January 04 2012

Australia, Canada, Germany, France, United Kingdom

Green Leaf Mantis

(© Norbert Wu/Corbis)

New Zealand, United States

Ancient city of Bagan,Myanmar

(© Philippe Body/Hemis/Corbis)

Japan

Polar Bear rolling on the frozen Beaufort Sea,near Point Barrow,Alaska,US

(© Patrick J. Endres/Visuals Unlimited)

China 

Aerial view of a dock in Martinique,France

(© Guido Alberto Rossi/Axiom)

January 01 2012

Australia, Canada, Germany, United Kingdom

 Painted backstreet of Dozza in the province of Bologna, Italy

(© SIME/eStock Photos)

France

Great Horned Owl in the province of Alberta, Canada

(© Wayne Lynch/Corbis)

China

 Guetenbach slowly peels out of the morning mist, Black Forest, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany

(© HP Belenos/Huber/4Corners)

Japan

Fireworks over Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong

(© Chan Yat Nin/Corbis)

New Zealand, United States

  

Polar Bear rolling on the frozen Beaufort Sea, near Point Barrow, Alaska, US

(© Patrick J. Endres/Visuals Unlimited)

December 31 2011

China

 Forbidden City Sunrise, Beijing, China

(© Travelasia/Asia Images/Getty Images)

Japan

Three boots stone at Crane Point, Kanagawa, Japan

© JTB Photo/Japan Travel Bureau/Photolibrary)

New Zealand, United States

Fireworks over Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong

(© Chan Yat Nin/Corbis)

 

 

 Australia, Canada, Germany, France, United Kingdom

 

Polar Bear rolling on the frozen Beaufort Sea, near Point Barrow, Alaska, US

(© Patrick J. Endres/Visuals Unlimited)

 

December 27 2011

China

Polar Bear rolling on the frozen Beaufort Sea, near Point Barrow, Alaska, US

(© Patrick J. Endres/Visuals Unlimited)

New Zealand, United States

Temple of Dendur, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, New York, US

(© Lynn Saville/Getty Images)

 

Canada,  Germany, France, Japan, United Kingdom

Lake Como, Italy

(© SIME/eStock Photo)

 

Australia

Green Lacewing Eggs
Charles Melton/Visuals Unlimited ©