Aerial view of Palmanova, a fortress city in Friuli, Italy (© Riccardo Saponi/Getty Images)

Perseid meteors over Teide Observatory, Tenerife, Spain (© Westend61/Getty Images)

A group of elephants, Amboseli National Park, Kenya (© Ibrahim Suha Derbent/Getty Images)

Lime Kiln Lighthouse on San Juan Island, Washington state, United States (© Edmund Lowe Photography/Shutterstock)

Whytecliff Park, West Vancouver, Canada (© Aolin Chen/Getty Images)

Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Centre, New Caledonia (© Fabien Astre/Alamy)

Hoodoos in Ah Shi Sle Pah Wilderness in San Juan County, New Mexico, United States (© Westend61/Getty Images)

Colourful homes line Nyhavn Canal, Copenhagen, Denmark (© emicristea/Getty Images)

Migrating wildebeest crossing Mara River in Masai Mara, Kenya (© Manoj Shah/Getty Images)

Decorated gate of the Royal Palace of Fez, Morocco (© cgst26/Shutterstock)

Florida burrowing owlet, Cape Coral, Florida, United States (© mlorenzphotography/Getty Images)

Colourful boats in Marsaxlokk Harbour, Malta (© Klubovy/Getty Images)

Helsinki's shoreline during blue hour, Uusimaa, Finland (© Miemo Penttinen/Getty Images)

A series of lava flows spill into the ocean, Big Island, Hawaii, United States (© Ken McCurdy/Getty Images)