Sperm whale pod surfacing, Dominica (© Franco Banfi/Minden Pictures)

The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater rehearsing ‘Uptown,’ 2009, New York (© STAN HONDA/AFP via Getty Images)

Female pyrrhuloxia perched on cactus plant, Texas (© outtakes/Getty Images)

Hippopotamus mother and calf, South Luangwa National Park, Zambia (© Nature Picture Library/Alamy)

Red-crowned crane bowing to his mate in Hokkaido, Japan (© Steve Bloom Images/Alamy)

Mardi Gras beads in the Marigny, New Orleans (© Erik Pronske Photography/Getty Images)

Volcán Alcedo giant tortoises, Isabela Island, Galápagos, Ecuador (© Tui De Roy/Minden Pictures)

Chora, Folegandros Island, Cyclades, Greece (© Francesco Riccardo Iacomino/Getty Images)

Artists performing the dragon dance for Chinese New Year, Luzhou, China (© Liu Guoxing/VCG via Getty Images)

Pegadung Rock, Lampung, Sumatra, Indonesia (© CK NG/500px/Getty Images)