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

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

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 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.

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.

A market trader in Galle, Sri Lanka.

Sugarloaf Mountain in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

A gorilla in the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda.

A stilt fisherman at Ahangama on the southern coast of Sri Lanka.

People queue to vote in their national election in the town of Ella in Sri Lanka.

A young novice monk cycles through the centre of Vang Vieng, Laos.

Bath time at the Pinnewala Elephant Orphanage, Sri Lanka.

An Ixil Mayan woman from the Western hills of Guatemala.

Street diners in Kashgar, China.

An Uighur man at Kashgar in the Xinjiang province of China.

A stone hut in the Xinjiang province of China.

A lottery ticket seller in central San Jose, Costa Rica.

The Great Wall of China near Simatai.

A walker in the Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal with Mount Everst in the background.

Masai tribesmen at the Amboseli National Park, Kenya.

Masai cattle herders in the Amboseli National Park, Kenya.

A zeal of zebras in the Masai Mara, Kenya.

Sunset in the Masai Mara, Kenya.

A Kogi chieftain at the Ciudad Perdida, Colombia.

The volcanic-formed lago de Atitlan, Guatemala.

A line of chicken buses at Santa Cruz del Quiche, Guatemala.

An antigueno has his shoes shined in the Parque Central plaza of Antigua, Guatemala.

Chinese dumplings served at a food stall in Shanghai's old town.

Children in the classroom of a village school in the Ixil Triangle, Guatemala.

An Ixil Mayan family at Chajul, Guatemala.

Youngsters practice their moves at a dance school in Cali, Colombia.