Roberto Rinaldi / Valletta, the capital city of Malta

Roberto Rinaldi / Flatlands of Noumea, the capital city of New Caledonia, southwest Grand Terre, New Caledonia, Melanesia.

James Christensen / Panama City, the capital, skyline, Panama

Roberto Rinaldi / Port Plaisance in Noumea, the capital city of New Caledonia, Grand Terre, Melanesia.

Roberto Rinaldi / Noumea, the capital city of New Caledonia, on the flatlands in the southwest of Grand Terre, with Port Moselle to the left, Melanesia.

Pete Oxford / Chan Chan, adobe city. 1000 year old ruins at Truijillo, Peru. Capital of Chimu Kingdom.

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Plaza de la Cultura, San Jose, capital of Costa Rica

Tom Vierus / Golden dove (Ptilinopus luteovirens) male, perched on branch in the Colo-i-Suva Rainforest Park, a protected area near the capital city of Suva, Viti Levu, Fiji.

Tom Vierus / Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis) perched on branch in the Colo-i-Suva Rainforest Park, a protected area near the capital city of Suva, Viti Levu, Fiji.

Guy Edwardes / View over Ljubljana (capital of Slovenia) from Castle Hill at sunset Slovenia, October.

David Fleetham / The Yongjiang River running through the city of Nanning, in southern China near the Vietnam border, and the capital of the Guangxi region, China. July 2010.