1174-10740 - A little bee-eater bird, Merops pusillus, perches on a dead branch, Londolozi Game Reserve, Sabi Sands, Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa

832-393970 - Black crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) foraging, summer morning, sunrise, Kiskunsag National Park, Hungary, Europe

832-394282 - Black marble coffin in the Musalla Minarets of Herat, Afghanistan, Asia

832-393969 - Black crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) foraging, summer morning, sunrise, Kiskunsag National Park, Hungary, Europe

1348-4569 - Dead Sea, Israel, Jordan, True Colour Satellite Image. The Dead Sea, Israel, Jordan, true colour satellite image. The Dead Sea and sedimentation tanks in turquoise. Image taken on 14 August 1987 using LANDSAT data.

1348-3011 - A dead body (corpse) is just arrived in the mortuary chamber in an hospital.

1348-3009 - A dead body (corpse) is just arrived in the mortuary chamber in an hospital.

1348-3010 - A dead body (corpse) is just arrived in the mortuary chamber in an hospital.

1116-52169 - Men hunting from the Blue Duck Lodge, a working cattle farm with a focus on conservation, located in the Whanganui National Park. One man carrying goat kill on his back, (goats are a danger to the native wildlife and hunting is encouraged and educated here); Retaruke, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand

1116-51842 - Interior Fresco, St George Church Mirauti, 1375; Suceava, Suceava County, Romania

1116-51846 - Interior fresco, Church of the Holy Cross, 1487; Patrauti, Suceava County, Romania

1116-51494 - Dead Sea, Skeleton Coast, Dorob National Park; Namibia

1116-51856 - Fresco, St John The New Monastery, 1514; Suceava, Suceava County, Romania

1116-51928 - Two women on horseback (Equus ferus caballus) smiling at the camera and standing near a dead tree in the brush on the savanna at the Gabus Game Ranch; Otavi, Otjozondjupa, Namibia

1116-52027 - Three human skulls on display on a white fence

1116-52158 - The Blue Duck lodge located in the Whanganui National Park is a working cattle farm with a focus on conservation. Local meat is cooked over an open fire; Retaruke, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand

1116-51998 - Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) with fresh kill in it's mouth; Europe

1116-51526 - Deadvlei, a white clay pan surrounded by the highest sand dunes in the world, Namib Desert; Namibia

1116-51223 - Male Pyrrhuloxia (Cardinalis sinuatus) perched on a dead branch in the foothills of the Chiricahua Mountains near Portal; Arizona, United States of America

1116-51848 - Interior fresco, Church of the Holy Cross, 1487; Patrauti, Suceava County, Romania

1174-10704 - A leopard, Panthera pardus, holds a dead spurfowl in its mouth, Pternistis natalensis

832-393318 - Steaming hot spring, dead trees in the back, Noris Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA, North America

860-290072 - Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus), adult male perched on a dead branch, Campania, Italy

860-290217 - Kruger National Park ranger using an axe to extract a tusk from the body of a naturally dead elephant (Loxodonta africana) to combat poaching, Kruger NP, South Africa

860-290105 - White ibis (Eudocimus albus) on a dead tree in Manuel Antonio Park, Costa Rica

860-289730 - Eurasian Hobby (Falco subbuteo) young on dead tree, Tuscany, Italy

860-289950 - Red Kite (Milvus milvus), side view of an adult perched on a dead tree, Basilicata, Italy

860-289949 - Red Kite (Milvus milvus), adult perched on a dead tree, Basilicata, Italy

860-290220 - Kruger National Park rangers cleaning in the river a tusk just extracted from the body of a naturally dead elephant (Loxodonta africana) in order to fight against poaching, Kruger NP, South Africa

860-290219 - Kruger National Park rangers carrying a tusk that has just been extracted to the root of the body of a naturally dead elephant (Loxodonta africana) in order to fight against poaching, Kruger NP, South Africa

860-290218 - Rangers of the Kruger National Park just extracted a tusk to the root for two hours from the body of a naturally dead elephant (Loxodonta africana) in order to fight against poaching, Kruger NP, South Africa

1350-2386 - Reef fishes for sale in the Suva market, Suva, Viti Levu, Fiji, South Pacific

1350-2424 - Floating Lanterns at dusk in Ala Moana Beach during Memorial Day celebration, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

1350-2423 - Floating Lanterns at dusk in Ala Moana Beach during Memorial Day celebration, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

1350-2316 - Crab preying on dead portuguese man-of-war, Physalia physalis, Praia do Forte, Bahia, Brazil (South Atlantic)

1178-35905 - Women leaning on loading dock wearing skull face paint

1178-35909 - Hispanic woman wearing skull face paint

1178-35910 - Mixed Race woman on sidewalk wearing scarf and skull face paint

1178-35915 - Women on sidewalk wearing skull face paint

1178-35918 - Women in car wearing skull face paint

1178-35914 - Mixed Race woman on sidewalk wearing skull face paint

1178-35903 - Mixed Race woman on sidewalk wearing skull face paint texting on cell phone

1178-35919 - Hispanic woman driving car wearing skull face paint

1178-35913 - Women on sidewalk wearing skull face paint

1178-35917 - Hispanic woman on sidewalk wearing skull face paint

1178-35901 - Hispanic woman near brick wall wearing skull face paint

1178-35911 - Mixed Race woman wearing scarf and skull face paint

1178-35902 - Women near brick wall wearing skull face paint

1178-35916 - Women on sidewalk wearing skull face paint

1178-35904 - Women on sidewalk corner wearing skull face paint

1178-35907 - Women on sidewalk wearing skull face paint

1178-35912 - Mixed Race woman dancing on sidewalk wearing skull face paint

1178-35908 - Hispanic woman standing on sidewalk wearing skull face paint

1178-35906 - Women on sidewalk wearing skull face paint

1174-10529 - A verreaux eagle owl, Bubo lacteus, stands on a dead tree, at night, Londolozi Game Reserve, South Africa

1178-33213 - Sunset over desert landscape

832-392815 - Abandoned bus stop by the dead sea on the road to En Gedi, Negev desert, Israel, Asia

832-392816 - Abandoned parasols on the beach, Dead Sea, En Gedi, Negev desert, Israel, Asia

1349-1422 - Fisher on a Dead Tree

832-391512 - View of Two Medicine Lake with dead trees, hiking trail to Scenic Point, Glacier National Park, Montana, USA, North America

832-391522 - Hikers at Upper Two Medicine Lake, mountain peaks Lone Walker Mountain and Mount Rockwell in the background, dramatic clouds, Glacier National Park, Montana, USA, North America

832-391523 - Hikers at Upper Two Medicine Lake, mountain peak Lone Walker Mountain in the back, dramatic clouds, Glacier National Park, Montana, USA, North America

832-391518 - Hiker between dead trees, hiking trail to Scenic Point, Glacier National Park, Montana, USA, North America

832-391508 - Hiker between dead trees, hiking trail to Scenic Point, view of Two Medicine Lake, mountain peaks Rising Wolf Mountain and Sinopah Mountain, Glacier National Park, Montana, USA, North America

1350-286 - Polar Bear (Ursa maritimus) in fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium) on an island off the sub-arctic coast of Hudson Bay, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Bears come to spend the summer loafing on the island and looking for a careless seal or dead whale to wash up. Global warming has shortened their winter so they are increasingly looking for food in the summer.

1350-1633 - People carry a body, to burn, going to Manikarnika Ghat, the burning ghat, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

1350-280 - Polar Bear (Ursa maritimus) in fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium) on an island off the sub-arctic coast of Hudson Bay, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Bears come to spend the summer loafing on the island and looking for a careless seal or dead whale to wash up. Global warming has shortened their winter so they are increasingly looking for food in the summer.

1350-256 - Polar Bear (Ursa maritimus) in fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium) on an island off the sub-arctic coast of Hudson Bay, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Bears come to spend the summer loafing on the island and looking for a careless seal or dead whale to wash up. Global warming has shortened their winter so they are increasingly looking for food in the summer.

1350-244 - Polar Bear (Ursa maritimus) in fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium) on an island off the sub-arctic coast of Hudson Bay, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Bears come to spend the summer loafing on the island and looking for a careless seal or dead whale to wash up. Global warming has shortened their winter so they are increasingly looking for food in the summer.

1350-1635 - Cremation of bodies, in Manikarnika Ghat, the burning ghat, on the banks of Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

1350-1650 - In first position the rooftop of Manikarnika ghat, general view of ghats rooftops, in Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

1350-2073 - New Ireland Malagan funerary statue in at the Metropolitan Museum of Art museum, New York, USA. New Ireland is part of the Bismarck Archipelago, situated north of New Guinea, and has an estimated population of 100,000. The Dutch first encountered the island in 1616, and today New Ireland is a province of Papua New Guinea. Nineteen different languages are spoken on the island, and it is divided by a chain of mountains into three distinct regions: northern, central, and southeastern. The art of New Ireland traditionally centered on mortuary ceremonies and feasts to honor the dead. In northern New Ireland, the name given to these elaborate ceremonies is malagan, which is also the term used for the carved and painted sculptures associated with the ceremonies.

1350-1634 - Manikarnika Ghat, the burning ghat, on the banks of Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

1350-1914 - A red fox sniffs on some scentmarks along dead reeds, Yukon Territory

1350-318 - Polar Bear (Ursa maritimus) on sea ice off the sub-arctic coast of Hudson Bay, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Bears come to the coast of Hudson Bay in Fall waiting for the ice to freeze, and looking for a careless seal or dead whale to wash up. Global warming has shortened their winter so they are increasingly anxious as they wait for winter. While they wait, they engage in frequent wrestling matches to determine a mating hierarchy for the breeding season in March and April, and regularly check on the ice to see if it will carry them out to sea.

1350-1637 - Cremation of a body, in Manikarnika Ghat, the burning ghat, on the banks of Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

1350-1365 - `Pablo Escobar dead´or `Pablo Escobar muerto´. Painting by Fernando Botero, Antioquia Museum, Museo de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia

1350-1638 - Cremation of bodies, in Manikarnika Ghat, the burning ghat, on the banks of Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

1350-1636 - Person who recovers wood used in cremation, which has not burned completely, in Manikarnika Ghat, the burning ghat, on the banks of Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

1350-2071 - Detail of Terracotta funerary krater. Greek, Attic, Geometric, ca. 725 B.C. Atributed to the Trachones Workshop.

1350-874 - Muisca Mummy, in Gold museum, Museo del Oro, Bogota, Colombia, America

860-288933 - Crown-of-thorns sea star (Acanthaster planci) on dead coral. Heron Island. Great Barrier Reef. Queensland. Autralia.

860-289097 - Raking dead leaves. Man raking leaves on the lawn with a wide rake, in autumn.

860-289082 - Planting a sage step by step: mulching the stump with dead leaves against the winter cold.

860-288765 - Dead Trees, Deadvlei, Sossusvlei, Namib Naukluft Park, Namib Desert, Namibia.

860-289096 - Raking dead leaves. Man raking leaves on the lawn with a wide rake, in autumn.

860-288761 - Dead Trees, Deadvlei, Sossusvlei, Namib Naukluft Park, Namib Desert, Namibia.

860-289177 - Wood Nuthatch (Sitta europaea) on a dead wood trunk in summer, Moselle

1116-49380 - Three male lions (Panthera leo) feed on dead buffalo (Syncerus caffer), Serengeti, Tanzania

1116-49359 - Male lion (Panthera leo) eats buffalo as giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchii) watches, Serengeti, Tanzania

1116-49319 - Little bee-eater (Merops pusillus) on dead branch facing left, Serengeti, Tanzania

1116-49323 - Superb starling (Lamprotornis superbus) on dead branch turns head, Serengeti, Tanzania

1116-49376 - Three male lions (Panthera leo) feed on dead buffalo (Syncerus caffer), Serengeti, Tanzania

1116-49984 - Fresco, Holy Formation Cathedral, Trinity Sergius Lavra Monastery complex; Sergiev Posad, Moscow Oblast, Russia

1116-50157 - Fresco, Miracle-Image of the Saviour Church, Kremlin, Golden Ring; Rostov Veliky, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia

1116-50097 - Common Jackal (Canis Aureus) and Black-backed Jackal (Canis mesomelas) attack and kill a Thomson's Gazelle (Gazella thomsoni) for food; Tanzania

1116-50161 - Fresco, Gate Church of the Resurrection (1670), Kremlin, Golden Ring; Rostov Veliky, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia

1116-50159 - Fresco, Gate-Church of St John, Kremlin, Golden Ring; Rostov Veliky, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia

1116-49985 - Fresco, Holy Formation Cathedral, Trinity Sergius Lavra Monastery complex; Sergiev Posad, Moscow Oblast, Russia

1116-50406 - Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) sits with two cubs on dead branch, Grumeti Serengeti Tented Camp, Serengeti National Park; Tanzania