Our Favorite Picture From Around the World This Month - 1

HONG KONG – Com 7 milhões de habitantes em apenas 1 100 quilômetros quadrados, Hong Kong é uma das... Continuar a Ler

“Rubber Duck,” a 59-foot-tall inflatable sculpture created by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman, was... Continuar a Ler

Visitors navigate an ice maze at the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in Heilongjiang,... Continuar a Ler

Mount Bromo, on the volcano-dotted island of Java, erupted for exactly one year, from November 12,... Continuar a Ler

Raccoons cluster near a path in New York’s Central Park, hoping for handouts from nocturnal... Continuar a Ler

Dead monarch butterflies carpet a snowy forest floor in Michoacán state. At least nine million,... Continuar a Ler

As summer temperatures soar, 96 fountains at the base of the Unisphere help visitors beat the heat... Continuar a Ler

China – Na Prefeitura Autônoma Tibetana de Garzê, um oceano rubro de moradias para discípulos... Continuar a Ler

Decoratively dyed bundles of incense dry in Quang Phu Cau, a commune in Hanoi. The aromatic... Continuar a Ler

A cloud of hungry migratory locusts descends on a tree near Isalo National Park. Swarms like this... Continuar a Ler

Matabei Sakura—a flowering, centuries-old cherry tree in Uda—blossoms beneath a starry sky in this... Continuar a Ler

Like mushrooms sprouting in soil, wooden poles capped with ice poke free of the sea at an old port... Continuar a Ler

A drifting jellyfish plays host to a small constellation of brittle stars. Scientists aren’t sure... Continuar a Ler

On a misty morning in London’s Richmond Park, a red deer stag bellows during mating season. From... Continuar a Ler

In Manitoba’s Wapusk National Park, a polar bear and her fourmonth-old cub nestle by a willow tree.... Continuar a Ler

Braids of frost adorn beech and spruce trees on a ridge in the West Beskids. The discontinuous... Continuar a Ler

What’s black and white and bred all over? Pléneau Island, where gentoo penguins mate each spring.... Continuar a Ler

High above the village of Črni Vrh, fantastical ice formations—including spikes over a yard... Continuar a Ler

Off the coast of the Vava‘u islands, a newborn humpback whale—perhaps less than a week old—drifts... Continuar a Ler

In the village of Deštné in the Orlické Mountains, an ice-encrusted house is a landmark for... Continuar a Ler

At a brick factory on the outskirts of Yangon, a swaddled baby sways in a makeshift hammock. The... Continuar a Ler

A dusty pastoral scene unfolds in Bitlis Province, where shepherds guide their flocks toward... Continuar a Ler

In the Sonoran Desert near Red Rock, Arizona, a fast-moving electrical storm and a rainbow share... Continuar a Ler

Above an abandoned house near Denton, Nebraska, a bruised summer sky crackles with atmospheric... Continuar a Ler

As mist haunts the Black Forest, a sure-footed red fox makes its way up the trunk of a half-fallen... Continuar a Ler

In a scene Dalí might have dreamed, rose-ringed parakeets flap to a roost in London’s Hither Green... Continuar a Ler

With the mating season under way, two common toads get intimately acquainted in a shallow of the... Continuar a Ler

On a frigid winter day in Andalusia’s Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, a rain-fed pond ripples... Continuar a Ler

A harvest mouse—Europe’s smallest rodent—grooms itself on a hogweed flower head in a meadow near... Continuar a Ler

In Chiang Mai, floating lanterns set the night alight during the annual Yi Peng festival. The... Continuar a Ler

Against a velvet backdrop in a South Carolina lab tank, a mushroom coral resembles a blooming... Continuar a Ler

Seen from below, an autumn blaze of maple leaves is veined by a crooked lattice of trunks and... Continuar a Ler

Hundreds of brightly clad teammates form the base of a human tower during the biennial Concurs de... Continuar a Ler

In a home aquarium in Kenora, tiny bubbles stipple the stems and skins of cherries submerged in... Continuar a Ler

As two women sew fishnets in the village of Vinh Hy, waves of green fabric swell like a restive... Continuar a Ler

At a hotel in the suburbs of Nairobi, a Rothschild’s giraffe named Lynne spots an offer she can’t... Continuar a Ler

In the tall grass of West Bengal, a man in the vivid guise of a Hindu deity performs a Chhau... Continuar a Ler

Moments after a recital, seven ballerinas relax backstage at the Mahaffey Theater in St.... Continuar a Ler

Sunset paints the sacred Meoto Iwa (“wedded rocks”) in pastel hues. Bound by heavy rice-straw... Continuar a Ler

Frigid meets florid in a garden in Hami, where a blooming tree, watered the night before, dangles... Continuar a Ler

Young pupils in Sinuiju perform a dance routine for a group of Chinese tourists. The border... Continuar a Ler