Icy reflections and snow-dusted peaks
Lake Bled, Slovenia (© Kesu01/Getty Images)

Shell-abrating a life
A green sea turtle swims in the Pacific Ocean near the French special collectivity of New Caledonia (© Damsea/Shutterstock)

Shell-abrating a life
A green sea turtle swims in the Pacific Ocean near the French special collectivity of New Caledonia (© Damsea/Shutterstock)

On the sacred mountain
Borobudur Temple, Java, Indonesia (© Robertharding/Shutterstock)

Midnight in Rio
New Year's Eve fireworks over Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (© Wagner Meier/Getty Images)

Midnight in Rio
New Year's Eve fireworks over Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (© Wagner Meier/Getty Images)

Have an ice New Year's Day
Polar bears at play in the Arctic (© Ondrej Prosicky/Shutterstock)

Have an ice New Year's Day
Polar bears at play in the Arctic (© Ondrej Prosicky/Shutterstock)

The glistening village
Star trails over Ardez, Graubunden, Switzerland (© Roberto Moiola/Getty Images)

The glistening village
Star trails over Ardez, Graubunden, Switzerland (© Roberto Moiola/Getty Images)

Ring in the fun
The Radcliffe Camera and All Souls College, University of Oxford, England (© atiger/Shutterstock)

Ring in the fun
The Radcliffe Camera and All Souls College, University of Oxford, England (© atiger/Shutterstock)

A borderline paradise
Bản Giốc–Detian Falls on the Quây Sơn River, Vietnam (© Shane P. White/Minden Pictures)

A borderline paradise
Bản Giốc–Detian Falls on the Quây Sơn River, Vietnam (© Shane P. White/Minden Pictures)

Head-turner in the treetops
Plum-headed parakeet at Shimoga, Karnataka, India (© Hira Punjabi/Alamy)

Head-turner in the treetops
Plum-headed parakeet at Shimoga, Karnataka, India (© Hira Punjabi/Alamy)

Divine depths
Flooded crypt, Basilica of San Francesco, Ravenna, Italy (© Andrea Pucci/Getty Images)

Divine depths
Flooded crypt, Basilica of San Francesco, Ravenna, Italy (© Andrea Pucci/Getty Images)

Rocks and rollers
Moeraki Boulders at sunset, South Island, New Zealand (© Douglas Pearson/eStock Photo)

Rocks and rollers
Moeraki Boulders at sunset, South Island, New Zealand (© Douglas Pearson/eStock Photo)

Step up your game
Snow on the Great Wall of China (© View Stock/Alamy)