Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Women picking Tea (Camelia sinensis) leaves by hand in organic tea fields, Temi Tea Garden, Sikkim, India, October 2018.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Women picking Tea (Camelia sinensis) leaves by hand in organic tea fields, Temi Tea Garden, Sikkim, India, October 2018.

Terry Whittaker / Grey heron ( Ardea cinerea) flying to bin. Herons congregate around the fish stalls as city markets are closing, picking up scraps of food. Amsterdam, Netherlands. April.

Fred Olivier / Pair of Blue footed boobies (Sula nebouxii) courting, with the male picking up and offering grass, Isla Lobos de Terra, Peru.

Bence Mate / Great egret (Ardea alba) hunting fish, Lake Csaj, Pusztaszer, Hungary, February. Winner of the Portfolio category of the Terre Sauvage Nature Images Awards competition 2015.

Tony Heald / Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) domesticated elephant working, picking reeds, Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India, March 2009.

Pete Oxford / Tea picker, collecting Tea leaves (Camelia sinensis) wearing large straw hat, Assam, North East India, October 2014.

Pete Oxford / Woman with basket on her head picking tea (Camellia sinensis), Assam, North East India, October 2014.

Cyril Ruoso / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) hanging upside down, during translocation by Kenya Wildlife Service, due to over population, Mwaluganje Reserve, Kenya. October 2006.

Espen Bergersen / Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus) flying with guillemot prey. Hornoya bird cliff. Finnmark, Norway. March

Chris & Monique Fallows / Orca male (Orcinus orca) raising pectoral flipper out of the water, Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Crew of the James Archer (Oceana fisheries) pull up a lobster trap during West coast rock lobster (Jasus lalandii) fishing, Saldanha Bay and St. Helena Bay, Western Cape, South Africa.

Anup Shah / Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) preparing to carry a pup aged 2-3 months. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, July

Chris Mattison,Chris Mattison / Rubber Boa (Charina bottae) in defensive posture, raising tail to mimic head. California, USA, November.

Neil Aldridge / A young Zu/'hoasi Bushman woman picking berries from a bush on the open plains of the Kalahari, Botswana. April 2012. No release available.

Niall Benvie / Tulip fields about to be deadheaded, Texel, the Netherlands May 2012. No release available.

Christophe Courteau / Close up of man's hand harvesting Pyrethrum, which refers to several Old World plants of the Chrysanthemum genus which are cultivated as ornamentals for their showy flower heads. Pyrethrum is also the...

Onne van der Wal / Young man snorkeling over seagrass bed, holding a starfish, The Grenadines, Caribbean. February 2010, Model released.

Jerry Monkman / Woman and three children walking through a field on a hilltop after picking Blueberries, Alton, New Hampshire, USA. Model Released. July 2008

Jerry Monkman / Woman and young girl picking Blueberries on a hilltop in Alton, New Hampshire, USA. Model Released. July 2008

Suzi Eszterhas / Female Mountain gorilla (Gorilla gorilla berengei) picking nose, Virunga Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda

Georgette Douwma / Burrowing sea cucumber (Neothyonidium magnum). The massive tentacular crown is the only part that is visible, the rest is buried in the sand. Feeds by picking particles out of the water with the tenta...

Anup Shah / Female patas monkey {Erythrocebus patas} feeding on acacia ants, Kenya.

Staffan Widstrand / Hands holding harvested Blueberries {Vaccinium sp} Sweden. Model released.

Anup Shah / Lion female picking up young cub in mouth, Masai Mara, Kenya

Suzi Eszterhas / African Lion (Panthera leo) five to six week old cub resisting being picked up by its mother, vulnerable, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Cyril Ruoso / Mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) close-up portrait of an adult male picking his nose, Gabon

Agustin Esmoris / Southern Right Whale (Eubalaena australis) surfacing with Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus) picking off lice, Chubut, Argentina, sequence 1 of 4

Jaymi Heimbuch / Yellow-billed Oxpecker (Buphagus africanus) picking parasites off of Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer), Masai Mara, Kenya

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Snowy Plover (Charadrius nivosus) biologist, Ben Pearl, picking up chick from mud flat in salt pond, Eden Landing Ecological Reserve, Union City, Bay Area, California

Alan Murphy / Say's Phoebe (Sayornis saya) picking off berries in flight, New Mexico

John Cancalosi / Tea picker in tea plantation at edge of Kakamega rainforest, tea plantation used as a buffer to protect forest. Kenya. 2017.

John Cancalosi / Tea pickers in tea plantation at edge of Kakamega rainforest, tea plantation used as a buffer to protect forest. Kenya. 2017.

John Cancalosi / Tea picker in tea plantation at edge of Kakamega rainforest, tea plantation used as a buffer to protect forest. Kenya. 2017.

Nick Upton / Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) sloes being picked from a hedgerow bush, Wiltshire, UK, September. Model released.

Nick Upton / Blackberry (Rubus fruticosus) ripe fruit being picked from a bush in a hedgerow, Wiltshire, UK, September. Model released.

Nick Upton / Blackberry (Rubus fruticosus) ripe fruit being picked from a bush in a hedgerow, Wiltshire, UK, September. Model released.

Adrian Davies / 'Picking fungi on this site is not permitted' sign pinned to tree in woodland. Surrey Wildlife Trust Reserve, England, UK. September 2020.

Cyril Ruoso / Mural of farmer picking Coffee (Coffea arabica) cherries. Organic coffee plantation near La Amistad International Park, Costa Rica. 2018.

Ashley Cooper / Breakdown vehicle picking up cars broken down in floodwaters of Storm Ciara. Rothay Bridge, Ambleside, Lake District, England, UK. February 2020.

Suzi Eszterhas / Long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) picking fruit. Kinabatangan River, Borneo, Malaysia.

Jurgen Freund / Plastic bottles amongst single use plastics washed up on beach, group of people litter picking the shoreline. East Timor. 2018.

Neil Aldridge / Female European beewolf (Philanthus triangulum) picking up a paraylsed honeybee that will be food for its larva before flying back to its burrow, Dorset, England.

Robin Chittenden / Tea pickers working on tea plantation. Tissa, Sri Lanka. 2019.

Jeff Foott / Mongolian horse game called 'kukbar', picking up object from the ground at full gallop. Mongolia. October 2011.

Jeff Foott / Mongolian horse game called 'kukbar', picking up object from the ground at full gallop. Mongolia. October 2011.

Sylvain Cordier / Celebes crested macaque (Macaca nigra), young animal picking fruit in tree. Tangkoko National Park, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Nigel Cattlin / Merton Favourite cherries ripening on the trees at picking time, Oxfordshire