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Robert Harding Picture Library

India’s Ajanta Caves contain some of the world’s oldest and most breathtaking Buddhist art, including carved shrines surrounded by beautiful paintings on the walls and ceilings.

Lakes that are rich in carbonates and phosphorous, such as Mono Lake in California, are thought to have been common on early Earth, perhaps providing an environment for life to form.

Elephants play in a mud bath in South Africa. In the wild, much of elephants' stimulation comes from other elephants.

A climber abseils from a steep cliff in the Ogwen Valley, on the Glyderu mountain range. Snowdonia's history of rock climbing and mountaineering is as prestigious as it gets: Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay both trained and tested equipment on Snowdon and the Glyderau before their 1953 ascent of Everest; George Mallory even gave a part of Everest – the Western Cwm – a Welsh name due to its reminiscence of Snowdon.

In 2021, Christmas market stalls won’t line the marketplace in front of Esslingen’s old town hall. Like many cities in Germany, the town has had to cancel its Christmas market amid rising COVID-19 cases.

Esztergom Basilica stands on the spot where King Stephen—the country’s Christian founder—was anointed in A.D. 1000.

Traditional stilted granaries, or hórreos, are an emblematic sight across the region’s beautiful farmlands, some dating back to the 16th century.

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