremonial site, for a men's secret society or feasting site.

Whalebone Alley, female tourist sitting on bowhead whale bone, Itygran Island (Bering Sea) Russia, Asia. MORE INFO: Whale Bone Alley was discovered by Soviet archaeologists in 1976, but has remained untouched since and little is known of this place. There is a long double line of bowhead whale bones -- jaws and ribs -- running parallel along the shore for hundreds of yards. Many of the bones, especially the enormous jaw bones, are still standing, propped up by lichen-covered rocks. The location is thought to have been used in about 1300 as a ceremonial site, for a men's secret society or feasting site.

Whalebone Alley grand vista, female tourist standing on cliff face, Itygran Island (Bering Sea) Russia, Asia. MORE INFO: Whale Bone Alley was discovered by Soviet archaeologists in 1976, but has remained untouched since and little is known of this place. There is a long double line of bowhead whale bones -- jaws and ribs -- running parallel along the shore for hundreds of yards. Many of the bones, especially the enormous jaw bones, are still standing, propped up by lichen-covered rocks. The location is thought to have been used in about 1300 as a ceremonial site, for a men's secret society or feasting site.

Whalebone Alley, Bowhead whale bones, Itygran Island (Bering Sea) Russia, Asia. MORE INFO: Whale Bone Alley was discovered by Soviet archaeologists in 1976, but has remained untouched since and little is known of this place. There is a long double line of bowhead whale bones -- jaws and ribs -- running parallel along the shore for hundreds of yards. Many of the bones, especially the enormous jaw bones, are still standing, propped up by lichen-covered rocks. The location is thought to have been used in about 1300 as a ceremonial site, for a men's secret society or feasting site.

Whalebone Alley, Bowhead whale bone, Itygran Island (Bering Sea) Russia, Asia. MORE INFO: Whale Bone Alley was discovered by Soviet archaeologists in 1976, but has remained untouched since and little is known of this place. There is a long double line of bowhead whale bones -- jaws and ribs -- running parallel along the shore for hundreds of yards. Many of the bones, especially the enormous jaw bones, are still standing, propped up by lichen-covered rocks. The location is thought to have been used in about 1300 as a ceremonial site, for a men's secret society or feasting site.

Whalebone Alley grand vista, female tourist standing on cliff face, Itygran Island (Bering Sea) Russia, Asia. MORE INFO: Whale Bone Alley was discovered by Soviet archaeologists in 1976, but has remained untouched since and little is known of this place. There is a long double line of bowhead whale bones -- jaws and ribs -- running parallel along the shore for hundreds of yards. Many of the bones, especially the enormous jaw bones, are still standing, propped up by lichen-covered rocks. The location is thought to have been used in about 1300 as a ceremonial site, for a men's secret society or feasting site.

Distant woman standing on bridge in Prague, Czech Republic

People washing clothes in the river of Ilakaka village, Madagascar

Japanese Macaque

Pregnancy diagnosis

Bluebells, Gloucestershire, Cotswolds, UK

Concert rehearsal in the town church Saint Dionys Esslingen at the Neckar Baden Wuerttemberg Germany

Choir rehearsal in the town church Saint Dionys Esslingen at the Neckar Baden Wuerttemberg Germany

Reconstructed scaffolding from 1300 at the bottom of the tower of the Abbey Church, founded in 1230, Rhena, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Europe

Low angle view of an ancient staircase, Israel

Beach with shelter from trees and sub-tropical planting, Baie aux Tortues, Pointe aux Pimentes, Mauritius, Indian Ocean, Africa

Esfahan, Iran - February, 2008: Portrait of the Ayatolloah Khomeini in Bazar-e Bozorg (Great Bazaar), a massive covered bazaar off of Imam Square in Esfahan, Iran which dates back almost 1300 years.

Chimu Culture Chan Chan, 1300-1468AD, capital and world's largest adobe city on 20 sqkm near Trujillo relief in Huaca del Dragon (Rainbow Temple), Peru

Chimu Culture Chan Chan, 1300-1468AD, capital and world's largest adobe city on 20 sqkm near Trujillo relief in Huaca del Dragon (Rainbow Temple), Peru

Chimu Culture Chan Chan, 1300-1468AD, capital and world's largest adobe city on 20 sqkm near Trujillo relief in Huaca del Dragon (Rainbow Temple), Peru

Chimu Culture Chan Chan, 1300-1468AD, capital and world's largest adobe city on 20 sqkm near Trujillo relief in Huaca del Dragon (Rainbow Temple), Peru

Chimu Culture Chan Chan, 1300-1468AD, capital of empire and world's largest adobe city covering 20 sqkm near Trujillo students in Palacio Tschuldi, Peru

Chimu Culture Chan Chan, 1300-1468AD, capital of empire and world's largest adobe city covering 20 sqkm near Trujillo students in Palacio Tschuldi, Peru

Chimu Culture Chan Chan, 1300-1468AD, capital of empire and world's largest adobe city covering 20 sqkm near Trujillo the walls of Palacio Tschuldi, Peru

Chimu Culture Chan Chan, 1300-1468AD, capital of empire and world's largest adobe city covering 20 sqkm near Trujillo the walls of Palacio Tschuldi, Peru

Chimu Culture Chan Chan, 1300-1468AD, capital of empire and world's largest adobe city covering 20 sqkm near Trujillo Palacio Tschuldi fish frieze, Peru

Chimu Culture Chan Chan, 1300-1468AD, capital of empire and world's largest adobe city covering 20 sqkm near Trujillo walls of the Palacio Tschuldi, Peru

Chimu Culture Chan Chan, 1300-1468AD, capital of empire and world's largest adobe city covering 20 sqkm near Trujillo walls of the Palacio Tschuldi, Peru

Chimu culture Chan Chan, 1300-1464AD, capital and world's largest adobe city on 20 sq km near Trujillo relief in Huaca del Dragon (Rainbow Temple), Peru

Chimu Culture Chan Chan, 1300-1464AD, capital and world's largest adobe city on 20 sq km near Trujillo relief in Huaca del Dragon (Rainbow Temple), Peru

Chimu culture Chan Chan, 1300-1464AD, capital of empire and world's largest adobe city covering 20 sq km near Trujillo walls of the Palacio Tschuldi, Peru

Chimu culture Chan Chan, 1300-1464AD, capital of empire and world's largest adobe city covering 20 sq km near Trujillo walls of the Palacio Tschuldi, Highlands, Peru

Chimu Culture Chan Chan, 1300-1468AD, capital of empire and world's largest adobe city covering 20 sqkm near Trujillo students in Palacio Tschuldi, Peru

Chinese painting

Two couples on the beach enjoying cocktails

New Jersey, Trenton, Cityscape at night, Trenton, New Jersey, USA