Day of the Dead-themed face painting in Mexico City.

The skyline of the central business district of Shanghai, China.

Lunchtime at the Mercado Central in San Jose, Costa Rica.

Mosi-oa-Tunya or Victoria Falls on the Zimbabwe-Zambia border as seen from the air.

Novice monks fill a tuk tuk in the centre of Luang Prabang, Laos.

The Christ the Redeemer statue on Corcovado mountain in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

A member of the hunter-gathering San or Saan people from the Kalahari District of Botswana.

A seafood selection from Kotor Bay in Montenegro.

A young buddhist monk at the Boudhanath Stupa in Kathmandu, Nepal.

The old town of Dubrovnik in Croatia.

Day of the Dead-themed face painting in Oaxaca, Mexico.

Nuptse (7,861m), Everest (8,848m), Lhotse (8,414m) and Ama Dablam (6,856m) by night.

Participants in the Santa Cruz carnival adjust their headwear before the start of the parade in Tenerife's principal town.

An older lady from Zhong County, Chongqing, China.

The Western Wall in old Jerusalem.

A fruit and veg stall in central San Jose, Costa Rica.

Rolling hills in Western Uganda.

Heavy rain at a train station in the Central Highlands of Sri Lanka.