Guy Edwardes / Neolithic earthworks and Knowlton Church, Dorset, England, UK. May 2014.

Ashley Cooper / Avalanche on Machapuchare or Fishtail Peak in the Annapurna Himalaya, Nepal. It was caused by a massive block of glacial ice detaching from the summit cliffs, 29th December 2012.

Ashley Cooper / Avalanche on Machapuchare / Fishtail Peak in the Annapurna Himalaya, Nepal. It was caused by a massive block of glacial ice detaching from the summit cliffs. 29th December 2012.

Ashley Cooper / Avalanche on Machapuchare / Fishtail Peak in the Annapurna Himalaya, Nepal. It was caused by a massive block of glacial ice detaching from the summit cliffs. 29th December 2012.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Lavender (Lavendula angustifolia) fields in front of Senanque Abbey, Gordes Village, Provence, France, July 2015.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Lavender (Lavendula angustifolia) fields in front of Senanque Abbey, Gordes Village, Provence, France, July 2015.

Pal Hermansen / Graveyard with white crosses half buried in snow, Svalbard, Norway. March.

Dong Lei / White eared-pheasant (Crossoptilon crossoptilon) two in front of Buddhist prayer flags, Sichuan Province, China, July.

Kirkendall-Spring / Prayer flags covering the side of Kuendeying Bazzam Bridge over the Wang Chhu in Thimphu. Bhutan, October 2014.

David Noton / Hot air balloon over the Temples of Bagan at dawn, Myanmar, November 2012.

Axel Gomille / Demoiselle cranes (Anthropoides virgo) flock, India.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Chukchi girls, with their family's ancestral clan mark painted in reindeer blood on their face, a ritual during the Chukchi 'Festival of the Young Reindeer' during which young reindeer are sacrificed....

Dong Lei / Tibetan snowfinch (Montifringilla adamsi) with prey, perched on Mani stone- a stone with mantra or prayer to Avalokiteshvara, near to Namtso lake, Nyaingqentanglha Mountains, Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau,...

Dong Lei / White-browed Rosefinch (Carpodacus thura) with Tibetan prayer flags featuring the 'wind horse'. Pamuling mountain, Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China,

Dong Lei / Landscape with buddhist shrine, Tibet, Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China, August 2006.

Robin Chittenden / Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) flying past spire, Norwich Cathedral, Norfolk, UK, June.

Robin Chittenden / Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) on statue's head, Norwich Cathedral, Norfolk, UK, June

Franco Banfi / Scuba diver and yellow sponges (Aplysina cavernicola) on Brioni Steamship wreck, Vis Island, Croatia, Adriatic Sea, Mediterranean. Model released.

Alex Mustard / A fisherman swims down to touch the statue of Christ Of The Abyss (Cristo degli abissi) for good fortune, in the Marine Protected Area of Portofino (Area Marina Protetta, Portofino), Liguria, Italy. M...

Suzi Eszterhas,Suzi Eszterhas / Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) juvenile holding hands with carer. Orangutan Care Center, Borneo, Indonesia.

Axel Gomille / Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus), temple elephant gives blessings to pilgrims at the ruins and temple complex of Hampi, Karnataka, India

Gavin Hellier / Church Priest holding a Lalibela Cross, Lalibela and its rock-hewn Churches rank among the greatest religio-historical sites not only in Africa, but in the Christian world, Lalibela, Ethiopia 2005. Mo...

Gavin Hellier / Buddhist monks relaxing at Ta Phrohm Temple, Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, Cambodia 2010. Model released.

Gavin Hellier / Two buddhist monks relaxing in the Bayon Temple, Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, Cambodia 2010. Model released.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Buddhist Monk hands holding prayer beads in Samdo village (3.690 m). Manaslu Conservation Area, Himalayas, Nepal, October 2009. No release available.

Sandesh Kadur / People worshipping gods at Talacauvery, the sacred birthplace of the River Cauvery, Western Ghats, Southern India. No release available.

Bernard Castelein / Buddhist monk playing the Lawah (long trumpet) during afternoon pudja, Tso Kar, Ladakh, India, June 2010

Bernard Castelein / Young buddhist monk beating the drum during morning pudja, Thikse Gompa / Monastery, Ladakh, India

Jeff Wilson / Boy studying Koran inside Mosque, Lahore, Pakistan, 2006

Inaki Relanzon / Young buddhist monk studying in a monastery, Taungoo, Central Myanmar (Burma). September 2009

Inaki Relanzon / Buddhist monk inside teakwood monastery. Bagan, Mandalay State, Myanmar (Burma). September 2009

Inaki Relanzon / Monk standing infront of Shwedagon Paya, the most important buddhist place in all Myanmar, Yangon, Rangun, Myanmar, Burma. September 2009

Inaki Relanzon / Details of teak wood carvings in Shwenandaw Kyaung Monastery, Mandalay, Mandalay Division, Myanmar, Burma. August 2009

Inaki Relanzon / Young Buddhist monk sitting cross legged and writing in a notebook, buddhist monastery, Inle Lake, Shan State, Myanmar, Burma. August 2009

Inaki Relanzon / Temple ruins, Nyaung Ohak, in Inle Lake. Shan State, Myanmar, Burma. August 2009

Inaki Relanzon / Portrait of a young Buddhist girl nun wearing pink robes in Bago, Myanmar / Burma. August 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Radisics / Agios Nikolaos (St, Nicholas) Anapafsas Monastery at sunrise, Meteora, Greece, October 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Radisics / Great Meteoron Monastery at sunrise, Meteora, Greece, October 2008

Juan Manuel Borrero / Pigeons in the courtyard of the Toutoubia Mosque in Marrakech, Morocco December 2007

Laurent Geslin / Priest in orthodox christian church of Uhra Kidane Mehret, Gah dhar, North Ethiopia, 2006

Laurent Geslin / Worshippers in the christian procession of the Timkat (Epiphany), Addis Abbaba, Ethiopia, 2006

Laurent Geslin / Christian worshipper near St Sauveur's church, Lalibela, North Ethiopia. These worshippers stay for hours in a hole in the carved rock to read their holy books., 2006

Laurent Geslin / Women dressed in white during the St Marie celebration procession in the street of Gondhar, North Ethiopia, 2006

Laurent Geslin / Priest behind door of his Orthodox christian church of Debre Berhan Silase, Gondhar, North Ethiopia, 2006

Laurent Geslin / Orthodox priest reading from a Holy book, Beita Gabrielle church, Lalibela, Ethiopia, 2006

Laurent Geslin / Orthodox christian priest preparing for a christening at Lalibela, North Ethiopia, 2006