Photo of the day

A monk emerges from the doorway of an Angkor Wat temple, Siem Reap. Cambodia.

Portrait of an endangered white-tailed sea eagle in Ransu, Hokkaido Island. Japan.

A geisha looks into a mirror to apply red lip colour to her mouth in the Hanamachi or Geiko district of Kyoto. Japan.

On this day, in 1886, the Statue of Liberty was dedicated in NYC harbour. USA.

Fall colours of the quaking aspen trees along Lake Sherburne, Montana.

The Elk River Wind Project is a 150 megawatt wind energy project in Kansas. USA

Close view of a Huli Wigme before the sing-sing ritual dance in Garoka. Papua New Guinea.

A young girl wanders the rice fields outside a village in the Guizhou Province. People's Republic of China.

A tagged northern spotted owl in a redwood forest, California. USA.

A creek bed gleams crimson from iron-rich rocks in Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta. Canada.

A buddhist monk lights devotional lamps inside Jokhang Temple, Lhasa. Tibet.

An unidentified animal reaches through its locked cage in an unidentified zoo.

Portrait of a child. Rwanda.

Twenty Walleye pike fish, frozen solid, kiss the snow, in Minnesota. USA.

Hypnotic close-up of a Zebra.

Mennonite farm children play at a water hole in Peace Valley, Missouri. USA.

Two divers warm up on springboards before a state diving competition in Arizona. USA.

A diver in a lake filled with jellyfish, Caroline Islands. Republic of Palau.

Japanese farmers plant rice by hand, the traditional way, in Yuni. Japan.

A one inch translucent goby rests on a giant clam in the Pacific Ocean. Indonesia.

Parobolic mirrors at a solar thermal plant are used to heat oil. Dagget, California. USA.

Today is Double Ten Day and these children in Teipei with red umbrellas help celebrate. Double Ten Day commemorates the 1911 The Wuch'ang Uprising. Taiwan.

Irish Road Sign depicting sheep crossing the road. Ireland.

Inuit Eskimos indulge in a traditional nose touching kiss Umingmaktok. Canada.

A squirrel steals the shot by tripping the wire to a couple's camera, Alberta. Canada.

Children scavenging in a dump on the outskirts of Johannesburg. South Africa.

A spider bites a frog, paralising it, La Selva. Costa Rica.

Cowboy Justin Johnson playfully lassoes a kitten, Texas. USA.

A wave swinger ride at the New Mexico State Fair, which was bourne out of the first New Mexico Agricultural, Mineral and Industrial Exposition in 1881. USA.

Boys use giant alocasia leaves to shield themselves from a storm near Betong. Thailand.

Buddhist monks in yellow robes walk on the main road by the temple in Angkor Wat. Cambodia.