polar bear cubs in Alaska
man taking a photo on a cablecar in Italy
zebra and wildebeest in Arusha, Tanzania
women in a mosque in Indonesia
a woman at morning worship in Nepal
a boy jumping on the beach in Brazil
people swimming in the Blue Lagoon in Iceland
dancers in Guatemala
a squid in Puget Sound in Washington
a sloth in Peru
men fishing with cormorants in Japan
a whale breaching
people playing in bubbles in Cape Town, South Africa
mudskipper in Kuwait
an elephant reaching for fruit in a tree in Zimbabwe
two Indian wrestlers sitting
a baboon
monk preparing for a festival in Bhutan
the feast of St. Agatha in Catania, Sicily
orangutan with leaf in Bali, Indonesia
a hose running before a storm in New Mexico
orangutan in Borneo
lion in Masai Mara, Kenya
a tarsier in the Philippines
flamingos in India
two women making fishing nets in Vinh Hy Bay Vietnam
surfers at Cannon Beach, Oregon.
lion cub jumping on lioness in Kenya
wildebeest migrating in Masai Mara in Kenya
goats standing in the wind in Brazil
a lion roaring in Kruger National Park in South Africa
a tornado near a farmhouse in Colorado
bears playing in a wood in Finland
a polar bear feeding two cubs in Svalbard
surfers in Playa Colorado, Nicaragua
the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France.
two raptors in the desert near Kuwait
a sea eagle flies and smoke from a brush fire in Australia
altar in Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France
a penguin jumping in the surf on Bleaker Island in the Falkland Islands
a festival for Matsu the sea goddess in Taiwan
a lionfish in the Red Sea near Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt
a boy playing in waves in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
thousands of snow geese near Middle Creek Wildlife Area in Pennsylvania
paragliders near Mt. Fuji in Japan
a sand storm or haboob near Kuwait City, Kuwait
a humback whale breaching in Newfoundland, Canada
a group of girls surprised by a sudden wave along the Malecon in Havana.
a reindeer herder in the Yamal region of Russia
A herd of hippos in a pond of Serengeti National Park. Traveler Photo Contest 2015 TPC 2015
a woman climbing a woodpile in Vantaa, Finland
surfer in barrel of wave, Sydney, Australia
a willow warbler feeling splashing water in Kuwait
Kathakali dancer in Kerala, India
Sally Lightfoot crab on marine iguana, Galapagos, Ecuador
a pair of Icelandic horses sheltering each other from the high winds.
a man reading a newspaper to a child on a train in Bangladesh
Whale watching is magical but the waiting part is filled with anticipation. When that whale explodes out of the water your heart either stops or starts racing and no matter how old your are at that moment you become a child experiencing a magical moment. And if you are blessed to have a mother and calf burst out of the water in a synchronized breach you are absolutely in heaven!
Hawaiian petrel feeding underwater, Baja California, Mexico
a young lion in Masai Mara, Kenya
boys jumping off cliff, Cape Town, South Africa
a man on a train in Bundi, India
a dogsled in Swedish Lapland
a green vine snake in a forest in India
a horse stretching on Easter Island
a buffalo at a water tank in South Dakota
hippopotamus and oxpecker in Botswana
Arabian Red fox cub
vulture and hyena facing off
a wild brown bear captured in a forest in Finland.
elephant swimming in Andaman islands
campfire in Siwa Desert Egypt
cenote in Yucatan Mexico
Japanese Macaque Nagano Japan
giant waves converge on Napali coast of Kauai, Hawaii
woman and cattle in Romania
white rhino in Africa
waves on a cliff in Manarola Italy
ceremony in Tibet
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Kaktovik, Alaska
These adorable Polar Bear cubs were staying close to their mother, and stood up to monitor another pair of cubs.
Photograph and caption by Laura Keene

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