Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, Harbin, China (© STR/AFP via Getty Images)

Earth as seen from the International Space Station (© JSC/NASA)

Sandhill cranes, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (© Jay Goodrich/Tandem Stills + Motion)

Hohenzollern Castle, Germany (© Sahara Prince/Shutterstock)

Polar bear in Svalbard, Norway (© Dennis Stogsdill/Getty Images)

New Year’s Eve fireworks, Sydney Harbour Bridge, Australia (© Wendell Teodoro/Getty Images)

Rock formations in the White Desert, Egypt (© Anton Petrus/Getty Images)

A pair of silver-studded blue butterflies (© Misja Smits/Minden Pictures)

Maloja, Switzerland (© Roberto Moiola/Getty)

Blue Lagoon, Grindavík, Iceland (© Westend61/Getty Images)