Calgary Stampede is Canada’s largest rodeo, a ten day event featuring hair-raising competitions with the world’s best cowboys. We picked some of our favourite pictures from our […]
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Stock photography masterclass
Ever wanted to make money from your photography? Or perhaps you are a professional shooter who wants to up your game? On Thursday the 3rd of July, […]
Mountain biker
We love this photo of a mountain biker riding on a trail in the Alps, by Hauke Dressler. It was taken in Alpspitz, Bavaria, Germany. (LOOK/Robert Harding) […]
European wildcats
Heavier and with thicker fur than the domestic cat, the European wildcat lives in the grasslands and forests of Europe. In many regions, including Scotland, […]
12 quirky football photos
In the midst of World Cup fever, here are some of our favourite quirky football photos from our collection. Enjoy! Football pitch hat at Royal Ascot […]
Spider monkeys
Spiders monkeys are an extremely intelligent but threatened species with very long limbs and tails. In the wild they can be found in rainforests in Central and South […]
Inti Raymi festival
The Festival of Inti Raymi (which means festival of the sun) brings crowds onto the streets in the Andean villages of Peru, Bolivia, Argentina and […]
US flag retirement ceremonies
Every year on US Flag Day (14th June) veterans and scout troops hold ceremonies to ‘retire’ old and worn flags by burning them. The rules dictate […]
Blue Grotto
The spectacular Blue Grotto is a sea cave on the island of Capri in Southern Italy. What makes it special is that it is flooded […]
Marine iguana
The marine iguana is a striking looking lizard found on the Galapagos Islands. It is the only lizard that can forage in the sea, and is able to […]
Dragon boat races
Dragon boat racing is an ancient sport that is still extremely popular in China. Last week Dragon boat races filled Hong Kong’s harbour with noise and […]
Free climber jumping
We love this great photo made up of a series of shots captured as a free climber jumps into the sea in Mallorca, Spain. Photo by Hermann […]
The disappearing islands
This year World Environment Day (5th June 2014) focusses on the world’s most vulnerable islands. As the climate warms and polar ice caps melt, rising sea levels are threatening […]
African lions
Amazing wildlife photography duo Ann and Steve Toon regularly travel to the African wilderness to photograph lions. We chose some of their most expressive photos of these […]
Croatia in pictures
Croatia is one of the Mediterranean’s most fashionable destinations. Picture perfect fishing villages, more than a thousand islands in sparkling blue seas and a splash of […]
The pilgrimage to El Rocío
The Romería (pilgrimage) de Rocío is Spain’s largest and most spectacular pilgrimage. Thousands of pilgrims walk through the countryside to the village of El Rocío in Almonte, […]
Gawai Dayak Festival
Gawai Dayak is a festival celebrated by the Dayaks, the native people of Borneo, that will take place this weekend in Sarawak. Festival goers dress […]
Granada in pictures
Granada is a Spanish province that shares the beautiful Sierra Nevada mountains with neighbouring Almería. It’s capital, also called Granada has many attractions, the best known […]
Adelie penguins
The Adelie penguin is a species of penguin that can only be found along the Antarctic coast. Wildlife photographer Michael Nolan took these amazing photos of the […]
Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer Gypsy Pilgrimage
Over the weekend Roma Gypsies from across Europe flocked to the small fishing village of Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer in the Camargue region of Provence to worship their patron Saint, Sara with horse […]
Sydney in lights
Vivid Sydney is an amazing event featuring giant light projections that transform the city’s buildings. It is held annually in May and June. Sydney Opera […]
Bengal Tigers
The national animal of both India and Bangladesh, these magnificent Bengal tigers were photographed here by Thorsten Milse in Madhya Pradesh, India. Sadly, the Bengal tiger population […]
Cooper’s Hill Cheese Rolling
Every Spring Bank Holiday one of England’s most eccentric festivals is held: the Cooper’s Hill Cheese Rolling. Competitors chase a round 9lb Gloucester cheese down a hill, […]
Lake District in pictures
The Lake District is England’s largest national park, home of the country’s deepest lake (Wastwater) and highest peak (Scafell Pike). We picked some of our […]
Sparring horses
We love this stunning photo of two wild horses sparring in the bleached landscape near Aus in Namibia, by Lee Frost. See more of Lee Frost’s […]
Frigate bird
Frigate birds are distinctive looking seabirds with long wings and tails, who catch their food in flight, as well as robbing from other birds. The males […]
Havana
We love this beautiful picture of a trombone player on the Malecon in Havana, Cuba. Cubans regularly gather here to make music. Photo by Guylain Doyle.
Sanja Matsuri
Sanja Matsuri is a wild and wonderful Shinto festival in which ornate shrines called Mikoshi are carried through the streets of Tokyo surrounded by enthusiastic crowds […]
Thailand’s floating markets
Once upon a time traveling by water was central to daily life in Thailand. Although that way of life has declined, some of its colourful […]
Bryce Canyon National Park
Bryce Canyon is a stunning set of huge rock amphitheatres with red rock spires made by erosion, forming incredible views, especially during misty weather. It is located […]
Cotswolds in pictures
The Cotswold region is one of England’s favourite destinations with country churches, pretty limestone villages and peaceful meadows. Top landscape photographer Adam Burton took these beautiful […]
Seville Fair
Throughout this week the Feria de Abril (Seville Fair) fills this beautiful Andalucian town with music, dancing and spectacular horse parades. The fair takes place two weeks after […]
Beltane – Celtic May Day
Beltane, or Celtic Mayday, marks the beginning of summer. It is a fertility ritual that was performed by pre-Christian Britons while accompanying the herds into […]
France in pictures
Recent figures suggest that France is the world’s most popular tourist destination, and we don’t blame tourists for loving it. Here are some of our […]
Samburu tribal dance
On International Dance Day we found this great image of a Samburu tribesman performing a traditional dance in Laikipia, Kenya, by Sergio Pitamitz. The Samburu live in the Rift […]
Holland’s new King’s Day
Every April Holland has celebrated Queen’s Day by holding flee markets and parties and dressing up in orange, the national colour. This year though, Queen’s […]
Best beach huts
Wooden beach huts have existed since the late 19th Century in Australia, England, France and Italy. They evolved from the ‘bathing machine’, a mobile changing room that preserved the […]
Amazing rivers
This Earth Day we have found some beautiful aerial shots of rivers around the world. A colorful river delta in saline Lake Natron, Rift Valley, Africa, Tanzania […]
Mexican cowgirls
Escaramuzas are Mexican cowgirls who perform fast and furious routines on galloping horses. They wear colourful dresses and hats and ride sidesaddle. Our photographers captured these amazing riders in action. Escaramuzas ride […]
North York Moors
Landscape photographer Lizzie Shepherd shot these wonderful images of England’s North York Moors from the same point along the Cleveland Way, at different seasons and times of day. Read […]
Holy Week processions
During Holy Week in Spain, Catholic brotherhoods take to the streets to perform solemn processions, often dressed in striking (and quite scary-looking) robes with hoods, originating from medieval penitents’ […]
Derwent Water reflections
Neale Clarke took this gorgeous photo of Barrow Bay landing stage on Derwent Water, Lake District, Cumbria, England. See more of Neale Clarke’s work here
Songkran festival
Songkran is Thailand’s New Year’s Day festival, celebrated on the 13th to the 15th April and co-inciding with other New Year’s celebrations across South and Southeast […]
Myanmar (Burma)
After a travel boycott lasting over ten years was lifted (with Aung San Suu Kyi released from house arrest in 2010) a growing number of tourists are […]
Salar de Uyuni
A pristine white salt flat stretching over ten thousand square kilometers (the largest in the world), the Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia is one of the earth’s most […]
Cornwall’s coast in pictures
Cornwall was recently voted by travel writers to have the best coastline of any UK holiday destination (see survey by 101 Holidays). We chose our favourite […]
Banff National Park
This gorgeous photo of Mount Rundle reflected in a lake at sunrise was taken by photographer Miles Ertman at Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada. […]
Maldives in pictures
Made up of a chain of nearly 1,200 islands off the Indian subcontinent, the Maldives is often considered to be the ultimate tropical island paradise. […]
Icelandic horses
Photographer Ragnar Sigurdsson, who specialises in capturing the beauty of Iceland, Greenland and the Arctic, took these fantastic photos of pure breed Icelandic horses, a small and hardy breed unique […]
Cloud formations
We searched through our picture archive for our favourite shots of strange and beautiful cloud formations captured by our team of photographers around the world. View […]
Cherry blossom parties
During spring, people gather all over Japan to have picnics and gatherings under the cherry blossom, a custom called Hanami. Symbolising the fleeting nature of […]
Swimming tiger
This spectacular photo of a Bengal tiger swimming through bright green algae was taken by Sudip Roychoudhury in India. See more of Sudip’s work here.
Mad March hares
European brown hares are normally timid animals, but can be seen to transform in spring, when they chase other hares and ‘box’ with one another. […]
Vernal equinox at Chichen Itza
Today is the vernal equinox, the beginning of spring in the northern hemisphere, when night and day are of almost equal length all over the […]
Las Fallas festival
Sculptors have been working for many months in the Spanish city of Valencia to create fallas – elaborate figures propped on architectural monuments several stories high. […]
Mushroom cloud of starlings
This amazing photo shows a ‘murmuration’ of starlings (yes, that really is the collective noun), which form the shape of a mushroom cloud. Renown photographer […]
Ireland in pictures
It’s St Patrick’s Day so we thought we’d make a gallery of some of our favourite photos of the emerald isle and its beautiful landscape of […]
Yuanyang rice terraces
The people of Yuanyang County in southern China have been harvesting rice from a spectacular landscape of rice terraces, built up over the past 1,200 years. […]
Christ the Redeemer
Photographer Angelo Cavalli recently captured this great shot of Rio de Janeiro’s iconic Christ the Redeemer statue, seemingly embracing the beautiful city below. The statue was constructed […]
Gannet colonies
Gannets are huge seabirds with a wingspan of up to two metres, that hunt their underwater prey by diving into the sea from a height. […]
Abstract landscapes
These beautiful abstracts were created by travel and landscape photographer Lee Frost. Lee captured the moody light and colours of Alnmouth Beach in Northumberland, England, looking out […]
Holi festival of colours
Holi is a Hindu celebration of the end of winter. It is celebrated throughout India and Nepal, although copycat events are held all over the […]
Seal Island
Photographer David Jenkins travelled to Seal Island in False Bay, South Africa, one of the principal breeding sites of the cape fur seal. The presence […]
Spectacular earthworks
Shapes, images, mounds and burial grounds carved into the earth by both historical and modern peoples. These are some of our favourite photos from the […]
The scary masks of Fastnacht
Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, is the last day before Lent and the culmination of vibrant carnivals across the world. Whilst Rio might win the […]
Novice monks
Novice monks at the Full Moon Festival in Bagan, Myanmar (also known as Burma), by Lynn Gail. According to the proportion of monks in the population […]
Dorset’s Jurassic Coast
The coastline stretching from Orcombe Point in Devon to Old Harry Rocks in Dorset is one of Britain’s best natural gems, known as the Jurassic […]
Carnival in South America
It’s carnival time in Latin America and some of the best street parties in the world are kicking off this week. We picked our favourite photos […]
Haleakala National Park
Travel photographer Michael Runkel recently travelled to Maui, Hawaii and captured this scene of two tourists waiting for sunset on top of Haleakala National Park. See more […]
Venice in pictures
What better time to visit Venice now that masked carnival goers are transforming this already amazing place. In the weeks leading up to Lent, masked […]
Patterns in nature
We put together some of our favourite stunning photos of naturally occurring patterns, ranging from sand dunes and land erosion to ice bubbles and crocodiles’ skin. Enjoy. […]
Viareggio Carnival in pictures
It’s carnival season and one of the most spectacular and celebrated parades in Europe, the carnival of Viareggio in Tuscany, is in full swing (running […]
Love locks
The tradition of locking a padlock inscribed with two lovers’ names to a fence, bridge or gate, and throwing away the key to symbolise their […]
Northumberland
Landscape and travel photographer Lee Frost has been photographing the windswept beaches, castles and wide open vistas of Northumberland, England’s northernmost county. Positioned close to […]
Green sea turtles
Photographer Michael Nolan captured these lovely shots of green sea turtles off the coast of both Maui in Hawaii, and the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador. […]
Global wanderer
A chat with Yadid Levy Copenhagen-born Yadid Levy’s colourful, lively photographs reflect a wanderlust that was passed down to him by his parents. His Danish […]
Northern Lights
This stunning picture of the Northern Lights a one of our favourite new additions to the photo archive. It was taken at the Vatnajokull Ice […]
Camargue horses
Photographers Gabrielle & Michel Therin-Weise visited Camargue in Southern France to photograph a breed of horse that is unique to the region. The Camargue horse is […]
Sami people
Today is Sami National Day, a day of celebration and recognition of the Sami people, an indigenous community who live across northern Norway, Sweden, Finland […]
Brazil in pictures
Brazil is in the world’s spotlight right now, thanks to the upcoming World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games. But many visitors to these events […]
Isle of Skye
Photographer Adam Burton specialises in dramatic images of the wild places of Britain. He traveled to the Isle of Skye in Scotland’s Inner Hebrides and […]
Portrait in Papua New Guinea
This amazing portrait was taken by Tim Graham at a Sing Sing tribal gathering in Papua New Guinea. Tim spent years photographing the travels and state visits […]
Chinese New Year of the Horse
Tomorrow marks Chinese New Year, when people around the world come out onto the streets to enjoy dragon dancers, lanterns, parades and fireworks, welcoming in […]
Texas in pictures
The lone star state has been scoring highly on ‘top destination’ lists recently. Cities like Austin and Houston are buzzing as artists, musicians and entrepreneurs […]
Up Helly Aa
Up Helly Aa festival celebrates Norse traditions in Shetland, Scotland on the last Tuesday in January every year. Locals in viking inspired costumes march through town […]
Spirals in nature
Spirals are patterns that occur naturally in plants and natural systems, including the weather. They were studied by mathematicians including Leonardo Fibonacci, who tried to understand order […]
Buddhist monk
A young Buddhist monk turns to look at the dome of the Boudhanath Stupa in Kathmandu, in this photo by Don Smith. The dome is […]
Greece in pictures
Although its economy may have taken a buffeting in recent years, Greece’s reputation for stunning scenery, historic sites and delicious cuisine is as bright as […]