People cross over the Tay river bridge that connects the city to the opposite bank.

The river Tweed forms the border between Scotland and England, on the left lies the town of Coldstream in Scotland home to the Coldstream Guards, most famous for their role as protectors of the monarc...

Wet wipes on the Thames foreshore at Battersea. These are regularly discharged along with raw sewage into the Thames. Hundreds of thousands of toilet wipes accumulate on its banks where it bends.

Wet wipes on the Thames foreshore at Battersea. These are regularly discharged along with raw sewage into the Thames. Hundreds of thousands of toilet wipes accumulate on its banks where it bends.

Wet wipes on the Thames foreshore at Battersea. These are regularly discharged along with raw sewage into the Thames. Hundreds of thousands of toilet wipes accumulate on its banks where it bends.

A face mask on the Thames foreshore at Battersea.

A face mask on the Thames foreshore at Battersea.

Wet wipes on the Thames foreshore at Battersea. These are regularly discharged along with raw sewage into the Thames. Hundreds of thousands of toilet wipes accumulate on its banks where it bends.

Wet wipes on the Thames foreshore at Battersea. These are regularly discharged along with raw sewage into the Thames. Hundreds of thousands of toilet wipes accumulate on its banks where it bends.

Wet wipes on the Thames foreshore at Battersea. These are regularly discharged along with raw sewage into the Thames. Hundreds of thousands of toilet wipes accumulate on its banks where it bends.

With the first warm days of spring, and a loosening of lockdown restrictions, many people enjoy a sunny day on Kampa Island.

A family belonging to the Celestial Church of Christ worshipping on the beach. Founded in Benin in 1947, the church forbids idolatory, fetish ceremonies, cult membership, sorcery or amulets and charms...

A stretch of the Oueme River valley cleared for agriculture. Often the only trees left standing are 'useful' ones, such as the mango trees seen here. Over 90 percent of the nation's households are dep...

Three young men play a game with a ball as they swim in a fast flowing river.

Local youth cross the Oueme River to a small sacred forest grove on the opposite bank, where they will use Android tablets and a mobile app to conduct a biodiversity survey. What was once a forest ha...

A man rubs his eyes as local youth cross the Oueme River to a small sacred forest grove on the opposite bank, where they will use Android tablets and a mobile app to conduct a biodiversity survey. Wh...

Local youth waiting in the village of Dekanme to board pirogues and cross the Oueme River to a small sacred forest grove on the opposite bank, where they will use Android tablets and a mobile app to c...

Moise Avihoue casting his net into the Oueme River on the edge of the village of Dekanme. Dwindling fish stocks are one of many factors that accelerate pressure on forests, as people must instead clea...

Moise Avihoue casting his net into the Oueme River on the edge of the village of Dekanme. Dwindling fish stocks are one of many factors that accelerate pressure on forests, as people must instead clea...

A child paddles a canoe as a man swims on the edge of the village of Dekanme along the Oueme River. Dwindling fish stocks are one of many factors that accelerate pressure on forests, as people must in...

A banner supporting the The Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill (CEE Bill), hangs from Westminster Bridge, beside the The Palace of Westminster. The CEE Bill is supported by over 100 MPs from eight...

A banner supporting the The Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill (CEE Bill), hangs from Westminster Bridge, beside the The Palace of Westminster. The CEE Bill is supported by over 100 MPs from eight...

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

A banner supporting the The Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill (CEE Bill), hangs from Westminster Bridge, beside the The Palace of Westminster. The CEE Bill is supported by over 100 MPs from eight...

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...

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...

The Nahr Irfin river which runs through the centre of Afrin city.

Plastic pollution in the River Lea.

Plastic pollution in the River Lea.

New housing blocks overlooking the River Lea in the Lea Valley

Ice floats on the River Spree.

An environmental activist from WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) dressed in a panda costume holds a sign on the closed Oberbaum Bridge during a protest calling for a 'Global Day of Climate Action' unde...

Chunks of ice floating in a partially frozen river Spree with the Charite Hospital building rising beyond.

Men work in a gold mine in Peixoto de Azevedo in northern Mato Grosso, which is one of the largest gold producing areas in Brazil. Part of the extraction activity is illegal and even those legalised d...

Dredges used for illegal gold extraction on the Madeira River.

A Munduruku Indian navigates the waters of the Tapajos river.

Water crashes against the Santo Antonio Hydroelectric Power Plant's dam built over the Madeira River.

A girl waits to get into a canoe on the rubbish strewn banks of the Xingu River which is lined by stilt-houses and a wooden pier.

A youth navigates his canoe through dead trees on the Xingu River, formed after the flooding of the Belo Monte dam reservoir, an area of nearly 516 km2. The rotting vegetation releases methane gas whi...

The construction of the bypass channel for the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam. More than 80% of the water in the Xingu River has been diverted from its natural course, making it one of the largest man-m...

An area degraded by gold mining, located on the banks of the Peixoto de Azevedo River in northern Mato Grosso. This region that was once covered by the Amazon rain forest but has been cleared to make...

A boy rests on the banks of the Xingu River in Paratizao, a river dweller community located near the dam of Belo Monte. The place is surrounded by great toothpick-like patches of dead trees, formed af...

A riverbank dweller visits what remains of his house on an island in the Xingu River, which was flooded by the Belo Monte Dam's reservoir.

An island in the middle of the Tapajos River near Itaituba. There is an expectation that after the construction of the Belo Monte dam, the next hydroelectric dam on the Amazon will be built on the Tap...

Accumulated rubbish floats on the surface of the Xingu River.

A fisherman unloads his boat in a stream next to a collapsed house. All the residents of this region known as 'Baixao' (lower part of the city) have been removed from their homes because of the rising...

Workers from the Belo Monte dam, bathe in the waters of the Xingu River on a Sunday afternoon. At the peak of the construction of the plant at the end of 2014/beginning of 2015, the sites housed more...

A bus runs along the main dam of the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam on the Xingu River.

The Duvha coal powered station near Witbank.

Pipes crossing the River Ingrebourne in Hornchurch.

Discoloured water in a polluted ditch running through Hornchuch Country Park.

Children play in the River Roding, Roding Valley.

A abandoned partly submerged dinghy in the River Crane, Hanworth.

Winter ice and snow cover the Grand Union Canal in Uxbridge.

The view across the River Thames towards SE London.

Water flows, via a weir, from the Grand Union Canal into the River Colne in Harefield.

Small boats near a port terminal reportedly owned by the military.

Labourers unloading bananas off a cargo boat.

Labourers unloading bananas off a cargo boat.

Labourers working at a jetty.

Wadeye Aboriginal community.

Wadeye Aboriginal community.

People gather to wash and collect water from the Mulongwe River after it had receded in the days after heavy rains caused it to break its banks. The ensuing floods caused significant material damage w...

People gather to wash and collect water from the Mulongwe River after it had receded in the days after heavy rains caused it to break its banks. The ensuing floods caused significant material damage w...

People gather to wash and collect water from the Mulongwe River after it had receded in the days after heavy rains caused it to break its banks. The ensuing floods caused significant material damage w...

A woman collects water from the Mulongwe River after it had receded in the days after heavy rains caused it to break its banks. The ensuing floods caused significant material damage with at least 3,50...

South Kivu from the air.

New buildings on the River Spree.

Graffiti on the River Spree embankment protesting new buildings that are gentrifying the city.

A sports car crosses a bridge over the Arve River with the RTS tower, the headquarters of the French language version of the Swiss national broadacaster, SSR, behind.

The tower of the RTS, the headquarters of the French language version of the Swiss national broadcaster, SSR, by the Arve River, with the Wilsdorf Bridge at left.

The tower of the RTS, the headquarters of the French language version of the Swiss national broadcaster, SSR, by the Arve River, with the Wilsdorf Bridge at left.

The RTS building, headquarters of the French language version of the Swiss national broadcaster, SSR, rising behind a woman crossing the illuminated Hans Wilsdorf bridge.

The RTS building, headquarters of the French language version of the Swiss national broadcaster, SSR, rising behind the illuminated Hans Wilsdorf bridge.

Early morning sunlight reflecting off the tower of the RTS, the headquarters of the French language version of the Swiss national broadcaster, SSR, by the Arve River, with the Wilsdorf Bridge at left.

Two men drink and smoke, hidden away by the Arve River.

Water from the Rhone river going through a sluice to control levels, soon after flowing out of Lake Geneva.

Emergency water training, in the Arve River.

Emergency water training, in the Arve River.

The Hans-Wilsdorf bridge over the Arve River, leading to the Rolex headquarters (the foundation owning the luxury watch brand financed the bridge's construction, which is named for the company's found...

A view along the River Rhone to the Jet d'eau, bathed in winter sunlight on Lake Geneva.

A military truck on a busy road in downtown Yangon near the shores of the Yangon River on the day the military seized power in a coup.

Police try to cross a river via a narroe wooden plank during a dawn raid on 'Camelot', the last protestor's camp on the route of the Newbury Bypass.

A man prepares his fishing nets before setting out onto the Ubangi River.

In District 7, on the Ubangi river, Gerry with one of his sons Miguel are preparing to go fishing. Gerry lost his job as a site guard and since has been struggling to feed his family. He has rented a...

The River Guil near Ristolas in Le Queyras National Park in the French Alps.lei

Hissene Ndombet, singer and leader of the Chari Jazz, Chad's longest running band who have been around for 45 years, stands on the banks of the river Chari. The name of the band was choosen by the fir...

People crossing on a bridge over the Chari River, on border between Chad and Cameroon.

Houses line the banks of the River Loue.

The source of the river Loue, near Ouhans.