An orphaned African Elephant calf explores a wildlife refuge with its flexible trunk. Linton

An orphaned African Elephant calf explores a wildlife refuge with its flexible trunk. LintonAn orphaned African Elephant calf explores a wildlife refuge with its flexible trunk. David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, Nairobi, Kenya.

The iridescent mosaic of a Little Penguin eye

Women making souvenirs and Mukluks or Kamik a soft boot traditionally made of reindeer skin or sealskin and were originally worn by Arctic aboriginal people

A young boy stands in a crowd at a football training camp

Families dig in the sand to collect pipi from the beach at low tide

Meat cooks in a large earthen grilling barbeque known as a parrillero

A boy plays games on a cell phone whilst his parents buy a bag in an airport shop

An alert South African Giraffe standing in a veld thicket at night

The thatched roof of a house overlooking the ocean and a white beach

Elephant owners area

A Pseudocyphellaria lichen colony growing on a beech forest boulder

An ancient ornate roof spire rises above a corrugated tin roof recently replaced on a Buddhist monastery

A Gecko flushing its mouth red to deter predators