Photo of the day

MAY 28, 2012

Papua New Guinea, Western Province: Two members of The Biami tribe in Negadai village prepare for a feast of pig cooked in a 'Moo Moo' oven. This image is from Search For The Cannibals Of The South Pacific.

MAY 27, 2012

Thingvellir National Park, Iceland - Tourists walk through Iceland's Thingvellir rift valley, the only place on Earth where the continental boundary of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge rises above sea level. This image is from Birth of Europe.

MAY 26, 2012

Child gorilla with mother. This image is from Gabon: The Last Dance.

MAY 25, 2012

Falkland Islands- elephant seals. This image is from Great Migrations.

MAY 24, 2012

Southern Iceland - 'Birth of Europe' explores how Iceland's mountainous landscape was created and shaped by active volcanism. This image is from Birth of Europe.

MAY 23, 2012

Gir National Park, Gujarat, India: A male Asiatic lion takes a glance at the camera while sitting in the morning light. This image is from Secrets of Wild India.

MAY 22, 2012

In Gabon, rural communities live with profound understanding of the natural world that they are part of and still follow cultural traditions of the forest. This image is from Gabon: The Last Dance.

MAY 21, 2012

Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India: Family of elephants together in burnt grass. This image is from Secrets of Wild India.

MAY 20, 2012

Gir National Park, Gujarat, India: Belonging to the antelope family, the black buck is the flagship species of the dry grassland habitats of our state. This image is from Secrets of Wild India.

MAY 19, 2012

Niagara Falls. This image is from Drain The Great Lakes.

MAY 18, 2012

Gir National Park, Gujarat, India: Two Desert Foxes wrestle with one another under the fading sunlight in Gir National Park. This image is from Secrets of Wild India.

MAY 17, 2012

A shaggy frogfish (antennarius hispidus). This image is from World's Weirdest.

MAY 16, 2012

Kenya: A Samburu girl in traditional dress inside her village. This image is from A World of Wonders.

MAY 15, 2012

An osprey flying home with a freshly caught flounder for its chicks. This image is from World's Weirdest.

MAY 14, 2012

Polyclad Flatworm Pseudobiceros flowersi on black sand of Lembeh Strait during a night dive at Air Perang. This image is from World's Weirdest.

MAY 13, 2012

The Taj Mahal in Agra. This image is from Secrets Of The Taj Mahal.

MAY 12, 2012

Sweden: Great Grey Owl (Strix nebulosa) is seen resting on a tree limb while its eyes are locked onto something just beyond the camera. This image is from Nordic Wild.

MAY 11, 2012

Denmark: Close-up shot of a Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus) tipping its nose out of the water while swimming towards the camera. This image is from Nordic Wild.

MAY 10, 2012

Sweden: High elevation landscape shot with low cloud cover in the background surrounding cliffs. This image is from Nordic Wild.

MAY 9, 2012

Simen Mountains National Park: A female Gelada baboon with her baby on her back during sunset. This image is from Nat Geo Amazing!

MAY 8, 2012

Mesa Arch, Canyonlands, Utah at dusk. This image is from Amazing Planet.

MAY 7, 2012

SCREEN GRAB: Nearly 40 feet long and weighing up to 20 tons, the mysterious whale shark is the largest fish in the sea. Ironically, its survival depends on some of the tiniest creatures. This image is from Great Migrations.

MAY 6, 2012

A red-spotted newt (Notophthalmus Viridescens) grows into maturity. This image is from Nat Geo Amazing!

MAY 5, 2012

Kenya: Portrait of a young Maasai girl. This image is from Warrior Road Trip.

MAY 4, 2012

There is the smell of females in the air - A young male tiger checking the scent of a female tiger in the area. This image is from Wild Russia.

MAY 3, 2012

SIBERIA, EAST RUSSIA - Uwe Anders (right) and his assistant Anatoly Ryzhow spent three months on Wrangel Island in the far northeast of Russia. This image is from Wild Russia.

MAY 2, 2012

Sweden: Close-up of two Great Grey Owl chicks (Strix nebulosa) perched on a broken tree stump during the day. This image is from Nordic Wild.

MAY 1, 2012

South Coast, South Africa: Humpback whale breaching out of water. This image is from Cameramen Who Dare.

APRIL 30, 2012

A chief and two men sit in a hut in Puerto Ayacucho, Venezuela. This image is from Taboo.

APRIL 29, 2012

Ogden, Utah: A knight rides in heavy armor at the full contact jousting tournament at the Utah Renaissance Festival and Fantasy Faire outside of Ogden, Utah. This image is from Knights of Mayhem.

APRIL 28, 2012

An Eyelash Palm Pit Viper rests on some jungle vines, coiled and possibly ready to strike. This image is from World's Deadliest Snakes.

APRIL 27, 2012

BAHAMAS: Divers follow a safety line ascending to cavernous room. This image is from Diving the labyrinth.

APRIL 26, 2012

A portrait of an elderly shepherd in Afghanistan. This image is from Most Amazing Photos.

APRIL 25, 2012

The Caucasian Mountains are a link between Europe and Asia, the highest peaks of this rugged range are well over 5000 metres. This image is from Wild Russia.

APRIL 24, 2012

A stack of skulls lie in the Catacombs beneath Paris. This image is from Most Amazing Photos.

APRIL 23, 2012

A Karim speaker from the Sepik River region of Papua New Guinea poses in traditional face paint. This image is from Most Amazing Photos.

APRIL 22, 2012

Two asiatic lion cubs lying on tree trunk in Gir National Park. This image is from Secrets of Wild India.

APRIL 21, 2012

A wide shot facing east, during sunset on the Seine River in Paris, France. This image is from Most Amazing Photos.

APRIL 20, 2012

Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India: The ultimate camouflage - a tigress stalks through high grass in the dry grasslands of Kaziranga National Park, India. This image is from Secrets of Wild India.

APRIL 19, 2012

The Lagoon at Millennium Atoll is a nursery for sharks and many other species, a unique underwater landscape, undamaged by the human footprint. This image is from Shark Eden.

APRIL 18, 2012

A great white shark comes out of the water in False Bay, South Africa. The dangerous seas and big sharks are legendary there. This image is from Killer Shots.

APRIL 17, 2012

Two Desert Cats playfully fight with one another while one of them flies through the air over a dirt mound in Gir National Park, Gujarat, India:. This image is from Secrets of Wild India.

APRIL 16, 2012

Michoacan, Mexico: No single monarch butterfly completes its migration from Mexico to as far north as Canada and back. Instead, generations of monarchs make this journey born into a relay race no one butterfly finishes. This image is from Great Migratio

APRIL 15, 2012

Young boy selling newspapers with "Titanic Disaster" news. 100 years ago today, the Titanic suffered a disasterous end. This image is from Save The Titanic With Bob Ballard.

APRIL 14, 2012

Gir National Park, Gujarat, India: An adult male Asiatic Lion stands under green foliage. This image is from Secrets of Wild India.

APRIL 13, 2012

This image is from Across The Amazon.

APRIL 12, 2012

LAKE LUGU, CHINA: In the Chinese Musuo religion, each year villagers gather together to honor the chief Musuo goddess Gen Mu in traditional Musuo clothing. In this communal celebration, women are often initiate the flirting with the men. This image is fr

APRIL 11, 2012

Greenland: Close-up of a glacier and its meltwater pouring out from below. This image is from Nordic Wild.

APRIL 10, 2012

Titanic's bow and railing. 100 years ago today, the Titanic set sail on her maiden voyage. This image is from Return to Titanic.

APRIL 9, 2012

Gir National Park, Gujarat, India: A large group of Common Cranes scout out their territory. This image is from Secrets of Wild India.

APRIL 8, 2012

Florence, Italy: Restorers and scientists work on the platform while looking for the lost Leonardo da Vinci mural "The Battle of Anghiari" in the Hall of 500 in Florence's Palazzo Vecchio. This image is from Finding the Lost Da Vinci.

APRIL 7, 2012

On the peninsula of Kamchatka in Russia's Far East is a dramatic landscape, Stellar's Sea Eagles fight for access to ice-holes to fish. This image is from Wild Russia.

APRIL 6, 2012

Laikipia, Kenya: Silhouette of Boni and Lemarti shaking hands at sunset. This image is from Warrior Road Trip.

APRIL 5, 2012

EASTER ISLAND, CHILE: Giant moai statue heads at the Rano Raraku quarry. This image is from Beneath Easter Island.

APRIL 4, 2012

Jinhae Bay, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea: View from the top of the pylon at the two-pylon cable-stayed bridge section between Jungjuk Island and Jeo Island.This image is from Megastructures.

APRIL 3, 2012

A waterfall in the Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique. This image is from Africa's Lost Eden.

APRIL 2, 2012

Birgunj, Nepal: As teenagers, this bride and groom will now be officially married. Marriage is like a business transaction and forming of alliances between families. This image is from Taboo.

APRIL 1, 2012

Man has been coming to this part of the world for centuries in search of the same thing: Paradise. This image is from Oceans 8.

MARCH 31, 2012

Pope John Paul II celebrates Mass before a crowd of more than 750,000 worshiper s in Gdansk in June of 1987. This image is from Inside the Vatican .

MARCH 30, 2012

Norway: A Puffin stands perched atop of a cliff. This image is from Nordic Wild.

MARCH 29, 2012

Kerala, India: A Kathakali character ready for one of the oldest theatre forms in the world. This image is from A World of Wonders.

MARCH 28, 2012

Zakynthos, Greece: The spectacular view of Zakynthos' blue waters and hidden beach at Shipwreck Bay, seen from high up atop the cliffs. This image is from A World of Wonders.

MARCH 27, 2012

Bali, Indonesia: Young girls with their offerings are ready to perform a traditional dance in Bali, Indonesia. This image is from A World of Wonders.

MARCH 26, 2012

Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India: Dangerous when confronted up close, this bull buffalo was stumbled across at very close quarters. I froze when I came across this bull, and the buffalo seemed startled too as i lifted the camera with a 500mm lens and held it positioned directly at the buffalo. Every nerve in my body was ready to run had the animal moved an inch forward. Being frozen in position relaxed the buffalo and it continued grazing, although it moved back a few yards. This image is from Secrets of Wild India.

MARCH 25, 2012

Greenland: Close-up of Little Auks (Alle alle) caring for one another on a cliffside. This image is from Nordic Wild.

MARCH 24, 2012

At the northern tip of Millennium island is the largest predator biomass of the Line Islands. This image is from Shark Eden.

MARCH 23, 2012

SCREEN GRAB: Ural Mountains, Russia - Manpuyuner, a rock formation found in Pechero-Ilytch National Park, Republic of Komi.This image is from Wild Russia.

MARCH 22, 2012

Stellar's sea eagle. This image is from Wild Russia.

MARCH 21, 2012

Volcano, Iceland. This image is from Nordic Wild.

MARCH 20, 2012

Monarch Butterflies. This image is from Great Migrations

MARCH 19, 2012

Santa Ynez, CA, USA: A yellow lab is a type of gun dog. They have webbed paws for swimming, useful when they retrieve their prey. This image is from And Man Created Dog.

MARCH 18, 2012

Our adventure started on the Zrmanja River, which led us to the big city of Zadar and the Adriatic. Certainly the Zrmanja had never hosted big sea kayaks like ours, understandably since it is laden with rapids and one inspiring, 40-foot horseshoe waterfall. This image is from Oceans 8

MARCH 17, 2012

Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India: Endangered Golden Langur (Trachypithecus geei) sitting amongst green foliage, fur highlighted. This image is from Secrets of Wild India.

MARCH 16, 2012

Malden island: A grouper swimming in a coral reef ecosystem. Coral reefs are some of the most diverse and valuable ecosystems on Earth. A team of scientist lead by Dr. Enric Sala (Marine ecologist, National Geographic Emerging Explorer and Fellow) are studying these pristine coral reefs in a hidden paradise called Shark Eden. They are trying to understand our impact on the world's oceans to hopefully reveal a way to preserve them. This image is from Shark Eden.

MARCH 15, 2012

Christmas Island: Decimated by predators and dogged by the whims of the weather, each year 50 million red crabs scamper over jagged cliffs and sunbaked sands to the water's edge the spawning grounds. This image is from Great Migrations.

MARCH 14, 2012

Kenya: Maasai warrior Boni listens up close to an African elephant. This image is from Warrior Road Trip.

MARCH 13, 2012

Bears and volcanoes of Kamchatka. This image is from Wild Russia.

MARCH 12, 2012

Active Volcano in Iceland.This image is from Nordic Wild.

MARCH 11, 2012

False Bay, South Africa: Andy Casagrande filming a great white shark. To ensure a successful photo shoot, Andy has brought some of the most advanced and innovative technologies, including remote controlled camera vehicles, underwater pole-cameras, and bite-cameras.

MARCH 10, 2012

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: The Aldar headquarters building under construction with cranes and some glass panels still missing. This image is from Megastructures.

MARCH 9, 2012

Gir National Park, Gujarat, India: A Peacock displays it huge ornate show of feathers in order to attract a mate. This image is from Secrets of Wild India.

MARCH 8, 2012

MONTANA, USA: 800-pound grizzly bear Brutus plays the role of best man at Casey Anderson's wedding. Anderson, a renowned naturalist, has raised the grizzly from birth. This image is from Expedition Wild.

MARCH 7, 2012

BIG ISLAND, HAWAII, USA: Waves break on the shore at Keauhou Bay. This historic area in the Kona District of Hawaii's Big Island is a popular tourist destination and marks the site of the birth of King Kamehameha III, the longest reigning monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii. This image is from One Ocean.

MARCH 6, 2012

Norway: Northern Lights (Aurora borealis) paints the sky and water neon green. This image is from Nordic Wild.

MARCH 5, 2012

Neckarsulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany: An Audi staff performs the final inspection of the R8 in the light tunnel.This image is from Megafactories.

MARCH 4, 2012

SCREEN GRAB: SIBERIA, RUSSIA - The people of Jakutsk are one of the many ethnic minorities in Russia. This image is from Wild Russia.

MARCH 3, 2012

SCREEN GRAB: SIBERIA, EAST RUSSIA - The Russian Arctic is the home of the biggest polar bear population worldwide. This image is from Wild Russia.

MARCH 2, 2012

SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS PROVINCE, PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Gibe and Pipe, Huli wigmen, pose for the camera in traditional dress. This image is from Most Amazing Photos.

MARCH 1, 2012

Lava spews from Mauna Ulu, a vent of the volcano Kilauea. This image is from Most Amazing Photos.

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Coral reefs are some of the most diverse and valuable ecosystems on Earth and support more species per unit area than any other marine environment. Scientists estimate that there may be another 1 to 8 million undiscovered species of organisms living in a

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

The moon hangs over Mauna Loa, Hawaii. This image is from Most Amazing Photos.

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

Pacific walruses travel according to the movement of the ice. As the ice expands in the winter, they move south. As it breaks up and retreats in the spring and summer, they move north again. This image is from Great Migrations.

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

Waves crash violently against the Tocopilla shores of Chile. This image is from Geologic Journey.

FEBRUARY 25, 2012

The Sable is famous for its fur and was hunted everywhere in Russia. This image is from Wild Russia.

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Along the coasts of Ussuriland , the endless Siberian forests give way to an exotic Asian coastline. This image is from Wild Russia.

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

Blakiston's fish Owls are extremely rare - probably not more than 1000 birds still exist in the wild. The wild rivers of Ussuriland offer a good habitat. This image is from Wild Russia.

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Historian William Lindesay treks the landscape along the Great Wall of China. This image is from Trekking The Great Wall .

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Mudmen from the Waghi Valley Area pose in the shrubbery. Body painting with mud is one of many indigenous traditions still alive in Papua New Guinea. This image is from Most Amazing Photos.

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

A scuba diver explores a cave near Kona, Hawaii. This image is from Most Amazing Photos.

FEBRUARY 19, 2012

The mix of ancient and modern mosques in Pakistan's capital city Lahore echoes a general mosaic of old and new. This image is from Most Amazing Photos.

FEBRUARY 18, 2012

A family in Afghanistan walks along the roadside. This image is from Most Amazing Photos.

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Historian William Lindesay walks along the Great Wall of China. This image is from Trekking The Great Wall .

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Borneo- Orangutans are the only ape and the largest mammal that live exclusively in trees. This image is from Great Migrations.

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

A grouper swims in a coral reef ecosystem in a hidden paradise called Shark Eden. This image is from Shark Eden.

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

When the Siberian winter ends the first polar bear mothers (with their young) appear from their dens. This image is from Wild Russia.

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

Lava from the eruption of Kilauea drips into the sea near Kalapana, Hawaii. This image is from Most Amazing Photos.

FEBRUARY 12, 2012

Foxes don't hibernate. They grow thicker seasonal fur to survive plummeting temperatures on Russia's Kamchatka peninsula. This image is from Wild Russia.

FEBRUARY 11, 2012

The black-browed albatross soars in on its 8-foot wingspan to mate on land at Falkland Islands. This image is from Great Migrations.

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

When other animals are out hunting, the toad-headed agama usually takes cover but it can also be a fierce fighter. This image is from Wild Russia.

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

In Ethiopia, Erta Ale's lava lake is alive at night. This image is from Geologic Journey.

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

The peninsula of Kamchatka in Russia's Far East is a dramatic landscape where fire and ice meet. Lava-spitting volcanoes reign here. This image is from Wild Russia.

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Maasai warriors stand tall with their spears. This image is from Warrior Road Trip.

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

A Brydes whale with it's mouth wide open feeds off sardines in a baitball in Port Edwards, South Africa. This image is from Cameramen Who Dare .

FEBRUARY 5, 2012

Giant moai statues on ahu platform on Easter Island. This image is from Beneath Easter Island .

FEBRUARY 4, 2012

Cameraman Mark Rackley filmed alligators in Florida's Everglades without any protective clothing. This image is from Cameramen Who Dare.

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Every autumn chipmunks in Siberia collect pine seeds to survive the winter. This image is from Wild Russia.

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

At Jellyfish Lake in Palau five million jellyfish glide across the lakes surface each day in a stunning daily migration. This image is from Great Migrations.

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Five meerkats sun at the burrow at sunrise, Kuruman River Reserve. This image is from Clan of the Meerkats.

JANUARY 31, 2012

Sunlight through a cyprus swamp. Merchants Millpond State Park, North Carolina

JANUARY 30, 2012

A Russian Orthodox priest strikes for democratic change in Sofia.

JANUARY 29, 2012

A young Turkish girl looks out of a window in Sogut Golu.

JANUARY 28, 2012

Elderly ladies sitting on a bench looking at a baby in Venice.

JANUARY 27, 2012

Maria Anastasi and her daughters watch Italy play Nigeria in the World Cup soccer match of July 1994. Maria lives in a three-room apartment in a poor Catania neighbourhood, Sicily. This day in 1926 saw the first public demonstration of television.

JANUARY 26, 2012

Sunlight falls on a tree root emtwined head of a Buddha statue in Wat Phra Maharthat, Ayuthaya.

JANUARY 25, 2012

Children walk past Manila's Smoky Mountain on Luzon Island.

JANUARY 24, 2012

A cemetary on the Pacific coast of Chile's Atacama Desert.

JANUARY 23, 2012

An informal portrait of a Japanese woman in traditional dress.

JANUARY 22, 2012

Portrait of an Egyptian man holding an umbrella in Deir el Gharbi.

JANUARY 21, 2012

House windows are latticed to shield the women inside from view in Jidda.

JANUARY 20, 2012

An ossuary in the cemetery of La Fontanelle, Naples

JANUARY 19, 2012

A silk dyer's wife presents herself in purdah for a portrait in her home, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh State.

JANUARY 18, 2012

Prayerful woman at Hindu fire-walking ceremony called Teemeethi.

JANUARY 17, 2012

Today is Martin Luther King Day. Here freedom marchers gather at the Lincoln Memorial.

JANUARY 16, 2012

African elephant in aggressive defense posture in front of a lion in the grass, Duba Plains, Okavongo Delta.

JANUARY 15, 2012

A mongolian nomadic woman at her yurt in Erdene Soum.

JANUARY 14, 2012

Monks in yellow hats blow horns at a fire puja at Nechung Monastery, Dharmsala.

JANUARY 13, 2012

Geishas napping.

JANUARY 12, 2012

Near the temples of Vat Phou in the quiet village of Champassac a child pulls algae from the murky waters.

JANUARY 11, 2012

A fort encloses a spring now used by women for bathing and laundry on Tarut Island.

JANUARY 10, 2012

A young monk blows a chewing gum bubble leaning on a Yamaha, Hemis Monastery, Ladakh District.

JANUARY 9, 2012

A portrait of a himba elder woman in Hartmann Valley.

JANUARY 8, 2012

Portaledges protected by an overhang from falling rock and ice, Great Sail Peak, Baffin Island.

JANUARY 7, 2012

Cityscape of high rises and waterways in downtown Dubai.

JANUARY 6, 2012

Adult male common kingfisher catching amur bitterling in Labod.

JANUARY 5, 2012

Polar Bear and cub on a flating hunk of ice, Olga Strait, Svalbard.

JANUARY 4, 2012

A member of the salt camel caravan, near Fachi.

JANUARY 3, 2012

An Egyptian drinks from the River Nile.

JANUARY 2, 2012

Aboriginal teen with a mask of mud, swiming in a billabong, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland.

JANUARY 1, 2012

On this day in 1856 the first underwater phtoograph was taken. Here Southern Right Whales, underwater off the Auckland islands.

DECEMBER 31, 2011

March of the Lonach Highlanders and the Lonach Gathering, Strathdon, Scotland.

DECEMBER 30, 2011

Monks of the Yellow Hat sect of Tibetan Buddhism gather for prayers at the Lebrang Monastery, Xiahe.

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Tuareg guide Yahya in twilight.

DECEMBER 28, 2011

A sedated juvenile rhesus macaque yields biological samples in Dhamrai.

DECEMBER 27, 2011

Buddhist novices chant prayers at a temple, Bayan-Ovoo.

DECEMBER 26, 2011

Novice nuns play ball at the Santa Catalina Monastery, Arequipa.

DECEMBER 25, 2011

Portrait of a newborn baby, only minutes old.

DECEMBER 24, 2011

A team of department store Santas wait for the New York City Subway, New York City.

DECEMBER 23, 2011

Collecting honey from a honeycomb of the giant honeybee using smoke, Khulna Province.

DECEMBER 22, 2011

A Denise's pygmy seahourse, Raja Ampat Island.

DECEMBER 21, 2011

Inuit infant in traditional parka, North Slope.

DECEMBER 20, 2011

A lioness launches onto the back of a Cape Buffalo, Okavango Delta.

DECEMBER 19, 2011

Mbuti Pygmy boys participating in manhood initiation rites, Ituri Forest.

DECEMBER 18, 2011

On this day in 1901 the Hay Pauceforte Treaty for the building of Panama Canal was signed. Here a young Panamanian dons body paint at a Carnival celebration.

DECEMBER 17, 2011

A young girl, dressed in traditional finery, blows a pink bubble in Garoke.

DECEMBER 16, 2011

A male jawfish protects a brood of eggs in his mouth, Lambeth Strait.

DECEMBER 15, 2011

Cowhands on mule and horseback during Pantanal's flood season.

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Some rodeo cowboys are Indians, and the Pendleton Round-Up in Oregon celebrates them with a tepee village, where Acosia Red Elk, American Indian Beauty Pageant winner, waits for a parade. USA.

DECEMBER 13, 2011

A colourful nudibranch, Nembrotha species, in Komodo National Park, Komodo Island. Indonesia.

DECEMBER 12, 2011

An African woman protects her face from the equitorial sun with cream made from ground bark in the coastal city. Mozambique.

DECEMBER 11, 2011

A "razeteur" jumps for safety ahead of a charging bull in Saint Remy de Provence. France.

DECEMBER 10, 2011

Evening prayer at the camp of the Hamad Haraiz Harsousi Bedouins, Jiddat al Harasis. Oman.

DECEMBER 9, 2011

Merchants at Saqqara's market carry many trays of dates on their heads. Egypt.

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Gobi Desert dwellers listen intently to a visitor in the Gobi Desert. Mongolia.

DECEMBER 7, 2011

Close up of the coat of a Shetland Pony on South Ulst Island, Scotland. UK.

DECEMBER 6, 2011

Remnants of a giant Buddha statue blown out of the Bamian cliff face. Afghanistan.

DECEMBER 5, 2011

A tourist bus packed with people splinters a wooden bridge on the Transpantaneira Highway, Pantanal. Brazil.

DECEMBER 4, 2011

Despite government pressure to modernise, the proud, pastoral Masai cling to traditional dress and customs. Ngorongoro Conservation Area is a World Heritage site. Tanzania.

DECEMBER 3, 2011

A southern white rhino at the San Diego Wild Animal Park. Often referred to as the "zoo of the future", the park allows animals to roam freely on 2,000 acres around the foothills of San Diego County, California. The park houses 325 species of birds and 12

DECEMBER 2, 2011

A Chinese child peers through the window of a cut rate dental shop in Hong Kong. People's Republic of China.

DECEMBER 1, 2011

The world Wide Web may have been created on this day in 1990 but nature is sometimes too hot for technology. Here a rancher must keep his telephone in the refridgerator because of the heat in Drysdale River Station, Wyndham. Australia.

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Portrait of a Fullany woman from the village of Nyala, Djenne. Mali.

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

A farmer's children learn their father's trade as a saddlemaker, Baja California. Mexico.

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Dervishes dance to commemorate the death of their founder in 1273, Istanbul. Turkey.

NOVEMBER 27, 2011

A student resting his head on a book in Safranbolu. Turkey.

NOVEMBER 26, 2011

Two girls run from the photographer as he tries to take their picture. Blair noticed that almost all of the inhabitants of Cap Haitien behaved this way when he tried to photograph them. Haiti.

NOVEMBER 25, 2011

Bhutanese boy bathing in a bucket, Paro. Bhutan.

NOVEMBER 24, 2011

Jane Goodall reaches out to touch a chimpanzee in the Brazzaville Zoo. Darwin's Origins of Speciest first published on this day in 1859.

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

A young herder backflips off a water buffalo into the Turag River, West of Dacca. Bangladesh.

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

Ancient Acacia trees near the huge red sand dunes of the Namib desert. Namibia.

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

A colourfully clad youngster who will don the traditional veil at puberty in Jidda. Saudi Arabia.

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

A young girl watches a boy demonstrate his soccer skills in Tegucigalpa. Honduras.

NOVEMBER 19, 2011

Children vaccinated against river blindness in a schoolin Ewoku. Ghana.

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

The only Tibetan Buddhist monk left in Renchilhumbe, Hovsgol Province. Mongolia.

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

A construction worker climbs up a crane near tall buildings in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. USA.

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Female common kingfisher with an amur bitterling in Labod. Hungary.

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

A cliff diver in flight, silhouetted against the blue sky in Acapulco. Mexico.

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

A pair of red wolves, in the Great Plains Zoo, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. USA.

NOVEMBER 13, 2011

Portrait of two young Masai men at Sunset. Tanzania.

NOVEMBER 12, 2011

A wodaabe man holds his Mehari Camel's reins. Niger.

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Buddhist monk at the foot of a tall stone Buddha sculpture on a hill. Sri Lanka.

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

A young Buddhist monk riding in a cab on a bicycle. Myanmar.

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

An African lion charging through a flooded grassland in Okavango Delta. Botswana.

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Winter scene in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. USA.

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Two Amish girls under a cloud-filled sky with bushels of tomatoes in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. USA.

NOVEMBER 6, 2011

Members of Dao and Hmong hill tribes frequent the market in Sa Pa where they sell clothing and other handicrafts. Vietnam.

NOVEMBER 5, 2011

A view of a walkway lined with crucifixes in Lithuania. Russia.

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

African lion yawning while near a palm in Duba Plains, Okavango Delta. Botswana.

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Nature resembles art in this naturally sculpted iceberg, Glacier Gey, Torres del Paine National Park. Chile.

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

A cow pushes its way through a crowd of women following a wedding, Udaipur. India.

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Misty View of a forested hillside with trees in bloom, Virginia. USA.

OCTOBER 31, 2011

A monk emerges from the doorway of an Angkor Wat temple, Siem Reap. Cambodia.

OCTOBER 30, 2011

Portrait of an endangered white-tailed sea eagle in Ransu, Hokkaido Island. Japan.

OCTOBER 29, 2011

A geisha looks into a mirror to apply red lip colour to her mouth in the Hanamachi or Geiko district of Kyoto. Japan.

OCTOBER 28, 2011

On this day, in 1886, the Statue of Liberty was dedicated in NYC harbour. USA.

OCTOBER 27, 2011

Fall colours of the quaking aspen trees along Lake Sherburne, Montana.

OCTOBER 26, 2011

The Elk River Wind Project is a 150 megawatt wind energy project in Kansas. USA

OCTOBER 25, 2011

Close view of a Huli Wigme before the sing-sing ritual dance in Garoka. Papua New Guinea.

OCTOBER 24, 2011

A young girl wanders the rice fields outside a village in the Guizhou Province. People's Republic of China.

OCTOBER 23, 2011

A tagged northern spotted owl in a redwood forest, California. USA.

OCTOBER 22, 2011

A creek bed gleams crimson from iron-rich rocks in Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta. Canada.

OCTOBER 21, 2011

A buddhist monk lights devotional lamps inside Jokhang Temple, Lhasa. Tibet.

OCTOBER 20, 2011

An unidentified animal reaches through its locked cage in an unidentified zoo.

OCTOBER 19, 2011

Portrait of a child. Rwanda.

OCTOBER 18, 2011

Twenty Walleye pike fish, frozen solid, kiss the snow, in Minnesota. USA.

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Hypnotic close-up of a Zebra.

OCTOBER 16, 2011

Mennonite farm children play at a water hole in Peace Valley, Missouri. USA.

OCTOBER 15, 2011

Two divers warm up on springboards before a state diving competition in Arizona. USA.

OCTOBER 14, 2011

A diver in a lake filled with jellyfish, Caroline Islands. Republic of Palau.

OCTOBER 13, 2011

Japanese farmers plant rice by hand, the traditional way, in Yuni. Japan.

OCTOBER 12, 2011

A one inch translucent goby rests on a giant clam in the Pacific Ocean. Indonesia.

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Parobolic mirrors at a solar thermal plant are used to heat oil. Dagget, California. USA.

OCTOBER 10, 2011

Today is Double Ten Day and these children in Teipei with red umbrellas help celebrate. Double Ten Day commemorates the 1911 The Wuch'ang Uprising. Taiwan.

OCTOBER 9, 2011

Irish Road Sign depicting sheep crossing the road. Ireland.

OCTOBER 8, 2011

Inuit Eskimos indulge in a traditional nose touching kiss Umingmaktok. Canada.

OCTOBER 7, 2011

A squirrel steals the shot by tripping the wire to a couple's camera, Alberta. Canada.

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Children scavenging in a dump on the outskirts of Johannesburg. South Africa.

OCTOBER 5, 2011

A spider bites a frog, paralising it, La Selva. Costa Rica.

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Cowboy Justin Johnson playfully lassoes a kitten, Texas. USA.

OCTOBER 3, 2011

A wave swinger ride at the New Mexico State Fair, which was bourne out of the first New Mexico Agricultural, Mineral and Industrial Exposition in 1881. USA.

OCTOBER 2, 2011

Boys use giant alocasia leaves to shield themselves from a storm near Betong. Thailand.

OCTOBER 1, 2011

Buddhist monks in yellow robes walk on the main road by the temple in Angkor Wat. Cambodia.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

A lone bull elephant feigns a charge the onlooker at a water hole, creating a big splash. Okavango Delta. Botswana.

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

A chameleon reaching for a snack, Moka. Mauritius.

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Children swim near the bridge that opened the Virgin Ndoki area to exploitation, Ndoki. Democratic Republic of the Congo.

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Cheering for a pig race at the Kansas State Fair. USA.

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

The Expo 1967 Geodesic Dome, now called the Biosphere, in Montreal. Canada.

SEPTEMBER 25, 2011

Sisters with rainbow coloured hairstyles and matching glitter in Saint Paul, Minnesota. USA.

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Iowa fairgoers bite in synchrony at the first-ever Corn Dog Chomp in Des Moines, Iowa. USA.

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

Men sit under a waterfall as part of training to become a Yamabushi, Mt. Haguru, Yamagata Prefecture. Japan.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

A baby monkey embrassing the carcass of its recently hunted parent. Democratic Republic of the Congo.

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Mirror arrays concentrate light making electricity in Alburquerque, New Mexico. USA.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Twighlight view of a 700-foot-long cable bridge, designed by a local priest, that spans the Zambezi River at Chinyingi. The bridge was built in response to a ferry accident in 1971 which drowned five people. Zamibia.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Bees cluster on two pallets of hives, stacked and strapped for moving by a migratory beekeeper, after the bees pollinated a crop in Maine. USA.

SEPTEMBER 18, 2011

Water Throwing Festival, a purification rite during the Buddhist New Year. Myanmar.

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

An elderly ice skater at the Galleria Mall, Dallas, Texas. USA.

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

The modern interior addition of the history Reichstag Building, Berlin. Germany.

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Men rebuild a house in traditional style using no nails or machines in Dimen, Guizhou Province. People's Republic of China.

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

The pigment of a blue button jellyfish blocks ultraviolet rays, Hawaii. USA.

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Its image mirrored in icy water, a polar bear swims submerged in Lancaster Sound, Northwest Territories. Canada.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Lighning bugs and wild alfalfa blanket the prairie in Strong City, Kansas. USA.

SEPTEMBER 11, 2011

On this day in 2001, a series of attacks were launched against the USA. This image was taken from above the site where the World Trade Centre stood in New York City. USA.

SEPTEMBER 10, 2011

A brown bear fishing for salmon in Kuril Lake of Kamchakta. Russia.

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

A boy pours a bucket of water over himself at the edge of a lake in Meiktila. Myanmar.

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Women, window, & Wall.

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

A woman in a telephone booth made of ice in Fiarbanks Ice Museum, Alaska. USA.

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

A girl has her head shaved before entering the local monastery in Began. Myanmar.

SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

Moviegoers enjoy a flick at an outside movie garden in Broome. Australia.

SEPTEMBER 4, 2011

Costumed extras stand in a field of grain while waiting to go on set in Bombay. India.

SEPTEMBER 3, 2011

A porcelain crab in sea anemones in the Raja Ampat Islands. Indonesia.

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

A kilted man throws a pole at the Glenfinnan Highland Games in Scotland. UK.

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

A leopard seal bares teeth in a display of threat to protect her kill in the Antarctic Peninsula. Antarctica.

AUGUST 31, 2011

An elephant calf finds shelter amid its mother's legs in Samburu National Reserve.

AUGUST 30, 2011

Today Europe's largest street carniva takes place. Here an eleaborate costume forms a swirling tunnel of blue, with the occupant at its core during a parade. Notting Hill, London. UK.

AUGUST 29, 2011

People walking the flooded streets of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, New Orleans. USA.

AUGUST 28, 2011

Young Asaro Mudmen at the annual tribal sing-sing at Garoka. Papua New Guinea.

AUGUST 27, 2011

A giraffe stands in a misty forest in the Ndumu Game Reserve. South Africa.

AUGUST 26, 2011

An aerial view of a river and tributary streams in Northern Terriotory.

AUGUST 25, 2011

A small waterfall is revealed inside the Cathedral in the Desert during Lake Powell's lowest point since 1969, Utah. USA.

AUGUST 24, 2011

A gentoo penguin peeks beneath the water before taking the plunge in Port Lockroy. Antarctica.

AUGUST 23, 2011

A Las Vegas bride in her gown and pink converse, Nevada. USA.

AUGUST 22, 2011

A dog and children of Mongolian herders look through a fence. Mongolia.

AUGUST 21, 2011

A soccer ball flies over the head of a woman who is knitting outdoors. Turkey.

AUGUST 20, 2011

A marbled stargazer partially burried in sand. Indonesia.

AUGUST 19, 2011

A Safari elephant and its Mahout swim together in the Okavango River. Botswana.

AUGUST 18, 2011

Torch-twirling Tahitians stage a dance at a beachfront resort on Tahiti Island. Polynesia.

AUGUST 17, 2011

A conger eel peers wide-eyed through its sandy burrow in the Caribbean Sea. Cuba.

AUGUST 16, 2011

Bushmen armed with bows and arrows cross a salt pan in the Namibian Nyae Nyae Conservatory. Namibia.

AUGUST 15, 2011

Local people help French tourists ashore after a lagoon cruise in an outrigger canoe on Tahiti Island. Polynesia.

AUGUST 14, 2011

A group of Tacana guides bathe at the day ends in the Tuichi River. Bolivia.

AUGUST 13, 2011

Clouds over the Okavango Delta reflect from Qogana Lagoon. Unlike the seasonally dry outer delta, Qogana is "perennial" water; the Okavango keeps the lagoon filled year-round. Botswana.

AUGUST 12, 2011

A colourful mix of houses and the lighthouse of Santa Ana Hill, Barrio Las Penas Guayaquil. Ecuador

AUGUST 11, 2011

The eye of a parrotfish. Red Sea.

AUGUST 10, 2011

A Zulu woman puts on body and facial makeup. In Simunye guests are invited to observe contemporary Zulu culture. South Africa

AUGUST 9, 2011

An elephant matriarch clashes with an intruder near the Chobe River in Chobe National Park. Botswana.

AUGUST 8, 2011

A local resident of Nunivark Island draws a laugh from her daughter by donning the head of a musk ox recently shot by her husband. Sport hunters are allowed to kill approximately 70 of these animals per year, despite the fact that they were once extinct i

AUGUST 7, 2011

Mountain climber Alex Lowe sits on a rock near Tibetan prayer flags on Baffin Island. Canada.

AUGUST 6, 2011

An atom bomb blasts Nagasaki on August 9, 1945, signaling the end of World War II. The heart of the city was turned into a desert and at least 40,000 were killed. On this day, in 1945, the first atomic bomb was dropped on the Japnanese city of Hiroshima b

AUGUST 5, 2011

An adult male common kingfisher dives into the water in Labod. Hungary.

AUGUST 4, 2011

A huge wave gathers power at Sandy Beach on Oahu island. USA.

AUGUST 3, 2011

The Jin Mao Tower looking down from the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Shanghai. People's Republic of China.

AUGUST 2, 2011

Masked young people in a mustard field en route to a summer festival. Masked young people in a mustard field en route to a summer festival in Catalonia.

AUGUST 1, 2011

Today in 2009 was the most popular day to get married in the UK. Here a groom embraces his bride after their wedding in Varese. Italy.

JULY 31, 2011

A small iceberg stranded on an Ellesmere Island shore by an ebb tide in Nunavut resembles a Polar Bear. Canada.

JULY 30, 2011

A woman stands on the corner of Bayan Obo People's Commune. People's Republic of China.

JULY 29, 2011

Two African lionesses bask in the late afternoon light in Savuti. Botswana.

JULY 28, 2011

On this day in 1965 fifty thousand US troops were sent to Vietnam. Pictured, United States Marines stand-by on an air base in Da Nang. Vietnam.

JULY 27, 2011

A group of Buddhist Monks walk single file down a dirt road. Thailand.

JULY 26, 2011

Autumn foliage in Acadia National Park, Maine

JULY 25, 2011

A ghostly silhouette of a monk walks through the Basilica di San Francesco in Assisi. Italy

JULY 24, 2011

A Japanese farm woman carrying ornamentals walks through rice fields in Honshu.

JULY 23, 2011

A man eating on the front porch of an old store in Lorman, Mississippi. USA.

JULY 22, 2011

Maiko, an apprentice Geisha, in Kyoto. Japan.

JULY 21, 2011

A turboned Tuareg man in Hirafok. Algeria.

JULY 20, 2011

Disappearing rangeland is threatening this cowboy's way of life in the Sonoran Desert, Arizona. USA.

JULY 19, 2011

Worshippers in a Mosque in Djakarta. Indonesia.

JULY 18, 2011

Slow waters of American Wetlands stir fallen leaves creating spots of blurred yellow around a stationary tree. USA.

JULY 17, 2011

The city and runway lights are captured by a camera attached to the plane's tail fin, California.

JULY 16, 2011

A lioness chases a group of gazelle in Botswana.

JULY 15, 2011

Mother and daughter snuggle together in bed while laundry hangs to dry.

JULY 14, 2011

Gravemarkers in the cemetery near St Paul de Vence.

JULY 13, 2011

Starving Bengalis reach for bread at a Red Cross feeding kitchen.

JULY 12, 2011

Buddhist prayer flags in fresh snow east of Degin.

JULY 11, 2011

Young curious school kids peer through a classroom window in Guizhou Province.

JULY 10, 2011

Crab spider with cricket prey in Maryland.

JULY 9, 2011

Sisters behind a screen door in Park Rapis, Minnesota.

JULY 8, 2011

Two great blue heron fledglings sit near eggs in a nest, Idaho.

JULY 7, 2011

Sleeping children who sweep dust looking for gold in Kolkata.

JULY 6, 2011

Underwater view of Moken divers.

JULY 5, 2011

Stretch fabric protects newly-washed sheep from dirt prior to a livestock contest in Minnesota.

JULY 4, 2011

A young girl looks dreamily out of a window in Veracruz State.

JULY 3, 2011

Wood ants feeding on a lesser emperor dragonfly.

JULY 2, 2011

A child near trash pile.

JULY 1, 2011

Painted stairway, diminishing perspective, Melk Abbey.

JUNE 30, 2011

Plants can be food, art, or playthings for this child.

JUNE 29, 2011

California black bears regularly raid the Happy Camp city dump for garbage food and are becoming a tourist attraction in California.

JUNE 28, 2011

A worker doing his job on a ship before the heavy rains arrive.

JUNE 27, 2011

Barechested Moken tribesman with honeycomb in a forest, Nyawi Island.

JUNE 26, 2011

A farmer pulling a wagon heaped with straw in Shandong.

JUNE 25, 2011

A rancher and his snarling dog in Idaho.

JUNE 24, 2011

Cemetry in New Orleans, above ground graves.

JUNE 23, 2011

Two young boys cool down in the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok.

JUNE 22, 2011

Colourful houses in the Guanajuato Cityscape.

JUNE 21, 2011

This matriarch was ruling the roost at an elephant sanctuary in Victoria Falls.

JUNE 20, 2011

A young boy in a poor rural village looks through a lattice window.

JUNE 19, 2011

Buddhist monks began cutting Ajanta's caves into a curving gorge in the first century BC. The site was abandoned in the fifth century and was not rediscovered until some 1400 years later. This is the 24 foot long reclining Buddha on the left wall of Cave

JUNE 18, 2011

A crab spider with a ladybug as its prey, Maryland.

JUNE 17, 2011

A monk at the Shaolin temple in Henan Province walks with a Burger King bag.

JUNE 16, 2011

Portrait in Afghanistan.

JUNE 15, 2011

Veiled woman.

JUNE 14, 2011

Leaving behind the shell of its former self, this cicada's new wings are still rolled up.

JUNE 13, 2011

Beijing Opera Building.

JUNE 12, 2011

Two burrowing owls.

JUNE 11, 2011

A boy and his pet baboon wander the Suri village of Tulgit.

JUNE 10, 2011

Sun shining through fog on Mausoleums in Galicia.

JUNE 9, 2011

People swim in the Sevastopol Thermal and Electrical Power Plant, once the main plant of the Crimea.

JUNE 8, 2011

A bleak barrio of one room, tin roofed shacks in Tegucigalpa.

JUNE 7, 2011

A spiral staircase in the interior of a Pagoda found at Sun Moon Lake.

JUNE 6, 2011

A Hindu holy man with streaming dreadlocks at prayer in Bodhnath.

JUNE 5, 2011

Vintage cars parked on a Havana street.

JUNE 4, 2011

Men sit on bags of flour at a manufacturing plant in Hunan Province.

JUNE 3, 2011

A grizzly and her twin cubs scavenge through a dumpster.

JUNE 2, 2011

The gilded feet of a colossal standing Buddha at Wat Intrawiharn Temple in Bangkok.

JUNE 1, 2011

Feeding cattle in the snow on the Padlock Ranch in Montana.

MAY 31, 2011

Polar Bears invade the town and scavenge its nearby dump in Churchil Manitoba.

MAY 30, 2011

A docile looking Indian Rhino chews on a few leaves in Miami, Florida.