A master class in pattern
Building detail of Registan Square, Samarkand, Uzbekistan (© Piero M. Bianchi/Getty Images)

A world beneath your feet
Horsehair parachute fungus, Belarus (© Máté/Nature Picture Library)

A world beneath your feet
Horsehair parachute fungus, Belarus (© Máté/Nature Picture Library)

Painted along the shore
Traditional beach huts, Southwold, Suffolk Heritage Coast, England (© stevendocwra/Getty Images)

Painted along the shore
Traditional beach huts, Southwold, Suffolk Heritage Coast, England (© stevendocwra/Getty Images)

An act of wilderness
Coyote Buttes, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona (© James Hager/Getty Images)

An act of wilderness
Coyote Buttes, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona (© James Hager/Getty Images)

Red and white on the horizon
Westerheversand Lighthouse in Westerhever, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany (© bluejayphoto/Getty Images)

Red and white on the horizon
Westerheversand Lighthouse in Westerhever, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany (© bluejayphoto/Getty Images)

Small birds, big impact
Green-crowned brilliant hummingbirds feeding on lobster-claw flowers, Costa Rica (© Paul Hobson/Nature Picture Library)

Small birds, big impact
Green-crowned brilliant hummingbirds feeding on lobster-claw flowers, Costa Rica (© Paul Hobson/Nature Picture Library)

A reservoir of reflections
Lake Fyans, Grampians National Park, Victoria, Australia (© tracielouise/Getty Images)

A reservoir of reflections
Lake Fyans, Grampians National Park, Victoria, Australia (© tracielouise/Getty Images)

Labor's legacy
'Industries of California' mural by Ralph Stackpole at Coit Tower, San Francisco, California (© David R. Frazier Photolibrary, Inc./Alamy)

Labor's legacy
'Industries of California' mural by Ralph Stackpole at Coit Tower, San Francisco, California (© David R. Frazier Photolibrary, Inc./Alamy)

Fields of gold
Beech tree in a cereal field, East Meon, South Downs National Park, Hampshire, England (© Guy Edwardes/Minden Pictures)

Fields of gold
Beech tree in a cereal field, East Meon, South Downs National Park, Hampshire, England (© Guy Edwardes/Minden Pictures)

Life on India's west coast
Gabit Keni Beach near Ankola, Karnataka, India (© Amith Nag Photography/Getty Images)

Life on India's west coast
Gabit Keni Beach near Ankola, Karnataka, India (© Amith Nag Photography/Getty Images)

A patchwork from above
Aerial view of Olvera, Andalusia, Spain (© Marco Bottigelli/Getty Images)

A patchwork from above
Aerial view of Olvera, Andalusia, Spain (© Marco Bottigelli/Getty Images)