The ochre walls of Uluru rise above the flat desert plain in Australia's outback. A new day dawns

The ochre walls of Uluru rise above the flat desert plain in Australia's outback. A new day dawnsThe ochre walls of Uluru rise above the flat desert plain in Australia's outback. Uluru Kata Tjuta National Park, Northern Territory, Australia.

A thicket of Cupressocyparis leylandii used to create a garden hedge

A couple emerge on a cliff face whilst hiking in a Melalueca thicket

A brisk wind catches the flaming-red robes of a Buddhist monk as he strides purposefully between prayers in a Himalayan valley in Bhutan

Young Impala feeding on new grasses on a floodplain

An alien Southern Rock Lobster jaws

A Red-Footed Booby roosting in coastal shrub

A cameraman snorkeling with a video camera in an underwater housing

A girl dressed as a princess chews on a bloody heart at a zombie festival

A massive coral head washed onto a deserted island by a huge storm

An optometrist gives a small boy his first eye chart examination

A bright red Soft Coral Gorgonian Mopsella species feeds on plankton

An African Elephant caresses the back of a herd member on a plain