January 23 2012

China

Calligraphy

(© Fuse/Getty Images)

 Germany

 Hohenschwangau Castle stands out from the wintry landscape,Bavaria,Germany

(© Roland Gerth/Corbis)

Japan

 Scriurus vulgaris orientis,Hokkaido,Japan

(© YUKIHIRO FUKUDA/amanaimagesRF/Getty Images)

Australia, France

 Ice climber ascending a frozen waterfall in Telluride,Colorado,Canada

(© Brian Bailey/Getty Images

United Kingdom

 Handprints photo as part of Bing Help Your Britain with the charity Lifelites

Canada

Columns in the Court of Amenophis III,Luxor Temple,Luxor,Egypt

(© Ian Cumming/Axiom)

New Zealand, United States

Fireworks at Kek Lok Si Temple,Penang,Malaysia

(© Tan Lian Hock/Asia RM/Age footstock)

January 22 2012

Australia, Canada, Germany, France

Fireworks at Kek Lok Si Temple,Penang,Malaysia

(© Tan Lian Hock/Asia RM/Age footstock)

China

Mold Closeup

(© Henry Gan/Photodisc/Getty Images)

 New Zealand

 Mantles of giant clams in Kingman Reef,Pacific Ocean

(© Brian J. Skerry/Getty Images)

United Kingdom

 Stack of toast photo as part of Bing Help Your Britain with the charity Magic Breakfast

Japan

Red-crowned Crane,Kushiro National Park,Hokkaido,Japan

(© Kerstin Hinze/Bios/Photolibrary)

United States

 Umbrellas on a beach in Cape Town,South Africa

(© Roger Wright/Getty Images)

January 21 2012

United Kingdom

 Detail of a banana leaf,Mainau Island,Germany

(© Egon Bömsch /Age footstock)

 China, Japan

Fireworks at Kek Lok Si Temple,Penang,Malaysia

(© Tan Lian Hock/Asia RM/Age footstock)

 France

Rikuchu Kaigan National Park,Tohoku region,Japan

(© Chad Ehlers/Photolibrary)

Australia, Canada, Germany

 Umbrellas on a beach in Cape Town,South Africa

(© Roger Wright/Getty Images)

New Zealand, United States

Frosted bearberry (uva-ursi) bush on the tundra in the Yukon,Canada

(© Peter Van Rhijn/Corbis)