A group of teenage friends looking over the cliff above the Tomb of Artaxerxes II at sunset. Mopane

A group of teenage friends looking over the cliff above the Tomb of Artaxerxes II at sunset. MopaneA group of teenage friends looking over the cliff above the Tomb of Artaxerxes II at sunset. Naqsh e Rustam, Fars Province, Islamic Republic of Iran.

Autumn's first dusting of snow on low hills over the tundra

Wide-brimmed woven wicker sun hats on sale for Chinese gold miners

A bare-chested shop owner reads a newspaper waiting for customers

Silhouetted dead tree branches at dawn

A stain glass window in a mausoleum depicts the Virgin Mary and Christ La Recoleta Cemetery

Dazzling pink flowers emerge from the rainforest floor to add colour to the understory

Buddhist monks in bright red robes resting in the sunshine on the ancient white-washed stone steps of a monastery

Rows of empty graphite business class passenger seats in a plane cabin

A cloud bank from an approaching storm turns magenta as it shrouds Uluru and the desert plain

Beautifully presented in a magnetised gift box

The wrinkled and leathery face of an African Elephant bull approaching the camera

A traditional medicine shop selling an endangered northern lynx