January 04 2013

United Kingdom

Early morning sun casts long shadows through silhouette of national monument in Calton Hill,Edinburgh,UK

(© Alexander W Helin/Getty)

Australia, Canada, Germany, France

Eucalyptus salubris trees,Australia

(© Ocean/Corbis)

China

Ice City Tour Coach,Harbin,China
(© Victoria Boland Photography/Getty Images)

New Zealand, United States

Novice monks in Shwe Yan Pyay Monastery near Inle Lake,Shan State,Myanmar

(©Angelo Cavalli/age fotostock/Getty Images)

 

Japan

La Mezquita Cathedral,Cordoba,Spain

(© SIME / eStock Photo)

 

December 22 2012

United Kingdom

London Eye,London,England,UK

(© Fotosearch/age fotostock)

New Zealand, United States

Holiday Light display in Makati City,Manila,Luzon Island,Philippines

(© Per-Andre Hoffmann /Aurora Photos)

 

Japan

 

Christmas lights adorn the row houses on 34th Street in the Hampden neighborhood of Baltimore,Maryland,US

(© Troy McCullough/Getty Images)

France

 A man walks inside the crumbling skeleton of the House of the Bulgarian Communist Party on Mount Buzludzha,Bulgaria

(© Dimitar Dilkoff/Getty Images)

Australia, Canada, Germany

Abstract close-up of flower spike Aloe Spicata

(© Nigel Downer/age fotostock)

 

 China

 

La Mezquita Cathedral,Cordoba,Spain

(© SIME / eStock Photo)

December 18 2012

United Kingdom

Bleak House in Broadstairs,Kent,England,UK

(© Ben Stansall/Getty Images)

Australia, Canada, France, Japan

Ice Crystals on Holly Leaves in a woodland in Ambleside,Cumbria,England,UK

(© Ashley Cooper/Aurora Photos)

China

Tian Shan Mountains
(© NASA - edited version © Science Faction/Getty Images)

New Zealand

Emperor Penguin pups in Snow on the Island of Antarctica

(© Keren Su/China Span/Alamy)

Germany

Damselfly with Morning Dew

(© Frank Krahmer/Corbis)

 

United States

 

La Mezquita Cathedral,Cordoba,Spain

(© SIME / eStock Photo)

December 17 2012

France

Avoriaz ski resort in the town of Morzine,Haute-Savoie,Rhone-Alpes,France

(© Pierre Jacques/hemis.fr)

United Kingdom

Christmas tree in the village of Boccadasse,Italy

(© Davide Carlo Cenadelli/4Corners)

Australia, Canada, Germany

La Mezquita Cathedral,Cordoba,Spain

(© SIME / eStock Photo)

China

Yungang Grottoes in Shanxi,China

(© View Stock/Getty Images)

Japan

Escalator through the “Tunnel of Light” installation at the Nydalen Metro Station in Oslo,Norway

(© Bard Johannessen/Getty Images)

 

New Zealand, United States

 

Horse Sleigh,Switzerland

 (© Sonderegger Christof/Alamy)