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)

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)