Setsubun
Setsubun means ‘Bean-Throwing Festival’, and is held the day before the beginning of spring in Japan, in association...
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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...
Chinese New Year of the Horse
Tomorrow marks Chinese New Year, when people around the world come out onto the streets to enjoy dragon...
Texas in pictures
The lone star state has been scoring highly on ‘top destination’ lists recently. Cities like Austin and Houston...
Up Helly Aa
Up Helly Aa festival celebrates Norse traditions in Shetland, Scotland on the last Tuesday in January every year. Locals...
Spirals in nature
Spirals are patterns that occur naturally in plants and natural systems, including the weather. They were studied by...
Buddhist monk
A young Buddhist monk turns to look at the dome of the Boudhanath Stupa in Kathmandu, in this...
Greece in pictures
Although its economy may have taken a buffeting in recent years, Greece’s reputation for stunning scenery, historic sites...
Emperor penguins
A couple of weeks ago we featured some amazing pictures of polar bears by wildlife photographer Thorsten Milse....
Amazon rainforest – respect it or wreck it?
The protection of the Amazon rainforest is important for everyone. It’s an amazing part of our natural world,...
Tamborrada Festival
At midnight on the 19th January every year, the city of San Sebastian comes alive with the sound...
Timkat Festival in pictures
Colourful Timkat festival is the Orthodox Ethiopian celebration of Epiphany, that takes place every 19th January. We chose some...
Baboons
Wildlife photographer James Hager has been photographing baboons in Tanzania, Kenya and South Africa. Here are some of our...
Nicaragua and Costa Rica in pictures
Costa Rica – with its abundant rainforests, colourful wildlife and tourist-friendly surf-towns – has long been a hot destination....
Meerkats
Wildlife photography duo Ann and Steve Toon are known for their dramatic shots of lions, elephants, rhino and...
Harbin Ice Festival
The city of Harbin in northern China is known for its harsh winters. But the town makes a...
Voodoo Festival
Every January thousands of Beninese flock to the town of Ouidah for the annual Voodoo Festival. Some 40%...
Black Nazarene
Every 9th of January a life-sized sculpture of Jesus called the ‘Black Nazarene’ is taken through the streets of Manila, the...
Holkham Bay
Beautiful Holkham Bay in Norfolk has been voted the best British beach by expert travel writers and journalists...
Polar bear family
Wildlife photographer Thorsten Milse captured these insightful, touching photographs in Hudson Bay, Canada, while patiently following a polar bear...
Romania and Bulgaria in pictures
There’s been much fear-mongering by the press here in the UK over the possibility of a ‘flood’ of...
Ice skating in Central Park
We love this photo of ice skaters at dusk in Central Park, New York. (Photo: age fotostock/Robert Harding)
Atlantic puffins
Photographer Andrew Davies captured these stunning images of Atlantic puffins off the coast of Wales, UK. A puffin...
Happy New Year
Happy New Year to one and all! New Year fireworks and Big Ben, Houses of Parliament, Westminster, London...
Fishermen ‘leg rowing’ in Myanmar
Fishermen on Inle Lake in Myanmar (formerly Burma) have acquired an ingenious way of manoeuvring across the water. They...
South Africa in pictures
The Rainbow Nation is currently rated as one of the most affordable winter sun destinations. This diverse country has landscapes...
12 of the best snowscapes
This week I scoured our picture archive for the best desolate, snowy landscapes. Here’s what I found. Aurora...
Snow monkeys
Snow monkeys (also known as Japanese macaques) are a species of monkey from Japan, that live in areas...
Happy Christmas
Out There wishes you a great Christmas! Here is one of our favourite seasonal photos of Lillehammer in Norway. Could...
German nutcracker dolls
This photo by Stuart Black shows slightly scary wooden nutcracker dolls sold in a Berlin Christmas market. The...
Festival of the Sahara
Every year in late December thousands flock to the desert oasis town of Douz in southern Tunisia, for...
Winter Solstice at Stonehenge
Each year on Winter Solstice (the 21st December) visitors gather together with some of England’s Druid, Pagan and...
Webfooted Gecko
A webfooted gecko photographed by Thorsten Milse in the Namib Desert, Namibia, Africa. The gecko’s skin is almost...
Caribbean Christmas
Woman drying Santa’s costume on a beach in Las Terrenas, Samana Peninsula, Dominican Republic, Caribbean (Angelo Cavalli/Robert Harding)
Mexico in pictures
Latin America’s most popular tourist destination boasts Ancient Mayan ruins, vibrant cities, lush jungles, turquoise waters, coral reefs...
Caribou shaped by ice ages
A Caribou bull silhouetted against mountains in North America (Juniors/Robert Harding)
Europe’s best Christmas markets
What better than the twinkling lights and delicious treats of a Christmas market to stoke up the festive...
Namib Desert
This is the aerial view from a hot air balloon over the magnificent arid landscape of sand dunes,...
Picturing the wilderness
specialist in classic, timeless landscapes, Yorkshire-based photographer Lizzie Shepherd spends much of her time capturing the UK’s remote...
Whirling Dervishes Festival
This week, thousands gather in the ancient Turkish city of Konya to watch the annual Whirling Dervish Festival....
Sea lion and pup
This gorgeous photo of an Australian sea lion and her pup was taken by wildlife photographer Thorsten Milse at...
Lapland in pictures
Lapland is a cool destination all year round, but it comes into its own at Christmas. You can...
Shoebill
The shoebill is a large stork-like bird that lives in East Africa, between Sudan and Zambia. This is...
Late autumn tree
We love this photo of a late autumn tree after a snowy night by photographer Gianluca Basso, from our...
Miss Rodeo America Pageant
In pictures Every December Las Vegas plays host to a unique competition in which state rodeo queens battle...
St Paul’s Cathedral photo gallery
On this date in 1697 St Paul’s Cathedral, built by Sir Christopher Wren, was opened. Although it was...
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
Every Thanksgiving, US chain store Macy’s puts on a parade through the centre of Manhattan with giant balloons...
Cherokee challenge – mission accomplished
Reflections from Andy and Sam Eight weeks ago private pilots Andy Hardy and Sam Kid set off from...
Amazon – a pristine wilderness?
Was the Amazon ever a pristine, untouched environment? This BBC documentary argues that humans shaped the Amazon rainforest...
Canary Islands photo-gallery
As the frosts start to kick in in Northern Europe, holiday goers get a taste for the winter...
Tori-No-Ichi
Tori-No-Ichi is a traditional festival held on Japan on various days in November (known as days of the...
Elterwater, Cumbria
We love this beautiful photo of Elterwater in the UK’s Lake District, by Tim Gartside. age fotostock/Robert Harding...
Life on the road
A chat with Jochen Schlenker In 2005 Jochen Schlenker left his native Germany – and his IT career...
Cherokee challenge update – Landed in Sydney!
This is it! Andy and Sam have finally landed in Sydney after flying on an epic journey all...
Morocco photo gallery
Today marks the anniversary of Morocco’s independence from France and Spain in 1956. We searched our favourite photos...
Cherokee challenge update – only a hop away
Our friends Andy and Sam have landed in Port Maquarie on the coast of New South Wales, Australia,...
Great Grey Owl by James Hager
We love this stunning photo of a Great Grey Owl adult leaving its perch in Yellowstone National Park,...
Colours of Florida – photo gallery
While temperatures drop in the North, many tourists head to Florida for a dose of warming winter sun....
Surin Elephant Festival
Every November, elephant handlers in Surin, Thailand, show off their skills by leading their animals in a procession,...
FLYING LONDON TO SYDNEY THE SLOW WAY – THE CHEROKEE CHALLENGE FLIGHT VISITS FNQ TO EXPLORE FAMILY HISTORY
Andy talks about his family history and the Cherokee Challenge flight, on a radio broadcast in Northern Queensland…
World Urbanism Day
Since today is World Urbanism Day here is one of our favourite urban pictures of pedestrians crossing a...
Cherokee Challenge Update – Ayers Rock
Sam and Andy are now flying through Australia, the final country on their journey from the UK to...
Pushkar Camel Fair
In pictures Every year the Indian town of Pushkar in Rajisthan holds a five day camel fair, one...
Guy Fawkes Night – Then and Now
Tonight Guy Fawkes Night takes over many parks and public spaces across Britain, as people build bonfires and...
Cherokee Challenge Update – Reaching Australia
Sam and Andy are now flying through Australia, the final country on their momentous journey from the UK to...
Day of the Dead
On the 31st of October and the 1st and 2nd of November, people in Mexico and other cultures...
Cherokee Challenge Update – Approach to Bali
Here is the latest video filmed by our pilot friends Sam and Andy from their Cherokee plane on...
Turkey – top photos
Yesterday was Turkey’s Republic Day, so we looked into our archives for our favourite pictures of the country’s...
Cherokee Challenge Update – Jakarta to Bali
Yesterday Sam and Andy flew from Jakarta to Bali – a spectacular leg that took them past the Mount Bromo...
Storm photography
Everyone’s talking about the storm that hit the south of the UK last night and brought down lots...
Cherokee Challenge Update – Thailand to Malaysia
Sam and Andy, who are on a momentous journey from the UK to Australia in their wee Cherokee...
Animals close up and personal
Ever looked a rhinoceros, a tiger or an iguana in the eye? We put together a gallery of...
Cherokee Challenge update – Thailand
The latest chapter in the travels of Sam and Andy (who are flying their little plane from the...
Jidai Matsuri Festival
A photographic tour The Jidai Matsuri, or Festival of Ages, is a spectacular celebration of Japan’s history that...
The world below the surface
A chat with Andre Seale Andre Seale’s images show a deep appreciation for the world beneath the ocean....
Somaliland
The road less travelled I recently visited Somaliland – a peaceful, democratic state which declared independence from Somalia...
Cherokee Challenge update – Riyadh to Dubai
Sam and Andy, who are on a momentous journey from the UK to Australia in their wee Cherokee...
Thimphu Tsechu Festival
A photographic tour Thimphu Tsechu is one of the spectacular Buddhist temple festivals held every year around October...
Cherokee Challenge update – Middle East adventure
As I write, our aviation adventurers, Andy and Sam, are flying their little 1966 Piper Cherokee over Saudi...
Cherokee Challenge update – Vienna to Cyprus
Our two aviation adventurers, Andy and Sam, are well on their way to reaching their goal of flying...
Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta
A photographic tour New Mexico’s spectacular annual hot air balloon festival is now under way. The nine day...
Strange looking animals
A couple of weeks ago the BBC reported that the bizarre ‘grumpy looking’ blobfish had been voted the official...
Man and nature
A chat with Niall Benvie Niall Benvie’s photography surveys the relationship between man and nature, and his innovative...
Phuket’s Vegetarian Festival
A photographic tour Phuket’s Vegetarian Festival – starting at the end of this week – perhaps ranks among...
Cherokee Challenge Flight 2013
London to Sydney in a 1966 Piper Cherokee This week two private pilots from the UK, Andy Hardy...
Animal camouflage
We found this incredible video made by Science Friday a few weeks ago and it inspired us to...
Seasons in Light
A chat with Stuart Black Despite being one of Robert Harding’s newest additions to the international photography team,...
Oktoberfest
A photographic tour of the world’s largest fair The 180th Oktoberfest kicked off this weekend. This huge party...
‘The ocean is my second home’
A chat with Reinhard Dirscherl German photographer Reinhard Dirscherl specialises in spectacular underwater photography. His oceanic subjects have...
Drones – a videographer’s new must have accessory?
The mention of drones may conjure up visions of sinister military operations, but a new range of consumer...
In the midst of nature
A chat with James Hager American photographer James Hager has been capturing incredible images of wildlife and natural...
Festes de la Merce
A photographic tour of Barcelona’s most extravagant street festival Barcelona’s spectacular La Mercè Festival – the city’s largest...
Living colours
A chat with Richard Cummins Like most photographers in the Robert Harding team, Irish-born Richard Cummins travels the...
A life of travel
A chat with Steve Vidler Veteran travel shooter Steve Vidler has seen the photography industry change radically since...
Blue Iguana by Joel Sartore
We love this arresting photo of a Grand Cayman blue iguana from the Sedgwick County Zoo in Kansas,...
From dawn ’til dusk
A chat with Adam Burton Adam Burton is one of the UK’s top landscape photographers and has recently...
In the African wilderness
A chat with the Toons Over a decade ago, Ann and Steve Toon took a sabbatical from their...
Picturing paradise
A chat with Sakis Papadopoulos “The Maldives are like my second home,” says Greek photographer Sakis Papadopoulos. “The...
Passion and Curiosity
A chat with Antonio Busiello Italian-born wildlife and travel photographer Antonio Busiello is one of the latest additions...
