Lighting the world

Lighting the world

Oil lamps arranged on a rangoli to celebrate Diwali in Guwahati, India (© Biju Boro/Getty Images)

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24 Oct 2023Füzér Castle in the Zemplén Mountains, Hungary
24 Oct 2024Bodie State Historic Park, California, United States
24 Oct 2025Night view of the RMS Queen Mary, Long Beach, California, United States

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7 Aug 2025Sweetheart Abbey, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
28 Aug 2025Great white egret, Hungary
Ablaze with colour
7 Jul 2025Northern gannets, Shetland Islands, Scotland
26 Sep 2023Venice Skatepark, Los Angeles, California
The oldest way to fly
24 Jan 2025Thorrablot: The Icelandic midwinter festival
17 Feb 2026Chinese New Year
5 Apr 2024The Bahamas
25 Nov 2023Toledo, Spain
19 Apr 2024Ring of Brodgar, Orkney, Scotland
A prickly customer
Look up, incoming…
Sep 8, 2023International Literacy Day
A curious little otter pup
8 Sep 2025International Literacy Day
8 Feb 2025Medieval towers in Mestia, Upper Svaneti, Georgia
Incan ingenuity
Isn’t this view mesmerizing?
A legend sprung from the ground
4 Dec 2023International Cheetah Day
15 Jan 2026The fishing village of Reine, Norway
Sep 1, 2023National Mushroom Month
Southern tip of a northern isle
Huddled and hunting
9 May 2024Tulips at Emirgan Park in Istanbul, Türkiye
13 Aug 2025Corona Arch near Moab, Utah, United States
We’ve identified these ‘flying objects’
16 Aug 2024International Roller Coaster Day
30 Dec 2023Daiichi Tadami River Bridge, Fukushima, Japan