1384-34 - Church of San Roman, Santuario del Santo Cristo, Campeche city, Campeche State, Mexico

767-34 - St. Francis Cathedral, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America, North America

42-34 - Close-up of shaman's snuff from the yopo tree, the bark of which is made into hallucinogenic powder by the Yanomami Indians in Brazil, South America

741-34 - Cypress trees in Tuscan field, Val d'Orcia, Siena province, Tuscany, Italy

744-34 - One of the four small gold mummiform coffins placed in the canopic urns, from the tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamun, discovered in the Valley of the Kings, Thebes, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

755-34 - Guests at the Island Jungle Resort hotel take an elephant safari across a river, Royal Chitwan National Park, the Terai, Nepal, Asia

756-34 - Footpath through mountain forest, Huang Shan (Yellow Mountain) (Mount Huangshan), UNESCO World Heritage Site, Anhui Province, China, Asia

1173-34 - Hardy arctic wildflowers grow only a few inches high in order to reduce exposure to the moisture-robbing winds, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Brooks Range, Alaska, USA

508-3549 - Head of Antiochos I Kommagenes, dating from 69 to 34 BC, West Terrace, Nemrud Dag (Nemrut Dag), UNESCO World Heritage Site, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

762-34 - Munchner Lowenparade (Munich Lion Parade), one of many colourful painted statues of lions to be found throughout the city, Munich, Bavaria (Bayern), Germany, Europe

765-34 - Medusa head, Forum, Leptis Magna, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tripolitania, Libya, North Africa, Africa

1167-34 - Swimming and sunbathing on Jalousie (Sugar) Beach, St. Lucia, Windward Islands, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

857-92688 - Entrance arch to Santa Monica Pier, from the Pacific Coast Highway. A popular excursion spot for more than a century, the Santa Monica Pier draws crowds daily. From Wikipedia: "The Santa Monica Pier is a large double-jointed pier located at the foot of Colorado Avenue in Santa Monica, California and is a prominent, 100-year-old landmark. The pier contains Pacific Park, a family amusement park with its one-of-a-kind, state-of-the-art, solar paneled Ferris wheel. It also has an original carousel hippodrome from the 1920s, the Santa Monica Pier Aquarium operated by Heal the Bay, shops, entertainers, a video arcade, a trapeze school, pubs, and restaurants. The west end of the pier is a popular location for anglers.

799-34 - Twilight off Combesgate Beach, Devon, England, United Kingdom, Europe

807-34 - Las Pozas, the pools, surrealist sculpture garden and architecture created by Edward James an eccentric English aristocrat, Xilitla, San Luis Potosi state, Mexico, North America

1108-34 - Fan worm, Mozambique, Africa

817-32302 - Henbury iron-meteorite; classification: Octahedrite IIIAB; habitat: North-Australia, Henbury 24¬8 34'S, 133¬8 10'E; age: ca 4,5 billions years, finding year: 1931; Meteorite with Widmanstatten figures and Neumann lines.

1161-614 - Street scene in Islamabad, Pakistan showing rickshaws, an old two-tone Morris Minor car and the local cinema advertising films often described as "Bollywood'.

1219-34 - Looking over the chalets and church of Brienz to Lake Brienz as twilight falls over the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland, Europe

1213-34 - Red kite (Milvus milvus) in flight during a snow shower, Rhayader, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

1132-34 - St. Magdalena, Val di Funes, Trentino-Alto Adige, Dolomites, South Tyrol, Italy, Europe

832-62506 - Horse-drawn carriage in front of revolutionary propaganda, "Hasta la victoria siempre", Spanish for "ever onward to victory" with portrait of Ernesto "Che" Guevara, Las Tunas, Cuba, Caribbean

1231-34 - Arles Amphitheatre (les Arènes d'Arles), Built by the Romans in 90 AD.

847-34 - The crystal clear water of the Voidomatis River reflects the vibrant Spring greens in the Vikos Gorge, Zagoria, Epirus, Greece, Europe

857-72576 - A silhouette of a woman walking in front of an electronic billboard wishing a happy Diwali to passerby's in Mumbai, India. Diwali is a major Hindu holiday and is known as the "Festival of Lights". The five day festival occurs during October and/or November.

857-62819 - Floral & geometric patterns of restored Timurid tile mosaics decorate a wall in the courtyard of the Friday Mosque or "Masjid-i Jami", the largest mosque in Herat, dating to 1200 AD, Herat, Afghanistan. Much of the Ghorid and Timurid decorations on the mosque had been badly damaged during the centuries, but a restoration project begun in 1943 continues today.

857-63531 - A "Palanquera" sells sweets from a large metal bowl she carries on her head in Cartagena, Colombia in August 2007.

857-71730 - Amazonas at an Escaramuza competition in Mexico City, May 24, 2008. Escaramuzas are similar to US rodeos, where female competitors called "Amazonas" wear long skirts, and ride side saddle. Male rodeo competitors are "Charros," from which comes the word "Charreria." Charreria is Mexico's national sport.

857-71729 - An escaramuza from Anahuac of Tecamac team rides her horse in a rodeo competition in Mexico City, May 10, 2008. Escaramuzas are similar to US rodeos, where female competitors called "Amazonas" wear long skirts, and ride side saddle. Male rodeo competitors are "Charros," from which comes the word "Charreria." Charreria is Mexico's national sport.

940-34 - Female Poinciana longicorn beetle (Agrianome spinicollis), Hopkins Creek, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

857-71759 - Escaramuza from Anahuac of Tecamac team ride their horses in a rodeo competition in Chalco on the outskirts of Mexico City, May 10, 2008. Escaramuzas are similar to US rodeos, where female competitors called "Amazonas" wear long skirts, and ride side saddle. Male rodeo competitors are "Charros," from which comes the word "Charreria." Charreria is Mexico's national sport.

857-71733 - An Amazona rides her horse at an Escaramuza competition in Mexico City, May 24, 2008. Escaramuzas are similar to US rodeos, where female competitors called "Amazonas" wear long skirts, and ride side saddle. Male rodeo competitors are "Charros," from which comes the word "Charreria." Charreria is Mexico's national sport.

857-66767 - A Yacare Caiman (Caiman yacare) or "Yacar_ Negro" basks in the sun among vegetation on a the edge of a floating island in Laguna Ibera, Ibera Natural Reserve, near Colonia Carlos Pelligrini, Corrientes Province, Argentina

857-66797 - A group of baby Capybaras (hydrochaeris hydrochaeris) or "carpinchos", huddle together near a path at Estancia Rincon del Socorro, Esteros del Ibera, Corrientes Province, Argentina. The estancia, once a working cattle ranch, is being converted into a nature preserve and is a haven for all kinds of birds and wildlife.

857-62758 - Tajik girls wear full length Iranian style veils, called "abbaya" as they walk to school through the bazaar of Turghondi, a town on the border with Turkmenistan, in the northern part of Herat Province.

857-71752 - Members of the El Herradero team compete in an Escaramuza in Mexico City, Sunday, February 10, 2008. Escaramuzas are similar to US rodeos, where female competitors called "Amazonas" wear long skirts, and ride side saddle. Male rodeo competitors are "Charros," from which comes the word "Charreria." Charreria is Mexico's national sport.

857-55654 - Pictured is a member of the association: "Geschichte lebendig vermitteln" (bringing history to life) at Checkpoint Charlie (former crossing point of the Allied forces), who is representing an American guard, Berlin, October 01 2009.

857-47651 - A group of men heating the drums before playing at the "desfile de llamadas" during the carnival celebrations in Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay.

857-48512 - ROCKPORT, TEXAS, USA. A detail image of a sign that says "Steamed Crabs"

979-8837 - Guests from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer taking the "polar plunge" in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

857-47321 - Dhaka, Bangladesh - July 2011: Street traffic in Dhaka. With over 400, 000 rickshaws running the streets on Dhaka every day the Bangladeshi capital has been described as the "Rickshaw capital of the world.

979-626 - Adult humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) cooperatively "bubble-net" feeding in Southeast Alaska, USA

1015-34 - Striped catfish (Plotusus lineatus). Indo Pacific

979-283 - A small pod of three adult "Type B" Orca (Orcinus orca) traveling in Gerlache Strait on the western side of the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica

1004-34 - Jellyfish (Cyanea lamarckii). UK (RR)

857-35998 - Young male skier (Garrett Brittain) performs a "mute grab" in the halfpipe at Mont Tremblant, Quebec, Canada.

857-30432 - Bruce Miller rock climbing on the route "The Wisdom", rated 5.11b, while his partner Steve Dieckhoff belays, on the Redgarde

857-31793 - Painted images of Ernesto "Che" Guevara stare from a pock-marked wall in La Higuera, Bolivia, Saturday, Nov. 13, 2004. Guevara was captured by the Bolivian army in 1967 in a nearby valley and executed in La Higuera days later. Guevara and fellow communist guerillas were attempting to launch a continent-wide revolution modeled on Guevara's success in Cuba in the late 1950s. The Bolivian government recently began promoting the area where he fought, was captured, killed and burried for 30 years as the "Ruta del Che," or Che's Route.

857-30400 - A Chilean "cowboy", Yael Velasquez, dehorns a calf while another man brands the animal, during a traditional branding on a ranch in Northwest Colorado. The ranch employs about a dozen Chileans through the US Guestworker program. Each worker spends three years working on the remote ranch.

857-30906 - Lydia Newton celebrates her 112th birthday with friends and family making her among the 20 oldest living human beings on earth. Lydia, born March 23, 1893, shares oatmeal every morning with her 90 year old daughter Margaret Rader in their triple wide trailer at a small trailer park outside of town. "I eat oats with half and half and we don't watch the fat let me tell you" says Lydia. "We were never out to make a lot of money, just to live. We made our own toys out of rubber bands and spoons and I think we were a lot happier than kids today" says lydia who has not had a cold or flu for 23 years. As for politics..."It goes in one ear and out the other. I don't care who the next president is. They are all a bunch of liars. I have decided that if the men can't run this country its about time they give a woman a chance."

857-30904 - Lydia Newton celebrates her 112th birthday with friends and family making her among the 20 oldest living human beings on earth. Lydia, born March 23, 1893, shares oatmeal every morning with her 90 year old daughter Margaret Rader in their triple wide trailer at a small trailer park outside of town. "I eat oats with half and half and we don't watch the fat let me tell you" says Lydia. "We were never out to make a lot of money, just to live. We made our own toys out of rubber bands and spoons and I think we were a lot happier than kids today" says lydia who has not had a cold or flu for 23 years. As for politics..."It goes in one ear and out the other. I don't care who the next president is. They are all a bunch of liars. I have decided that if the men can't run this country its about time they give a woman a chance."

979-1689 - Adult rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome moseleyi) "hopping" on Nightingale Island in the Tristan da Cunha Island Group, South Atlantic Ocean

979-9448 - View of the volcanic shoreline on Tristan da Cunha, "the most remote inhabited location on Earth", South Atlantic Ocean

857-29778 - Rob Warwick lets it all hang out, performing a "Shove It" at The Hatchery, Hood River, Oregon

857-30885 - Zen-ei Nakamura, an 88 year old fisherman form the town of Motobu, hauls up his catch from a net he had set earlier. "Fishing is my life" he said. "Ikigai" a Japanese word that roughly translated means "reason for living", is something most elderly Okinawans have always had.

979-7314 - Inside the abandoned Antarctic research British Base "W" on Detaille Island, Lallemand Fjord, Loubet Coast, Antarctica

979-8817 - Guests from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer taking the "polar plunge" in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

975-34 - An IDP camp (internally displaced people) in Te-Tugu district of Northern Uganda has been created to accommodate the mass of Ugandan refugees fleeing the LRA (Lords Resistance Army) who are fighting the Ugandan government and its people. With all attempts to be self-sufficient in these camps, the women have to work the land as well as look after dependants. Te-Tugu, Uganda, East Africa

857-15685 - Project Howl of Freedom 1 of 10. There is an old Indian Proverb which says: "Land is People, Remembering is All" Etched upon Navajo Etta Abriso's timims a history of the native american people. Proud are worn hands is a history of the proud and worn lives of the Native American people. The people of the Southwest weave a rich mosaic of culture, tradition and ritual within the mountain boundaries of the desert. These pueblo indians, anglo ranchers, Mexican tradesman and artistic pioneers cling to their land and in turn, their individualism. However, in a homogenizing society that is rapidly expanding in numbers, technology and laws, these descendants of Spanish Conquistadors and Native Americans are slowly being robbed of their identities.

857-1672 - Hijras attend a ritual birth ceremony whereby a Hijra "mother" gives birth to her "daughter"

857-3861 - Hearing tests with 2 year old Angie. Hearing problems are found in about 25% of Inuit kids. Angie is suffering from an infection called "otitis media".

1031-10 - Grit salt remains the most commonly used method of removing ice and snow from the ground. All kinds of salt are effective at breaking up ice crystals, but grit salt is the preferred method for use in salt-spreading machines as long as the grit salt is kept dry. The grit salt also adds some friction to flat areas, making the ground better for tyres and shoes to grip on to.? . "

1031-9 - Grit salt remains the most commonly used method of removing ice and snow from the ground. All kinds of salt are effective at breaking up ice crystals, but grit salt is the preferred method for use in salt-spreading machines as long as the grit salt is kept dry. The grit salt also adds some friction to flat areas, making the ground better for tyres and shoes to grip on to.? . "

1060-34 - Leopard seal below the surface near ice, opens its mouth and blows bubbles, Antarctica

1001-34 - Buffalo Carpet Beetle (Anthrenus scrophulariae);North West Bulgaria;Europe

1031-34 - Mining grit salt is very different to the traditional image of cramped dark areas and men with pickaxes! The nature of grit salt mines mean they resemble vast caverns, up to 20 metres wide.

1112-34 - Leon Dormido (Sleeping Lion Island), Galapagos Islands, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

971-34 - Amerindian boys paddling dugout canoe, Maharuma, Guyana, South America

797-11413 - Ireland, North, Derry, The People's Gallery series of murals in the Bogside, Mural known as "Bloody Sunday Mural".

1185-34 - Mountain lion (puma) (cougar) (Puma concolor), Montana, United States of America, North America

857-90547 - Kushti is a traditional form of South Asian wrestling popular in India, also known as Pehlwani. Wrestlers usually meet in an Akhara, a "wrestling ground" which is a place of practice, with facilities for boarding, lodging and training.They serve both as training schools and an arena for wrestlers to compete against each other. Akhara is not limited only to physical activities, but also involves religious practices, particularly the worship of the god Hanuman.

857-90544 - Kushti is a traditional form of South Asian wrestling popular in India, also known as Pehlwani. Wrestlers usually meet in an Akhara, a "wrestling ground" which is a place of practice, with facilities for boarding, lodging and training.They serve both as training schools and an arena for wrestlers to compete against each other. Akhara is not limited only to physical activities, but also involves religious practices, particularly the worship of the god Hanuman.

857-90543 - Kushti is a traditional form of South Asian wrestling popular in India, also known as Pehlwani. Wrestlers usually meet in an Akhara, a "wrestling ground" which is a place of practice, with facilities for boarding, lodging and training.They serve both as training schools and an arena for wrestlers to compete against each other. Akhara is not limited only to physical activities, but also involves religious practices, particularly the worship of the god Hanuman.

857-90549 - Kushti is a traditional form of South Asian wrestling popular in India, also known as Pehlwani. Wrestlers usually meet in an Akhara, a "wrestling ground" which is a place of practice, with facilities for boarding, lodging and training.They serve both as training schools and an arena for wrestlers to compete against each other. Akhara is not limited only to physical activities, but also involves religious practices, particularly the worship of the god Hanuman.

1247-34 - A lady crossing Waterloo Bridge with a bus passing between her, the London Eye and Big Ben, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

1263-34 - Souvenir shops selling pictures, magnets and jewellery in Oia, Santorini, Cyclades, Greek Islands, Greece, Europe

857-94195 - Nicolas Favresse climbing. Apichavai 8a+ - 500 meters high - Venezuela expedition "jungle jamming" to Amuri tepuy and Tuyuren waterfalls, with Nicolas Favresse, Sean Villanueva, Stephane Hanssens and Jean louis Wertz. The team free climb to new climbingroutes on the Tepuy, which is 3 days of walk to the village of Yunek near Santa helena and the salto angel(canaima).

857-94199 - Tent - Venezuela expedition "jungle jamming" to Amuri tepuy and Tuyuren waterfalls, with Nicolas Favresse, Sean Villanueva, Stephane Hanssens and Jean louis Wertz. The team free climb to new climbingroutes on the Tepuy, which is 3 days of walk to the village of Yunek near Santa helena and the salto angel(canaima).

857-94198 - Backpacker - Venezuela expedition "jungle jamming" to Amuri tepuy and Tuyuren waterfalls, with Nicolas Favresse, Sean Villanueva, Stephane Hanssens and Jean louis Wertz. The team free climb to new climbingroutes on the Tepuy, which is 3 days of walk to the village of Yunek near Santa helena and the salto angel(canaima).

857-94196 - Nicolas Favresse climbing. Apichavai 8a+ - 500 meters high - Venezuela expedition "jungle jamming" to Amuri tepuy and Tuyuren waterfalls, with Nicolas Favresse, Sean Villanueva, Stephane Hanssens and Jean louis Wertz. The team free climb to new climbingroutes on the Tepuy, which is 3 days of walk to the village of Yunek near Santa helena and the salto angel(canaima).

857-94194 - Sean Villanueva at the portaledge camp. Streching at sunrise - Venezuela expedition "jungle jamming" to Amuri tepuy and Tuyuren waterfalls, with Nicolas Favresse, Sean Villanueva, Stephane Hanssens and Jean louis Wertz. The team free climb to new climbingroutes on the Tepuy, which is 3 days of walk to the village of Yunek near Santa helena and the salto angel(canaima).

857-94193 - JeanLouis Wertz on ropes in Apichavai 8a+. Venezuela expedition "jungle jamming" to Amuri tepuy and Tuyuren waterfalls, with Nicolas Favresse, Sean Villanueva, Stephane Hanssens and Jean louis Wertz. The team free climb to new climbingroutes on the Tepuy, which is 3 days of walk to the village of Yunek near Santa helena and the salto angel(canaima).

1278-34 - View of the city's landmark The White Tower, with Greek flag waving on top, Thessaloniki, Greece, Europe

1286-34 - SEC Armadillo, River Clyde, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

1284-34 - Sunset at Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar (Burma), Asia

1299-34 - The Dark Hedges in North Ireland, Ballymoney, Ulster, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Europe

1116-39991 - \"Bitter Memories of Childhood” is a memorial statue on the Manitoba Legislative Grounds which pays tribute to the 1932-1933 Ukrainian Famine and Genocide under Soviet ruler Joseph Stalin. The Legislative Building and the Golden Boy are seen in the backgro

832-379335 - A ""dancing"" Verreaux's Sifaka or White Sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi), Madagascar, Africa

1302-34 - Tobacco farm for Cuban cigars in Vinales, Cuba, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

832-383527 - Welcome sign on a highway, ""Welcome to Utah, Life elevated"", Utah, USA, North America

860-287450 - Tara Oceans Expeditions - May 2011. Tara with deployed plancton nets. On "station", the boat is drifting without engine or sails. Tara Oceans, a unique expedition: Tara Oceans is the very first attempt to make a global study of marine plankton, a form of sea life that includes organisms as small as viruses and bacterias, and as big as medusas. Our goal is to better understand planktonic ecosystems by exploring the countless species, learning about interactions among them and with their environment. Marine plankton is the only ecosystem that is almost continuous over the surface of the Earth. Studying plankton is like taking the pulse of our planet. Recently, scientists have discovered the great importance of plankton for the climate: populations of plankton are affected very rapidly by variations in climate. But in turn they can influence the climate by modifying the absorption of carbon. In a context of rapid physico-chemical changes, for example the acidification observed today in the world's oceans, it is urgent to understand and predict the evolution of these particular ecosystems. Finally, plankton is an astonishing way of going back in time ? a prime source of fossils. Over the eons, plankton has created several hundred meters of sediment on the ocean floors. This allows us to go back in time, to the first oceans on Earth, and better understand the history of our biosphere. More than 12 fields of research are involved in the project, which will bring together an international team of oceanographers, ecologists, biologists, geneticists, and physicists from prestigious laboratories headed by Eric Karsenti of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory. Galapagos

860-287937 - Ancistrus sp. "temminckii" gold albino

1320-34 - The Mayan Ruins of Chichen Itza, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico, North America

860-288800 - R?o Tinto, Andalucia, Spain *** Local Caption *** R?o Tinto ("Red River") is very acidic (Ph 2) and has a deep reddish hue due to iron dissolved in water. The acidity of the watercourse is linked to the drainage of pyrite, which is very present in the subsoil. Extremophilic and endemic bacteria and algae colonize the river bed, forming a fragile biofilm that evokes the hot springs of Yellowstone Park in the USA.

860-288798 - Reflections on Rio Tinto, near its source, Andalusia, Spain *** Local Caption *** R?o Tinto ("Red River") is very acidic (Ph 2) and has a deep reddish hue due to iron dissolved in water. The acidity of the watercourse is linked to the drainage of pyrite, which is very present in the subsoil. Extremophilic and endemic bacteria and algae colonize the river bed, forming a fragile biofilm that evokes the hot springs of Yellowstone Park in the USA.

1350-3753 - Holy Week processions in Guatemala city. Holy Thursday. Comparsa. Holy Week in Guatemala is celebrated with street expressions of faith, called processions, usually organized by a "hermandades". Each procession of Holy Week has processional floats and steps, which are often religious images of the Passion of Christ, or Marian images, although there are exceptions, like the allegorical steps of saints.

1382-34 - Gediminas Monument (Grand Duke of Lithuania, 1275-1341) on Cathedral Square, Vilnius, Lithuania, Europe

1383-34 - People arriving for the Ukusefya Pa Ng'wena Ceremony

1171-34 - Suocui Bridge and Moon Embracing Pagoda at Lijiang's Heilongtan/Black Dragon Pool.

857-90546 - Kushti is a traditional form of South Asian wrestling popular in India, also known as Pehlwani. Wrestlers usually meet in an Akhara, a "wrestling ground" which is a place of practice, with facilities for boarding, lodging and training.They serve both as training schools and an arena for wrestlers to compete against each other. Akhara is not limited only to physical activities, but also involves religious practices, particularly the worship of the god Hanuman.