People on horses riding through a forest alive with monarch butterflies. Every year, from January to the end of March, millions of monarch butterflies make a 4000 kilometre migration to breed in El Ro...

A woman walks her dogs in Gretna Green on the border between Scotland and England. The town became famous as a place of elopement for English couples when, in 1754, the law in England changed and coup...

Sheep and lambs in a field on the Scottish/English border which runs through the middle of the river in the background.

Sheep graze on a hill overlooking Scapa Flow. Protected by the surrounding islands, Scapa Flow is a harbour that has an area of 324.5 square kilometres. Some believe that as climate change allows ship...

Sheep run down a hillside at feeding time.

A dog waits for its owner on Lerwick's main shopping street. With a population of around 7,000, Lerwick is the biggest town in the Shetland Islands which have a total population of around 22,000. In 2...

Sheep graze on a hill with the Sullom Voe oil terminal in the background. In 2020 the Shetland council voted to look at ways of obtaining financial and political independence from Scotland. Shetland a...

US Marines conduct a patrol along the edge of a field of maize crops.

A donkey is used to transport ballot materials to a remote polling booth.

A US Marine conducts a patrol, with several young boys and their donkeys following.

ATO Primate Sanctuary rescues primates, many of which are orphans whose parents were killed by hunters and poachers. The combination of habitat loss through deforestation and hunting is having a sever...

ATO Primate Sanctuary rescues primates, many of which are orphans whose parents were killed by hunters and poachers. The combination of habitat loss through deforestation and hunting is having a sever...

ATO Primate Sanctuary rescues primates, many of which are orphans whose parents were killed by hunters and poachers. The combination of habitat loss through deforestation and hunting is having a sever...

A young man on a donkey laughs as he talks with US marines who are conducting a security patrol.

A man prepares sheep to sell in a market ahead of the feast of Eid al-Adha.

Refuse and the remnants of a rubbish fire surround a sign on the edge of a sacred forest in Kikele indicating that fires, the felling of trees, traps, guns, crop fields, open defecation, livestock gra...

A US Marine and his dog takes a break from a security patrol in Safar.

US Marines on patrol through the Safar Bazaar where improvised explosive devices were reported to have been planted by the Taliban.

US Marines on patrol through the Safar Bazaar where improvised explosive devices were reported to have been planted by the Taliban.

A sign at a sanctuary for red-bellied monkeys, also known as the white-throated guenon or red-bellied guenon, created by Peter Neuenschwander in Drabo Gbo. Once thought to have been hunted to extincti...

A juvenile red-bellied monkey, also known as the white-throated guenon or red-bellied guenon, at a forest sanctuary created by Peter Neuenschwander in Drabo Gbo. Once thought to have been hunted to ex...

A red-bellied monkey, also known as the white-throated guenon or red-bellied guenon, at a forest sanctuary created by Peter Neuenschwander in Drabo Gbo. Once thought to have been hunted to extinction...

A US Marine passesa boy riding a donkey while conducting a security patrol.

A US Marine passesa boy riding a donkey while conducting a security patrol.

A US marine sits on a camel led by a child as he participates in a security patrol.

A camel in the foreground, with a group of US Marines.

Karin Ostertag and one of her dogs on an outcrop above the Tobe protected forest. Some 350 hectares in area, the forest had been severely degraded by agriculture. Over the last 35 years it has been re...

Mathieu, armed with his shotgun, in a cashew plantation near the village of Koko. He says that although he's university-educated, he's unable to find employment and so gets by with a combination of fa...

A US Marine conducts a patrol past a flock of sheep, in Helmand Province.

A US Marine conducts a security patrol, passing through a flock of sheep, in Helmand Province.

Boys and their flock of sheep are seen through the window of a US military vehicle.

People walking dogs towards the Teesmouth National Nature Reserve. In the background are is the closed-down Redcar Steelworks, shut due to the inability to compete with cheaper foreign production, pri...

People walking dogs in the Teesmouth National Nature Reserve. In the background are is the closed-down Redcar Steelworks, shut due to the inability to compete with cheaper foreign production, primaril...

People walking dogs on a beach with the turbines of the offshore windfarm at Seaton Carew rising from the sea beyond. Hartlepool has always voted Labour, including in the last General Election, when...

Beer drinkers in garden of the Fisherman's Arms pub. British fishing communities, like Hartlepool, were some of the strongest supporters of Brexit but many now feel betrayed as small increases in fish...

A man walks through an abandoned factory, destroyed during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan.

Cattle being herded along a path near Dekanme. Competing demands for grazing and agricultural land are a constant source of conflict in Benin, as in much of West Africa. In combination with burgeoning...

Fetishes and the bones of sacrificed animals at an altar at the home of Kakpo Somonnin, a diviner, in the village of Koko.

Bones of sacrificed animals at the home of Kakpo Somonnin, a diviner, at his home in the village of Koko.

Helicopters from Ahmad Shah Massoud's forces take off from open ground beside farmers plouging a field.

Various types of preserved animals and birds, including vultures, for sale at a vodun traditional medecine stall in Kejetia market (Kumasi Central Market).

Traditional medicine vendor, Ibrahim Adam, in his stall in the sprawling Kejetia market (Kumasi Central Market). Where among the items he sells are the skins of various wild animals including small ca...

A traditional medicine vendor displays a dried chameleon from a stall in Kejetia market (Kumasi Central Market). The traditional medicine industry is among the drivers of the illegal wildlife trade.

Members of the Uzbek Kok-Boru team gather themselves during a break in play in the competition final. The match itself was one-sided, with the home team and pre-tournament favourites, Kyrgyzstan, runn...

Kok Boru players from Kazakhstan and Russia parade in front of spectators after their 3rd place play-off match. While the Russian team fought admirably, the Kazakhs ultimately took a comfortable 17-1...

A traditional medicine vendor displays a jar of African grey parrot feathers in Kejetia market (Kumasi Central Market). African grey parrots are frequently poached from the wild both for use in tradit...

Dried chameleons and other reptiles and amphibians being sold at a traditional medicine store in Kejetia market (Kumasi Central Market). The traditional medicine industry is among the drivers of the i...

Various types of preserved animals and birds, including vultures, for sale at a vodun traditional medecine stall in Kejetia market (Kumasi Central Market).

Various types of preserved animals and birds, including vultures, for sale at a vodun traditional medecine stall in Kejetia market (Kumasi Central Market).

A dried monkey's paw and other wild animals products for sale in a traditional medicine voodoo, or vodun, stall in Kejetia market (Kumasi Central Market). The traditional medicine industry is among th...

Various types of preserved animals and birds, including vultures, for sale at a vodun traditional medecine stall in Kejetia market (Kumasi Central Market).

Kyrygz players compete in the final of the Kok Boru tournament in which the home team defeated Uzbekistan by 32-9.

Kazakh Kok-Boru players discuss tactics ahead of their 3rd place play-off match at the World Nomad Games.

Kazakh Kok-Boru players discuss tactics with one of the team's coaches ahead of their 3rd place play off match with Russia at the World Nomad Games.

Kok Boru players from Kazakhstan and Russia compete in the 3rd place play-off match at the World Nomad Games. The Kazakh team ran out 17-1 winners in a fiercely contested match.

Men gathered around a caged bird in a 'chai-khana' tea room.

People use donkeys to carry water containers.

Men gathered around a caged bird in a 'chai-khana' tea room.

Kok Boru players from Kazakhstan and Russia compete in the 3rd place play-off match at the World Nomad Games. The Kazakh team ran out 17-1 winners in a fiercely contested match.

Kok Boru players from Kazakhstan and Russia compete in the 3rd place play-off match at the World Nomad Games. The Kazakh team ran out 17-1 winners in a fiercely contested match.

The bird market.

Kazakh Kok-Boru players charge onto the pitch during the 3rd place play-off match at the World Nomad Games.

A Kazakh Kok-Boru player carries his nation's flag ahead of the team's 3rd place play-off match with Russia.

Kazakh Kok-Boru players warm up their horses in preparation for their 3rd place play-off match with Russia at the World Nomad Games.

A Russian Kok-Boru player collects his horse from the stables ahead of his team's 3rd place play-off match with Kazakhstan at the World Nomad Games.

Syerik Zhenisbyk from Mongolia, a competitor in Er Enish (horseback wrestling) at the World Nomad Games.

Kazakh hunter Kadirbarj Abylajkhan and his Taigan dogs take part in a game called Taigan Zharysh, where the dogs chase a fox or hare skin at the World Nomad Game.

Dozhan Baysgalan from Mongolia, a competitor in Er Enish (horseback wrestling) at the World Nomad Games.

Spectators arrive arrive on horseback at the Kyrchyn Gorge, venue for the hunting and archery disciplines at the 2018 World Nomad Games.

22-year-old Salavat Aibekov (right) competed in the horseback archery competition at the World Nomad Games, where contestants must fire their arrows, while at full gallop, at three stationary targets...

63 year old Orthodox monk Kirill working in a field with his cows.

Wild mountain gazelle (Gazella gazella) in a protected reserve covering 13,288 hectares near the Syrian border.

Shepherd Bayram Inanc herds his flock of sheep and goats back home towards the village of Incirli at the end of the day.

A group of Anatolian 'Kangal' shepherd dogs fight with each other as two separate flocks of sheep return to the village of Incirli at the end of the day.

Shepherd Bayram Inanc herds his flock of sheep and goats back home towards the village of Incirli at the end of the day.

A shepherd boy riding a donkey herds a flock of sheep back into their enclosure at the end of the day.

Shepherd Mehmet Dinler and his two sons herd their flock of sheep back into their enclosure at the end of the day.

Professor Yasar Ergun points to a group of wild mountain gazelle (Gazella gazella) in the protected zone he helped create for the nearly extinct antelope near the Turkish/Syrian border.

Shepherd Mehmet Dinler and his two sons herd their flock of sheep back into their enclosure at the end of the day.

Wild mountain gazelle (Gazella gazella) in a protected reserve covering 13,288 hectares near the Syrian border.

The procession of Nagas on the night of Mauni Amavasya (New Moon of the Saints) during the Ardh (Half) Kumbh Mela. Nagas, who reject all forms of materialism, are the strictest sect of sadhu (Hindu as...

Keeper Bulent Gelici zooms in on a flock of wild mountain gazelle (Gazella gazella) grazing nearby using observation cameras in the gazelle sanctuary.

Professor Yasar Ergun and his colleague Hasan Dinler talk with a passing farmer driving a tractor along a track in the protected zone he helped create for the nearly extinct mountain gazelle (Gazella...

Professor Yasar Ergun watches wild mountain gazelle (Gazella gazella) in the protected zone he helped create for the nearly extinct antelope near the Turkish/Syrian border.

Professor Yasar Ergun walks towards a hide he built to observe wild mountain gazelles (Gazella gazella) in the protected zone Ergun helped create for the nearly extinct antelope near the Turkish/Syria...

Professor Yasar Ergun speaks with his colleagues Hasan Dinler (left) and Huseyin Dinler (right) who work as keepers in the protected zone Ergun helped create for the nearly extinct mountain gazelle (G...

Young and injured mountain gazelle (Gazella gazella) feeding in a sanctuary established by Professor Yasar Ergun in a protected area near the Turkish/Syrian border.

A young injured mountain gazelle (Gazella gazella) inside the fenced in sanctuary area in the protected zone created for the nearly extinct antelope near the Turkish/Syrian border.

Professor Yasar Ergun drives into the protected zone he helped create for the nearly extinct mountain gazelle (Gazella gazella) near the Turkish/Syrian border.

Wild mountain gazelle (Gazella gazella) in a protected reserve covering 13,288 hectares near the Syrian border.