Images Dated 10th February 2009 (page 9)

A fisherman near Di Hamri with his weighted throwing net, which he will use in shallow water to catch bait for line-fishing

The brightly-coloured catch of fishermen at Sekra, a fishing village on Socotras north coast. The islands coastal population depends almost entirely on fishing as its principal source of livelihood

Fishermen bring in their catch at Sekra, a fishing village on Socotras north coast. The islands coastal population depends almost entirely on fishing as its principal source of livelihood with shark

Arerher dunes, Hala Coast. During the monsoon season, which lasts for four months from late May until late September each year

Socotra Island is about 87 miles long and between 25 and 31 miles wide, covering an area of 1, 400 square miles. It lies in the Arabian Sea

The stark beauty of the landscape near Dileesa, looking inland towards the Haghir Mountains, which rise steeply from the coastal plains to nearly 5, 000 feet above sea level

The minaret of Dileesa Mosque in the late afternoon. Egyptian vultures (Neophron percnopterus) perch either end of the crescent on top of the minaret

Water Jar sculpture, Fujairah, United Arab Emirates

Mosque and Office Building, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Main mosque, Bahrain

Montenegro, Sveti

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Carpets and rugs laid out for sale at the Tolkuchka Bazaar

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Ganden Monastery. A pilgrim hurls a bundle of flaglets with images of meditational and protector deities into the air on a hilltop above Ganden. Ganden was the first Gelugpa school monastery

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Gibbs Farm, a thatched farmhouse set in a beautiful garden on a farm in the Southern Highlands of Tanzania

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The numerous decorated iron bracelets worn by a Datoga woman. During song and dance, she will rub them together to keep rhythm

Beautiful earth and stone pillars fashioned by centuries of weathering, make the important stone-age site of Isimila an attractive place to visit

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Chimpanzee sitting in the forest canopy. The remote Mahale Mountains, located on a bulge along the eastern shores of Lake Tanganyika, rise spectacularly 8, 069 feet

Deep Msai wells at Loibor Serrit where cattle paths are cut deep into the soil to allow livestock nearer to the source of water

Ol doinyo Lengai, The Msais Mountain of God, is the only active volcano in the Gregory Rift - an important section of the eastern branch of Africas Great Rift Valley

Snowdonia, Wales, UK

Radcliffe Camera, Oxford, England

Tower Bridge, London, England

Eiger, Grindelwald, Switzerland

Ftan, Graubunden, Switzerland

Spain, Catalunia (Catalunya), Sitges, Sant Bartomeu i Santa Tecla Church

Spain, Catalunia (Catalunya), Besalu, Pont Vell (Old Bridge) over Fluvia River

Reine, Lofoten Islands, Norway

Lighthouse, Reykjavik, Iceland

Windmills, Kinderdijk, Zuid, Holland

Parthenon, Acropolis, Athens, Greece

Rocamadour, Dordogne, France

Plansee, Tirol, Austria

The Kalta Minaret. Mohammed Amin Khan meant this to be the tallest building in the Muslim world. Construction began in 1851 but after the khan died in 1855, his heir aborted the project

Uzbek man with hoe in a field

Beach Huts, Moorea, French Polynesia

Hammock on beach, Danarau, Viti Levu, Fiji

Aerial view of Tropical Island, Tavarua Island, Fiji

Tropical Beach, North Aitutaki Island, Cook Islands

Australia, Victoria. Sun ‘s rays and clouds across the sea at Phillip Island. Australia, Victoria. Suns rays and clouds across the sea at Phillip Island

Australia, Victoria. A wallaby and her joey on Phillip Island

Australia, Victoria. The fine sandy beach at Portsea with boats anchored in sheltered Port Phillip Bay

Ayers Rock (Uluru), Northern Territory, Australia

Ayers Rock (Uluru), Northern Territory, Australia

Devils Marbles, Northern Territory, Australia

Harbour Bridge, Sydney, Australia

Carrying fishing nets up the beach after the days work

Maldives, Indian Ocean

Tropical beach, Maldives, Indian Ocean

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