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
24 Oct 2026Royal Portuguese Cabinet of Reading, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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22 Sept 2026Black lava beach, El Golfo, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain
19 Nov 2024Tasmans Arch, Tasman National Park, Tasmania, Australia
Teddy bears of the sea
26 Apr 2024Tree of Life, Olympic National Park, Washington, USA
27 Oct 2023Sligachan Old Bridge, Isle of Skye, Scotland
29 Nov 2025Red deer stag in De Hoge Veluwe National Park, Netherlands
30 Oct 2023Common raven
21 Jun 2024World Giraffe Day
25 Oct 2026British Summer Time ends
6 Oct 2023Taughannock Falls State Park, New York
What returned to this city 500 years ago?
A shiver of sharks on the hunt
The bears and the bees…
31 May 2025Knuthöjdsmossen nature reserve, Sweden
So close, yet so far
Surrounded by a sea of sand
2 Sep 2024Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument, Maine, USA
Celebrating the tropics
To the infinite and back
23 Aug 2025European fallow deer in England
5 Dec 2024Tufa formation on Mono Lake, California, United States
Dream world
Drifting through Kerala
Shell-ebrating sea turtles
12 Apr 2025International Day of Human Space Flight
3 May 2026International Leopard Day
15 May 2024The Blue City of Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
Bewitched by the fairy flower
4 Sep 2025Grizzly bears, Katmai National Park and Preserve, United States