The annual cleaning of the <n>Ushiku Daibutsu</n> statue in Ushiku, Japan.

A <n>tiger</n> in <n>Bandhavgarh National Park</n>, India, by photographer <n>Michael 'Nick' Nichols</n> for <n>National Geographic</n>.

Male <n>narwhals</n> cross tusks. Photo by <n>Paul Nicklen</n> for <n>National Geographic</n>.

A Khmer monk smokes a cigarette in Angkor Wat, Cambodia. Photo by <n>Lieuchi Fine</n>.

Photograph by <n>Luminosityofmind</n> for <n>Odyssey Moscow</n>, shot in Ladakh.

Two <n>Jaguars</n> swimming in the water.

Interior of a temple in <n>Kyoto</n>, Japan. Photo by <n>Trey Ratcliff</n>.

A <n>Jaguar</n> fed underwater at <n>Zoo Bordeaux</n>. Photo by <n>Herbert van der Beek</n>.

A <n>Nautilus shell</n> photographed by <n>Tom Brakefield</n>.

Think Very Little. Photo by <n>Alex Delamadeleine</n>.