Dappled sunlight backlights leaves in a traditional Japanese garden. Unusual alien face

Dappled sunlight backlights leaves in a traditional Japanese garden. Unusual alien faceDappled sunlight backlights leaves in a traditional Japanese garden. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan.

A chef carves meat for Thanksgiving in an Antarctic base restaurant

Barbwire Vine a robust thorny climber that may reach the forest canopy Parkville

A rookery of Adelie Penguins nesting on a small diorite outcrop

A young boys with betel nut juice on his mouth

A Green Sea Turtle hatchling dives into a wave as it races for the sea Bentota

During a shoulder ride a small boys bottom creeps out of his jeans

A rotting Indian Bread Fungus in the leaf litter of a beech tree

The leathery skin of a dead Black Caiman sold as meat and traditional medicine in a black market

Homemade lemonade for sale at a school fete fundraiser stall

Sossusvlei

dry grasses turn golden as sunset falls over farmland

A plate piled high with fresh prawn grilled on the barbecue for lunch