Photo of the day

A lone bull elephant feigns a charge the onlooker at a water hole, creating a big splash. Okavango Delta. Botswana.

A chameleon reaching for a snack, Moka. Mauritius.

Children swim near the bridge that opened the Virgin Ndoki area to exploitation, Ndoki. Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Cheering for a pig race at the Kansas State Fair. USA.

The Expo 1967 Geodesic Dome, now called the Biosphere, in Montreal. Canada.

Sisters with rainbow coloured hairstyles and matching glitter in Saint Paul, Minnesota. USA.

Iowa fairgoers bite in synchrony at the first-ever Corn Dog Chomp in Des Moines, Iowa. USA.

Men sit under a waterfall as part of training to become a Yamabushi, Mt. Haguru, Yamagata Prefecture. Japan.

A baby monkey embrassing the carcass of its recently hunted parent. Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Mirror arrays concentrate light making electricity in Alburquerque, New Mexico. USA.

Twighlight view of a 700-foot-long cable bridge, designed by a local priest, that spans the Zambezi River at Chinyingi. The bridge was built in response to a ferry accident in 1971 which drowned five people. Zamibia.

Bees cluster on two pallets of hives, stacked and strapped for moving by a migratory beekeeper, after the bees pollinated a crop in Maine. USA.

Water Throwing Festival, a purification rite during the Buddhist New Year. Myanmar.

An elderly ice skater at the Galleria Mall, Dallas, Texas. USA.

The modern interior addition of the history Reichstag Building, Berlin. Germany.

Men rebuild a house in traditional style using no nails or machines in Dimen, Guizhou Province. People's Republic of China.

The pigment of a blue button jellyfish blocks ultraviolet rays, Hawaii. USA.

Its image mirrored in icy water, a polar bear swims submerged in Lancaster Sound, Northwest Territories. Canada.

Lighning bugs and wild alfalfa blanket the prairie in Strong City, Kansas. USA.

On this day in 2001, a series of attacks were launched against the USA. This image was taken from above the site where the World Trade Centre stood in New York City. USA.

A brown bear fishing for salmon in Kuril Lake of Kamchakta. Russia.

A boy pours a bucket of water over himself at the edge of a lake in Meiktila. Myanmar.

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A woman in a telephone booth made of ice in Fiarbanks Ice Museum, Alaska. USA.

A girl has her head shaved before entering the local monastery in Began. Myanmar.

Moviegoers enjoy a flick at an outside movie garden in Broome. Australia.

Costumed extras stand in a field of grain while waiting to go on set in Bombay. India.

A porcelain crab in sea anemones in the Raja Ampat Islands. Indonesia.

A kilted man throws a pole at the Glenfinnan Highland Games in Scotland. UK.

A leopard seal bares teeth in a display of threat to protect her kill in the Antarctic Peninsula. Antarctica.