February 2012
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Reflection
A monkey is enthralled by its reflection in Jaipur, India
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Sunset
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Twilight
Twilight at Hallstatt, Austria
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illusion
Karlmarx Rajangam of Oxford for this image of an optical illusion created by the marble tiles of Florence’s Duomo cathedral.
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The Big Picture photography competition: round 191...
Reaching out at Puncak, Indonesia
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View
A view of the valley at Seefeld, Austria
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Aerial View
An aerial view of the tiny island of Comino, Malta
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Silhouettes at sunset
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Rise
Hot air balloons rise over Bagan, Myanmar
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Peering
Peering through the divide
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Up close with a kingfisher in Tanzania
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Talented juggler
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Pictures of the day
A view of London, looking north-west, from the top of Europe’s tallest building, the Shard.
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Animal of the week
Asili, a 21-year-old Western Lowland Gorilla, carries her as yet unnamed newborn baby, which was born at Chessington World of Adventures in Surrey on Thursday 23 February…
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picture of the week
Brothers, Wan Yiju and Wan Yiheng, pose with their 148-metre-long 3D street painting, which sets a new Guinness record as the world’s longest 3D street painting, in Guangzhou, China
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Sandy faces
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Catching a wave
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Unusual waves
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Untitled
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Skilled horseman
A skilled horseman rides above the dust in Hungary
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Warm glow
The setting sun casts a warm glow in Damaraland, Namibia
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Mount Fuji, Japan
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Marsa Shagra, Egypt
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Northern Lights
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Crab makes a friend
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Calm seas at sunrise, Atlantic Ocean
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Impressive clouds above Thailand's islands
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Just kiss
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Punch
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Red and White
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Picture of the day
A tiger swims through a bright green carpet of freshwater weed. Christian Keller, from Copenhagen, Denmark, took the photos at the city’s zoo. He said: “It’s a funny shot because the tiger seemed to really enjoy the swim but didn’t want to get his head wet.”
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Animal of the week
The world’s smallest chameleon. The 29mm reptile is no bigger than the flies an average-sized chameleon would feed on.
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picture of the week
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Exploring the waters
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A stirring view from Whister Mountain
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A close encounter in the Red Sea, Egypt
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Winter's day in the city
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Blood-red sky
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A lover's tiff
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Untitled
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Untitled
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Bingo
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Camouflage
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Jump
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Weird Snake
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Shadows
Shadows mingle at the base of the Eiffel Tower, Paris
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View from Burj Khalifa
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Untitled
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picture of the week
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Picture of the day
Leaf cutter ants at Bristol Zoo carry heart-shaped rose petals, as florists prepare for their busiest weekend of the year. Around nine million roses are given on Valentine’s day. The ants can carry loads of up to 20 times their body weight - the equivalent of a human lifting a ton. They do not live on the leaves themselves but cultivate a compost from collected plant material on which a...