Polar bears at play in the Arctic (© Ondrej Prosicky/Shutterstock)

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

Tasmanian snow gum and pandani plants near Lake Dobson, Mount Field National Park, Tasmania, Australia (© Whitworth Images/Getty Images)

Borobudur Temple, Java, Indonesia (© Robertharding/Shutterstock)

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

Lake Bled, Slovenia (© Kesu01/Getty Images)

Christmas lights at Mousehole Harbour, Cornwall, England (© ianwool/Getty Images)

Svalbard reindeer in Van Mijenfjorden NP, Norway (© Martin Zwick/REDA&CO/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Christmas market scene in Germany (© Cyril Gosselin/Getty Images)

Red-crowned cranes in Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan (© Wirestock, Inc./Alamy)