Africa; South Sudan; Kapoeta. A portrait of an old Toposa lady in traditional attire.

Africa; South Sudan; Kapoeta. A young Toposa girl in traditional attire stands at the entrance to her thatched house.

Africa; South Sudan; Kapoeta. Toposa children stand beside their family's granary. In a year of good rainfall, a supplementary granary is placed beneath the main granary.

Africa; South Sudan; Kapoeta. A portrait of a Toposa lady in traditional attire and scarification on her forehead and chest.

Africa; South Sudan; Kapoeta. A portrait of a Toposa lady in traditional attire with light scarification above her eyebrows and on her cheeks.

Africa; South Sudan; Terakeka. A young Mundari girl polishes the horns of her favourite long-horned Ankole-Watusi cow. Regular polishing helps to prevent the horns from cracking.

Africa; South Sudan; Terakeka. A Mundari herdsman among his family's herd of long-horned Ankole-Watusi cattle at sunset.

Uganda, Western Uganda, Queen Elizabeth National Park. A spectacular African Fish Eagle perched on a Euphorbia tree.

Uganda, Southern Uganda, Jinja. A Malachite Kingfisher on the banks of the Victoria Nile.

Uganda, Murchison Falls National Park. A Hippo basks in the Victoria Nile.

Ethiopia, Lake Tana, Amhara Region. A very old richly decorated one-metre- high wooden cross is kept in the Treasury at Kibran Gabriel Monastery, the holiest of the Lake Tana monasteries. On its fron...

Ethiopia, Lake Tana, Amhara Region. A wall mural in the Church at Debre Selassie Monastery. Jesus sleeps while crossing the Sea of Galilee before calming the stormy waters. The anxious Apostles look...

Ethiopia, Lake Tana, Amhara Region. A hermit who is attached to Betre Maryam monastery on the Zegie Peninsula of Lake Tana..

Ethiopia, Lake Tana, Dek Island, Amhara Region. This old gold and silver hand cross is kept in the treasury of the eighteenth century church at Narga Selassie.

Ethiopia, Lake Tana, Dek Island, Amhara Region. A priest in the eighteenth century church at Narga Selassie swings a censer among clouds of incense.

Ethiopia, Lake Tana, Dek Island, Amhara Region. A mural in the eighteenth century church at Narga Selassie monastery depicts the last supper with Mary Magdalene anointing Jesus's feet with perfume. A...

Ethiopia, Tembien, Tigray Region. A monks sits at the entrance to Abba Yohanni monastery which was carved into a sheer rockface at Debre Asa sometime after the thirteenth century. The mural is of Abb...

Ethiopia, Gheralta Mountains, Tigray Region. A Priest in the ancient rock hewn church of Abuna Gebre Mikael reads an old manuscript with the help of sunlight streaming through the only window in the...

Ethiopia, Abraha Atsbeha, Tigray Region. A deacon with a large crossreads by the light of a taper in the rock-hewn church of Abraha wa-Atsbeha during a midnight mass to celebrate Enkutatash, the Ethi...

Ethiopia, Aksum, Tigray Region. A painting of Mary and Jesus in the church of St. Mary of Tsion. Their exceptionally long fingers signify the painting is in the Gondarine style. Jesus is holding the...

Kenya, Tsavo East National Park, Taita-Taveta County. A fine female elephant with crossed tusks. Its colour is a result of it dusting itself with red soil.

Benin, Ketou, Plateau Department. A masked dancer representing the male sex. The mask fits onto a dancer's head with his face covered by a veil. The dances are educational promoting harmony amongst...

Benin, Ouidah, Atlantique Department. An Egungun masked dancer spins his decorated round cape at a lively voodoo celebration. The dancers represent Yoruba ancestral spirits which give guidance to th...

Benin, Ouidah, Atlantique Department. An Egungun masked dancer spins his sequined round cape at a lively voodoo celebration. The dancers represent Yoruba ancestral spirits which give guidance to the...

Benin, Ouidah, Atlantique Department. A motor cyclist in bright traditional dress.

Benin, Ouidah, Atlantique Department. A woman with a voodoo doll tucked into her dress attends the annual voodoo festival held in January each year.

Benin, Allada, Atlantique Department. A young girl wearing numerous necklaces attends a voodoo celebration.

Kenya, Amboseli, Kajiado County. Two bull elephants spar for dominance.

Zambia, Kafue National Park, Busanga Plains. A young bull Sable antelope running fast.

Zambia, Kafue National Park, Busanga Plains. A herd of elephants moving through dry, dusty terrain in the late afternoon

Zambia, Kafue National Park, Busanga Plains. A herd of elephants led by a matriarch on the move in the late afternoon

Nigeria, Kano State, Kano. A Hausa man in fine traditional attire with an elaborate multi-coloured turban.

Nigeria, Kano State, Kano. Two young Hausa boys in Islamic dress.

USA, Katmai National Park, Brook Falls, Alaska. A Brown bear with a sockeye salmon in its mouth as another leaps over Brook Falls to escape to its spawning grounds.

USA, Katmai National Park, Brook Falls, Alaska. A Brown bear pounces on a sockeye salmon as it prepares to leap over Brook Falls on its way to spawning grounds.

USA, Denali National Park, Alaska. Mount Denali, formerly named Mount McKinley, and snow-covered peaks of the Alaskan Range are reflected in Wonder Lake in the early morning.

USA, Juneau, Alaska. A carving and painting by the native American Tlingit people displayed in Juneau, the State capital of Alaska.

USA, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. Grand Teton peak (13,770 ft) viewed from the Snake River.

Ethiopia, Amhara Region, Ankober. An Amhara woman with a traditional woven basket on her head. These baskets are used for carrying the staple round Ethiopian flat bread called injera, which is made f...

Ethiopia, Amhara Region, Ankober. A mural of Saint Mary which once adorned the 19th century church of Ankober Medhane Alem which was destroyed in World War II.

Ethiopia, Amhara Region, Ankober. A mural of Ethiopian saints Tekle Haymanot (L) and Gabre Manfus Kiddus (R) in the 19th century church of Ankober Maryam which was built and used by the rulers of the...

Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. A baby elephant.

Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. Zebras drinking from a pool.

Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. A female leopard cub with her cub.

Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. A female leopard cub with her cub.

Botswana, Vumburua Plains, Okavango Delta. A leopard cub in a tree.

Botswana, Chief's Island, Okavango Delta. A portrait of a leopard standing on a log.

Botswana, Vumburua Plains, Okavango Delta. A leopard cub in a tree.

Botswana, Hunda Island, Okavango Delta. A Red Lechwe taking a leap over shallow water.

Botswana, Hunda Island, Okavango Delta. A chacma baboon wading through shallow water with a baby riding piggy-back.

Botswana, Hunda Island, Okavango Delta. A Lilac-breasted Roller.

Botswana, Chief's Island, Okavango Delta. Three lionesses wading through shallow water.

Botswana, Chief's Island, Okavango Delta. A young lion wading through shallow water.

Botswana, Vumburua Plains, Okavango Delta. A leopard descending a tree.

Iran, Esfahan. A section of the tiles adorning the portal of the magnificent Sheikh Lotfoolah Mosque. The mosque is one of the masterpieces of Persian architecture built in the early 17th century.

Iran, Shiraz. Two young men in traditional costume in Jahan Nama Garden.

Iran, Shiraz. A woman walks through the prayer hall of the Vakil Mosque with its vaulted brick ceiling and beautifully carved columns.

Iran, Shiraz. A bas relief on the main veranda of the Naranjestan-e Ghavam complex, also known as Qavan House, which was built in the late 19th century by a wealthy merchant.

Iran, Shiraz. The ornate dome of the Shah Cheragh shrine in Shiraz. The shrine is the holiest pilgrimage site for Shia Muslims in Shiraz.

Iran, Qom. The ornate geometric golden domed ceiling of the Hazrat-e Masumeh mosque. Shi'a Muslims regard Qom as an important Holy City.