832-170859 - Old wood on icy Mindelsee lake, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

832-151158 - Graves at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial above Omaha Beach, site of the landing of the Allied invasion forces on D-Day 6 June 1944, Second World War, Calvados, Region Basse-Normandie, Normandy, France, Europe

832-153608 - Old tree branches on Lake Mindelsee, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

832-153063 - Smoking traditional cremation pyre, Pashupatinath, Nepal, Asia

832-153062 - Burning pyres with visible body in a traditional funeral, Pashupatinath, Nepal, Asia

832-137594 - Love Parade 2010, spray chalk outline of a person killed in a stampede, Duisburg, Ruhr Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-137595 - Love Parade 2010, spray chalk outlines of two people killed in a stampede, Duisburg, Ruhr Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-127611 - Dead trees and clouds reflected in the water of the Schwenninger Moos bog, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

832-126687 - Sunrise on a lake with dead trees in the Mueritz National Park, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Europe

832-126704 - Sunrise on a lake in the Mueritz National Park, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Europe

832-127610 - Dead trees and clouds reflected in the water of the Schwenninger Moos bog, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

832-123920 - Opalescent Pool, geyser, drainage area with coloured thermophilic bacteria, microorganisms, Black Sand Basin, Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, United States of America, USA

832-124340 - Dead Horse Point in the early morning, Dead Horse Point State Park, Utah, USA

832-120075 - Lake Muehlen, Mueritz National Park, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Europe

832-124342 - Panorama, Dead Horse Point in the early morning, Dead Horse Point State Park, Utah, USA

832-124506 - Beach at sunrise with rain clouds, Jasmund National Park, Ruegen, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Europe

832-124494 - Alder carr, Jasmund National Park, Ruegen, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Europe

832-122667 - Sign "Safe Dead Sea bathing", Kalia Beach, Dead Sea, Israel, Middle East, Southwest Asia

832-120083 - Wienpietschseen Lakes, Mueritz National Park, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Europe

832-123711 - River bend, Gooseneck, Canyon, Colorado River, Dead Horse Point State Park, Utah, USA, America

832-120076 - Sandweg, Mueritz National Park, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Europe

832-123710 - River bend, Gooseneck, Canyon, Colorado River, Dead Horse Point State Park, Utah, USA, America

832-123909 - Jackson Lake off the Teton Range, Mount Moran, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, United States of America, USA

832-110167 - Dead trees on the Angel Terrace, Upper Terraces, limestone sinter terraces, geysers, hot springs, Mammoth Hot Springs Terraces, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, United States of America, USA

832-107350 - Mummy and jars from the time of the Nazca, 200 BC - 700 AD, at Cementerio Arqueologico Chauchillo, Nazca, southern Peru, South America

832-88108 - Pieta, Virgin Mary cradling the dead body of Jesus, called Vesperbild, from 1390/1400, from Seeon Abbey, Benedictine monastery at Lake Chiemsee, Munich in 1330, Bavarian National Museum, Prinzregentenstrasse 3, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

832-78263 - Pieta, Virgin Mary cradling the dead body of Jesus, called Vesperbild, from 1390/1400, from Seeon Abbey, Benedictine monastery at Lake Chiemsee, Munich in 1330, Bavarian National Museum, Prinzregentenstrasse 3, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

832-76997 - Inland lake with dead trees, Arugam Bay, Sri Lanka, South Asia

832-77555 - Canoeists on Mandanna Lake, canoeing, paddling a canoe, clear water, dead trees, Yukon Territory, Canada

832-57423 - Schwenninger Moos Nature Reserve, source of the Neckar river, Villingen-Schwenningen, Black Forest, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

832-57383 - Schwenninger Moos Nature Reserve, source of the Neckar River, Villingen-Schwenningen, Black Forest, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

832-57386 - Schwenninger Moos Nature Reserve, source of the Neckar River, Villingen-Schwenningen, Black Forest, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

832-57387 - Moon over Schwenninger Moos Nature Reserve, source of the Neckar River, Villingen-Schwenningen, Black Forest, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe, composite image

832-57438 - Schwenninger Moos Nature Reserve, source of the Neckar River, Villingen-Schwenningen, Black Forest, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

832-57380 - Moon above the Schwenninger Moos nature reserve, composite photograph, source of the Neckar River, Villingen-Schwenningen, Black Forest, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

832-57437 - Schwenninger Moos Nature Reserve, source of the Neckar River, Villingen-Schwenningen, Black Forest, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

832-57374 - Schwenninger Moos nature reserve, source of the Neckar River, Villingen-Schwenningen, Black Forest, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

832-57411 - Schwenninger Moos nature reserve, head of the Neckar River, Villingen-Schwenningen, Black Forest, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

832-57425 - Schwenninger Moos Nature Reserve, source of the Neckar river, Villingen-Schwenningen, Black Forest, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

832-57378 - Moon above the Schwenninger Moos nature reserve, composite photograph, source of the Neckar River, Villingen-Schwenningen, Black Forest, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

832-45836 - Dead tree and stones on the banks of the Yula River, Pilbara, Western Australia

832-43304 - Autumn in Nonnenfliess nature reserve near Eberswalde, Brandenburg, Germany, Europe

857-69053 - A team of Chinese soldiers carry the body of an earthquake victim in Yinghua, China.

832-29114 - Deadwood on Lake Constance at sunrise, autumn, Germany, Europe

1196-182 - Vultures, drigung. bodies what we most attached to, says of monks. Thats offering ones body carries greatest merit. believe that should benefit other beings at every stage of ones life. After completion of powa ceremony, corpse is traditionally offered to great vultures lammergeiers that frequent charnel grounds. Vultures descend on flayed corpse. Offering bodies to birds is same as reciting mantras. It brings merit benefit to dead person as well as to family friends bring here. While cutting up corpse i to keep a pure compassionate mind. would feel if someone felt cutting up your body. -tomdenla. Tibet

1194-369 - Colombia extra-curricular seminar in a middle school at la paz, barrancabermeja, in which children discuss violence in their community, and their personal experiences. Many had witnessed killings and dead bodies at close range. The seminars are organised by dni, international defense of children. Their town is one of the most violent in colombia

1194-368 - Colombia extra-curricular seminar in a middle school at la paz, barrancabermeja, in which children discuss violence in their community, and their personal experiences. Many had witnessed killings and dead bodies at close range. The seminars are organised by dni, international defense of children. Their town is one of the most violent in colombia

1194-379 - Colombia extra-curricular seminar in a middle school at la paz, barrancabermeja, in which children discuss violence in their community, and their personal experiences. Many had witnessed killings and dead bodies at close range. The seminars are organised by dni, international defense of children. Their town is one of the most violent in colombia. Ana victoria huertas of dni is leading the group at this session

1194-370 - Colombia extra-curricular seminar in a middle school at la paz, barrancabermeja, in which children discuss violence in their community, and their personal experiences. Many had witnessed killings and dead bodies at close range. The seminars are organised by dni, international defense of children. Their town is one of the most violent in colombia

1194-376 - Colombia extra-curricular seminar in a middle school at la paz, barrancabermeja, in which children discuss violence in their community, and their personal experiences. Many had witnessed killings and dead bodies at close range. The seminars are organised by dni, international defense of children. Their town is one of the most violent in colombia

1194-371 - Colombia extra-curricular seminar in a middle school at la paz, barrancabermeja, in which children discuss violence in their community, and their personal experiences. Many had witnessed killings and dead bodies at close range. The seminars are organised by dni, international defense of children. Their town is one of the most violent in colombia

1194-377 - Colombia extra-curricular seminar in a middle school at la paz, barrancabermeja, in which children discuss violence in their community, and their personal experiences. Many had witnessed killings and dead bodies at close range. The seminars are organised by dni, international defense of children. Their town is one of the most violent in colombia

1194-373 - Colombia extra-curricular seminar in a middle school at la paz, barrancabermeja, in which children discuss violence in their community, and their personal experiences. Many had witnessed killings and dead bodies at close range. The seminars are organised by dni, international defense of children. Their town is one of the most violent in colombia

1194-378 - Colombia extra-curricular seminar in a middle school at la paz, barrancabermeja, in which children discuss violence in their community, and their personal experiences. Many had witnessed killings and dead bodies at close range. The seminars are organised by dni, international defense of children. Their town is one of the most violent in colombia. Ana victoria huertas of dni is leading the group at this session

1194-372 - Colombia extra-curricular seminar in a middle school at la paz, barrancabermeja, in which children discuss violence in their community, and their personal experiences. Many had witnessed killings and dead bodies at close range. The seminars are organised by dni, international defense of children. Their town is one of the most violent in colombia

1194-375 - Colombia extra-curricular seminar in a middle school at la paz, barrancabermeja, in which children discuss violence in their community, and their personal experiences. Many had witnessed killings and dead bodies at close range. The seminars are organised by dni, international defense of children. Their town is one of the most violent in colombia

1194-561 - Mexico memorial for women murdered in juarez during the last several years. There have been 350+, unexplained murders of innocent women whose bodies were dumped on wasteland, such as where these crosses are located. This strange assemblage of stuffed clothes and a plastic skeleton are part of the memorial. Juarez, chihuahua

1194-374 - Colombia extra-curricular seminar in a middle school at la paz, barrancabermeja, in which children discuss violence in their community, and their personal experiences. Many had witnessed killings and dead bodies at close range. The seminars are organised by dni, international defense of children. Their town is one of the most violent in colombia

971-24 - Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) carcass on beach, Southern Morocco (RR)

971-9 - Dead Killer whale (Orcinus orca) floating on sea surface with scavenging fulmars, North Sea (RR)

981-13 - Komodo dragon juvenile scavenging water buffalo carcass, Komodo Island, Indonesia

981-65 - Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) - male on beach foraging on dead sunfish.

981-22 - Komodo dragon males scavenging buffalo carcass (Varanus komodoensis) Komodo Is

981-12 - Komodo dragon scavenging carcass(Varanus komodoensis) Indonesia Komodo Island.

1022-88 - dead man's fingers (codium galeatum), wild, dusk, shore diving, sand, marine park, metropolitan, Perth city, Western Australia, Indian Ocean. MORE INFO: spongy texture, the fronds divide regularly into two, and their surface appears fuzzy up to a metre long. Common in rough water areas.

1074-16 - Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus / catodon) washed up dead north coast of Iceland.

1074-15 - Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus / catodon) washed up dead with man standing by head for scale. North coast of Iceland.

1074-17 - Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus / catodon) washed up dead north coast of Iceland.

1036-227 - Striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) washed up dead on a beach. Scilly Isles, UK

1036-229 - Striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) washed up dead on a beach. Rows of up to 200 sharp teeth clearly visible. Scilly Isles, UK

1036-231 - Striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) washed up after a storm. Markings in the skin indicated it died in a fishing net. Scilly Isles, UK

1036-228 - Bottlenose dolphin and Finless porpoise washed up dead on a beach. Netting from fishing gear that killed them was still attached to their tails. Arabian Gulf, UAE

921-819 - Inuit Settlement with locals cutting large slabs of whale meat from a freshly caught Grey whale, Lorino Village (Chukotskiy Peninsular) Russia, Asia.

921-712 - Inuit Settlement with locals and whale hunters, cutting large slabs of whale meat from a freshly caught Grey whale, Lorino Village (Chukotskiy Peninsular) Russia, Asia.

921-818 - Inuit Settlement with locals cutting large slabs of whale meat from a freshly caught Grey whale, Lorino Village (Chukotskiy Peninsular) Russia, Asia.

921-722 - Inuit Settlement with locals cutting and cleansing a freshly caught Grey whale, Lorino Village (Chukotskiy Peninsular) Russia, Asia.

931-198 - Humpback whale (megaptera novaeangliae) Gulf of California.A group of whalewatching tourists inspect a dead humpback whale.

931-199 - Humpback whale (megaptera novaeangliae) Gulf of California. The stranded carcase of a dead whale.

921-816 - Inuit Settlement with local boy pretending to surf on the tale of a freshly caught Grey whale, Lorino Village (Chukotskiy Peninsular) Russia, Asia.

921-716 - Inuit Settlement with locals cutting large slabs of whale meat from a freshly caught Grey whale, Lorino Village (Chukotskiy Peninsular) Russia, Asia.

921-717 - Inuit Settlement with locals cutting large slabs of whale meat from a freshly caught Grey whale, Lorino Village (Chukotskiy Peninsular) Russia, Asia.

921-817 - Inuit Settlement with locals cutting large slabs of whale meat from a freshly caught Grey whale, Lorino Village (Chukotskiy Peninsular) Russia, Asia.

921-713 - Inuit Settlement with locals cutting large slabs of whale meat from a freshly caught Grey whale, Lorino Village (Chukotskiy Peninsular) Russia, Asia.

921-894 - Local inuit man, in freezer house pointing to Polar Bear skins. Kangiqsujuaq, Quebec, Nunavik, Canada, North America .Everything from Arctic Char (fish) to Reindeer, Polarbear and whale meat is stored in the freezer house, in which certain town members can access and store hunted foods and skins. Polar bears often come into the local communities, if one is a persistent threat, they will kill it. Individuals can also hunt polar bears on quota.

921-888 - Harbour seal skins stretched and drying. Kimmirut, Baffin Island (Qikiqtaaluk) Nunavut, Canada, North America

921-714 - Inuit Settlement with locals cutting large slabs of whale meat from a freshly caught Grey whale, Lorino Village (Chukotskiy Peninsular) Russia, Asia.

921-316 - Fish laid out for sale. Yuzho Sakhalinsk, Siberia, Russia

921-718 - Inuit Settlement with locals cutting large slabs of whale meat from a freshly caught Grey whale, Lorino Village (Chukotskiy Peninsular) Russia, Asia.

921-715 - Inuit Settlement with locals cutting large slabs of whale meat from a freshly caught Grey whale, Lorino Village (Chukotskiy Peninsular) Russia, Asia.

921-710 - Inuit Settlement with locals cutting large slabs of whale meat from a freshly caught Grey whale, Lorino Village (Chukotskiy Peninsular) Russia, Asia.

921-720 - Inuit Settlement with locals cutting large slabs of whale meat from a freshly caught Grey whale, Lorino Village (Chukotskiy Peninsular) Russia, Asia.

921-719 - Inuit Settlement with locals cutting large slabs of whale meat from a freshly caught Grey whale, Lorino Village (Chukotskiy Peninsular) Russia, Asia.

975-81 - New Shoots on the forest bed, bright green in the evening sun. The trees- dead or dying, picking up the orange of the sunlight on their trunks. The Interior, Alaska, USA

975-23 - Dead trees and vegetation waterside on a floodplane in a forest, along the Stampede Trail near Denali National Park, Alaskan Interior. Denali National Park, Alaska, USA

969-284 - Remains of a squid at the surface with suckers showing

979-7428 - Adult female leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) stalking, then killing and eating an adult gentoo penguin in Paradise Bay, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

979-7412 - Adult female leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) stalking, then killing and eating an adult gentoo penguin in Paradise Bay, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

979-9275 - Northern giant petrel (Macronectes halli) fighting over the scavenging rights to a dead elephant seal pup at St. Andrews Bay on South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean

979-7919 - Snow-covered whale bones on Jougla Point, in Port Lockroy at the western end of Wiencke Island, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

979-6084 - Cleaning the days catch with a Galapagos sea lion in the small town of Puerto Ayora on Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos, Ecuador. Pacific Ocean. No model or property releases are available for this image.