January 18 2012

United Kingdom

 Umbrellas on a beach in Cape Town,South Africa

(© Roger Wright/Getty Images)

 China

Stac Levenish,St Kilda,Scotland

(© Jim Richardson/Corbis)

United States

Man Cleaning Braonze Luang Pu Thuat (Ayutthaya Buddha),Thailand
(© Kozz Lig/Demotix/Corbis) ©

 New Zealand

Commonwealth Place in Canberra,Australia

(© Richard I'Anson/Lonely Planet Images)

Japan

 King Penguin colony on South Georgia Island

(© Frans Lanting/Corbis)

January 17 2012

Australia, Canada, China, Germany, France, Japan, United Kingdom

Commonwealth Place in Canberra,Australia

(© Richard I'Anson/Lonely Planet Images)

New Zealand, United States

 

Fishing village of Reine,in the Lofoten Islands,Norway

(© Frank Krahmer/Corbis)

January 16 2012

United States

Martin Luther King. Jr. National Memorial in Washington,US

(© Mladen Antonov/Getty Images)

Australia, Canada, Germany, France, Japan, United Kingdom

Fishing village of Reine,in the Lofoten Islands,Norway

(© Frank Krahmer/Corbis)

China, New Zealand

 Bridge of Arts in Paris,France

(© Maurizio Rellini/SIME/4Corners)

January 15 2012

Australia

 A linesperson oversees a match during the 2011 Australian Open at Melbourne Park

(© Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

Canada, Germany, Japan, United Kingdom

 Bridge of Arts in Paris,France

(© Maurizio Rellini/SIME/4Corners)

France

 Astronomical Observatory of the Pic du Midi de Bigorre,Hautes-Pyrenees,France

 (© Roger Ressmeyer/Corbis)

 China

Fishing village of Reine,in the Lofoten Islands,Norway

(© Frank Krahmer/Corbis)

New Zealand, United States

Great Court roof,British Museum in London,UK

(© D.V.A./age footstock)

January 14 2012

Australia, Canada, China, Germany, France, Japan, United Kingdom

Great Court roof,British Museum in London,UK

(© D.V.A./age footstock)

New Zealand, United States

Reflection on Blue Lake,adjacent to St. Bathans,Central Otago,New Zealand

(© Colin Monteath/age footstock)

January 13 2012

Germany

 Revelstoke Dam,British Columbia,Canada

(© Christopher Morris/Corbis)

Australia, Canada, France, Japan, United Kingdom

Reflection on Blue Lake,adjacent to St. Bathans,Central Otago,New Zealand

(© Colin Monteath/age footstock)

 New Zealand, United States

People fishing at sunset near Kerala,India

(© Anders Blomqvist/Lonely Planet Images)

 China

Top veiw of Ushba Peaks,Caucasus Mountain,Georgia

(© Brooks Kraft/Corbis)

January 12 2012

Australia, Canada, China, Germany, France, United Kingdom

People fishing at sunset near Kerala,India

(© Anders Blomqvist/Lonely Planet Images)

Japan

Biei,Hokkaido,Japan

(© JTB Photo/Japan Travel Bureau/Photolibrary)

Great Horned Owl in the province of Alberta,Canada

(© Wayne Lynch/Corbis)

January 11 2012

France

Camargue Delta,Salin-de-Giraud,Bouches-du-Rhône,France

 (© Camille Moirenc/hemis.fr/Getty images)

Australia, Canada, China, Germany, Japan, United Kingdom

Great Horned Owl in the province of Alberta,Canada

(© Wayne Lynch/Corbis)

New Zealand, United States

Skeins of fabric hung out to dry in the dyers souk, Marrakech,Morocco

(© Peter Adams Photography Ltd./Getty Images)

January 10 2012

Australia, Canada, China, Germany, France, Japan, United Kingdom

Skeins of fabric hung out to dry in the dyers souk,Marrakech,Morocco

(© Peter Adams Photography Ltd./Getty Images)

New Zealand, United States

Encounter Restaurant in LAX International Airport,Los Angeles,California,US

(©Tom Paiva/Getty Images)

January 09 2012

United Kingdom

Glen Quaich,Scotland

(© Angus Clyne/Getty Images)

Australia, Canada, China, Germany, France, Japan

Encounter Restaurant in LAX International Airport,Los Angeles,California,US

(©Tom Paiva/Getty Images)

New Zealand, United States

Female green ringtail possum with a joey in her pouch,Queensland,Australia

(© Dave Watts/Visuals Unlimited, Inc.)

January 08 2012

Australia, Canada, Germany, France, Japan, United Kingdom

Female green ringtail possum with a joey in her pouch,Queensland,Australia

(© Dave Watts/Visuals Unlimited, Inc.)

New Zealand

 Forbidden City Sunrise,Beijing,China

(© Travelasia/Asia Images/Getty Images)

United States

Zytglogge Astronomical Clock in Bern,Switzerland
(© Blaine Harrington/age fotostock) ©

 China

Green Leaf Mantis

(© Norbert Wu/Corbis)

January 07 2012

China

University of Washington Libraries, Washington, US

(© Michael T. Sedam/Corbis)

United States

Fairy Basslet Fish Dart among Blooms of Lettuce Coral near the Phoenix Islands, Kiribati, Micronesia
(© Paul Nicklen/National Geographic/Getty Images) ©

Australia, Canada, Germany, France, Japan, United Kingdom

 Forbidden City Sunrise, Beijing, China

(© Travelasia/Asia Images/Getty Images)

New Zealand

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

(© HP Belenos/Huber/4Corners)

January 06 2012

United Kingdom

Over 50 hot air balloons attempt the largest ever balloon crossing of the English channel - April 2007

(© Oli Scarff/Getty Images)

China

Snow Gum Trees in Cradle Mountain-Lake St. Clair National Park,Tasmania,Australia
(© Rob Blakers/Getty Images) ©

Australia, Canada, Germany, France

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

(© HP Belenos/Huber/4Corners)

Germany 

 Close-up of bumper cars in Stuttgart,Germany

(© Panoramic Images/Getty Images)

New Zealand, United States

 

Skier making turns on a ridge near Valdez,Alaska,US

(© Wink Inc./Footage Search)

January 05 2012

China

Great Wall of China in covered in snow,Beijing,China

(© Fotosearch/Getty Images)

Japan

 Smelt fishing in Lake Akan,Hokkaido,Japan

(© JTB Photo/Japan Travel Bureau/Photolibrary)

 Australia, Canada, Germany, France, United Kingdom

Skier making turns on a ridge near Valdez,Alaska,US

(© Wink Inc./Footage Search)

 

New Zealand, United States

Green Leaf Mantis

(© Norbert Wu/Corbis)

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)