Launching hopes and prayers

Launching hopes and prayers

Sky lanterns take flight during the Yi Peng Festival in Chiang Mai, Thailand (© Suttipong Sutiratanachai/Getty Images)

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8 Nov 2023Llyn Padarn, Snowdonia, Wales
8 Nov 2024Glacial rivers, Iceland
8 Nov 2025Bandon Beach in Bandon, Oregon, United States

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17 Feb 2024Jorvik Viking Festival
13 Sep 2023Hemakuta Hill, Hampi
Autumn in Georgia
28 Dec 202350 years of the Endangered Species Act
17 Feb 2026Chinese New Year
7 Jul 2024Rice terraces of Mù Cang Chải, Yên Bái province, Vietnam
Go fly a kite!
In the running
21 Sep 2023International Day of Peace
20 May 2026World Bee Day
Tune into International Jazz Day
6 Oct 2023Taughannock Falls State Park, New York
Peek-a-boo, I see you!
The animal kingdoms great migration
6 Jul 2025Tour de France
14 Oct 2023Ring of fire solar eclipse
Clouds dance above Sundance
Fit for a king
6 Jan 2025Flooded crypt, Basilica of San Francesco, Ravenna, Italy
28 Jul 2026World Nature Conservation Day
Bridging past and present
18 Apr 2025International Day for Monuments and Sites
Bungle beehives
15 Nov 2023Rapa Valley in Sarek National Park, Sweden
25 Feb 2024Modica, Sicily, Italy
4 Oct 2024World Space Week begins
We’ve identified these ‘flying objects’
16 Jul 2025Temple of Philae, Aswan, Egypt
14 Oct 2026Ammonite fossils from the Jurassic Period
2 Sept 2026Beach huts, Southwold, Suffolk Heritage Coast, England