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December 2011
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31 DECEMBER 2011Share on Twitter Share on Facebook
March of the Lonach Highlanders and the Lonach Gathering, Strathdon, Scotland.
Jim Richardson
30 DECEMBER 2011Share on Twitter Share on Facebook
Monks of the Yellow Hat sect of Tibetan Buddhism gather for prayers at the Lebrang Monastery, Xiahe.
Michael S. Yamashita
29 DECEMBER 2011Share on Twitter Share on Facebook
Tuareg guide Yahya in twilight.
Bobby Model
28 DECEMBER 2011Share on Twitter Share on Facebook
A sedated juvenile rhesus macaque yields biological samples in Dhamrai.
Lynn Johnson
27 DECEMBER 2011Share on Twitter Share on Facebook
Buddhist novices chant prayers at a temple, Bayan-Ovoo.
James L. Stanfield
26 DECEMBER 2011Share on Twitter Share on Facebook
Novice nuns play ball at the Santa Catalina Monastery, Arequipa.
Melissa Farlow
25 DECEMBER 2011Share on Twitter Share on Facebook
Portrait of a newborn baby, only minutes old.
Karen Kasmauski
24 DECEMBER 2011Share on Twitter Share on Facebook
A team of department store Santas wait for the New York City Subway, New York City.
Jodi Cobb
23 DECEMBER 2011Share on Twitter Share on Facebook
Collecting honey from a honeycomb of the giant honeybee using smoke, Khulna Province.
Tim Laman
22 DECEMBER 2011Share on Twitter Share on Facebook
A Denise's pygmy seahourse, Raja Ampat Island.
David Doubilet
21 DECEMBER 2011Share on Twitter Share on Facebook
Inuit infant in traditional parka, North Slope.
Joel Sartore
20 DECEMBER 2011Share on Twitter Share on Facebook
A lioness launches onto the back of a Cape Buffalo, Okavango Delta.
Beverly Joubert
19 DECEMBER 2011Share on Twitter Share on Facebook
Mbuti Pygmy boys participating in manhood initiation rites, Ituri Forest.
Randy Olson
18 DECEMBER 2011Share on Twitter Share on Facebook
On this day in 1901 the Hay Pauceforte Treaty for the building of Panama Canal was signed. Here a young Panamanian dons body paint at a Carnival celebration.
Bruce Dale
17 DECEMBER 2011Share on Twitter Share on Facebook
A young girl, dressed in traditional finery, blows a pink bubble in Garoke.
Jodi Cobb
16 DECEMBER 2011Share on Twitter Share on Facebook
A male jawfish protects a brood of eggs in his mouth, Lambeth Strait.
David Doubilet
15 DECEMBER 2011Share on Twitter Share on Facebook
Cowhands on mule and horseback during Pantanal's flood season.
Joel Sartore
14 DECEMBER 2011Share on Twitter Share on Facebook
Some rodeo cowboys are Indians, and the Pendleton Round-Up in Oregon celebrates them with a tepee village, where Acosia Red Elk, American Indian Beauty Pageant winner, waits for a parade. USA.
William Albert Allard
13 DECEMBER 2011Share on Twitter Share on Facebook
A colourful nudibranch, Nembrotha species, in Komodo National Park, Komodo Island. Indonesia.
Tim Laman
12 DECEMBER 2011Share on Twitter Share on Facebook
An African woman protects her face from the equitorial sun with cream made from ground bark in the coastal city. Mozambique.
James L. Stanfield
11 DECEMBER 2011Share on Twitter Share on Facebook
A "razeteur" jumps for safety ahead of a charging bull in Saint Remy de Provence. France.
William Albert Allard
10 DECEMBER 2011Share on Twitter Share on Facebook
Evening prayer at the camp of the Hamad Haraiz Harsousi Bedouins, Jiddat al Harasis. Oman.
James L. Stanfield
9 DECEMBER 2011Share on Twitter Share on Facebook
Merchants at Saqqara's market carry many trays of dates on their heads. Egypt.
Kenneth Garrett
8 DECEMBER 2011Share on Twitter Share on Facebook
Gobi Desert dwellers listen intently to a visitor in the Gobi Desert. Mongolia.
Dean Conger
7 DECEMBER 2011Share on Twitter Share on Facebook
Close up of the coat of a Shetland Pony on South Ulst Island, Scotland. UK.
Jim Richardson
6 DECEMBER 2011Share on Twitter Share on Facebook
Remnants of a giant Buddha statue blown out of the Bamian cliff face. Afghanistan.
Peter Maxwell
5 DECEMBER 2011Share on Twitter Share on Facebook
A tourist bus packed with people splinters a wooden bridge on the Transpantaneira Highway, Pantanal. Brazil.
Joel Sartore
4 DECEMBER 2011Share on Twitter Share on Facebook
Despite government pressure to modernise, the proud, pastoral Masai cling to traditional dress and customs. Ngorongoro Conservation Area is a World Heritage site. Tanzania.
France Lanting
3 DECEMBER 2011Share on Twitter Share on Facebook
A southern white rhino at the San Diego Wild Animal Park. Often referred to as the "zoo of the future", the park allows animals to roam freely on 2,000 acres around the foothills of San Diego County, California. The park houses 325 species of birds and 12
Michael Nichols
2 DECEMBER 2011Share on Twitter Share on Facebook
A Chinese child peers through the window of a cut rate dental shop in Hong Kong. People's Republic of China.
Jodi Cobb
1 DECEMBER 2011Share on Twitter Share on Facebook
The world Wide Web may have been created on this day in 1990 but nature is sometimes too hot for technology. Here a rancher must keep his telephone in the refridgerator because of the heat in Drysdale River Station, Wyndham. Australia.
Sam Abell