Gavin Hellier / Apartment buildings at dusk in Central Shanghai, Shanghai, China, 2010. No release available.

Sue Flood / Luxury hotel room looking over the Pitons, Jade Mountain hotel, St Lucia, May 2007

Pascal Kobeh / Aerial view of the tourist resorts and cenotes - freshwater holes - located all over the Yucatan peninsula, Mexico

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Modern accommodation buildings in Sabetta, South Tambey Gas field, Yamal, Siberia, Russia. February 2014.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Modern accommodation buildings in Sabetta, South Tambey Gas field, Yamal, Siberia, Russia. February 2014.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Modern accommodation buildings in Sabetta, South Tambey Gas field, Yamal, Siberia, Russia. February 2014.

David Pattyn / Hotel 'Refugio Citta di Milano' with Glacier of Il Gran Zebru (Konigspitze) on a very cold and cloudy winter day. Stevio National Park, Solda, Sulden am Ortler, Sudtirol, Italy. January 2013.

Will Watson / Severn View Hotel during record breaking floods, Worcester, England, UK, 13th February 2014.

Will Watson / View of floodwater outside the Severn View Hotel, with a car creating a bow wave as it passes through, Worcester, England, UK, February 2014.

Will Watson / View of floodwater outside the Severn View Hotel, Worcester, England, UK, February 2014.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstr / Blue rusting car in front of house, Dolni Glavanak, Eastern Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria, May 2013.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstr / Abandoned houses, Madzharovo canyon, Eastern Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria, May 2013.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstr / Village woman Valentina Ilieva, Dolni Glavanak, Madzharovo canyon, Eastern Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria, May 2013.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstr / Bed and breakfast hotel owner Betty, standing by dinner table, Wild Farm in Madzharovo valley, Eastern Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria, May 2013.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstr / Bed and breakfast hotel owner Betty, with cups of tea, Wild Farm in Madzharovo valley, Eastern Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria, May 2013.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstr / Bed and breakfast hotel owner Betty, with cups of tea, Wild Farm in Madzharovo valley, Eastern Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria, May 2013.

Tony Phelps / Lekkerwater house, the one time home of former South African Prime Minister Pieter Willem Botha, De Hoop Nature Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa.

Kristel Richard / Two traditionally dressed gentlemen driving a Welsh Cob, harnessed to a pill box, in the Cour D'Honneur of the Haras Du Pin, France's oldest national stud, at Le Pin-au-Haras, Orne, Lower Normandy, Fr...

Kristel Richard / The drivingr (in black) and grooms (in red) from the Haras Du Pin, France's oldest national stud, driving two Percheron horses, harnessed to a break, in the Cour D'Honneur, at Le Pin-au-Haras, Orne, L...

Kristel Richard / The drivingr (in black) and grooms (in red) from the Haras Du Pin, France's oldest national stud, driving four Percheron horses, harnessed to a break, in the Cour D'Honneur, at Le Pin-au-Haras, Orne,...

Kristel Richard / The drivingr (in black) and grooms (in red) from the Haras Du Pin, France's oldest national stud, driving four Percheron horses, harnessed to a break, in the Cour D'Honneur, at Le Pin-au-Haras, Orne,...

Kristel Richard / A drivingr and a groom driving two Percheron horses, harnessed to an utility cart, in the Cour D'Honneur of the Haras Du Pin, France's oldest national stud, at Le Pin-au-Haras, Orne, Lower Normandy, F...

Kristel Richard / The drivingr (in black) and grooms (in red) from the Haras Du Pin, France's oldest national stud, present four Percheron horses, in the Cour D'Honneur, at Le Pin-au-Haras, Orne, Lower Normandy, France...

Kristel Richard / Two traditionally dressed couples driving two Franches-Montagnes horses, harnessed to a phaeton, in the Cour D'Honneur of the Haras Du Pin, France's oldest national stud, at Le Pin-au-Haras, Orne, Low...

Kristel Richard / The drivingr (in black) and grooms (in red) from the Haras Du Pin, France's oldest national stud, driving four Percheron horses, harnessed to a brake, in the Cour D'Honneur, at Le Pin-au-Haras, Orne,...

Kristel Richard / The drivingr (in black) and grooms (in red) from the Haras Du Pin, France's oldest national stud, driving three Norman Cob, harnessed to an omnibus, in the Cour D'Honneur, at Le Pin-au-Haras, Orne, Lo...

Kristel Richard / A traditionally dressed gentleman and his groom driving a Norman Cob, harnessed to a dog cart, in the Cour D'Honneur of the Haras Du Pin, France's oldest national stud, at Le Pin-au-Haras, Orne, Lower...

Kristel Richard / The drivingr (in black) and grooms (in red) from the Haras Du Pin, France's oldest national stud, harness two Percheron horses. Followed by three Norman Cob and two Percheron horses, in the Courd D'Ho...

Kristel Richard / The drivingr (in black) and grooms (in red) from the Haras Du Pin, France's oldest national stud, driving three Norman Cobs, harnessed to an omnibus, in the Cour D'Honneur, at Le Pin-au-Haras, Orne, L...

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstr / For sale signs in house window, Pamporovo, Western Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria, May 2013.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstr / Abandoned houses and cars in street, Studen Kladenets, Eastern Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria, May 2013.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstr / Abandoned house, Plevun, Eastern Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria, May 2013.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstr / Abandoned house, Plevun, Eastern Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria, May 2013.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstr / Abandoned house in Plevun, Eastern Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria, May 2013.

Staffan Widstrand / Children outside house, Pulicat Lake, Tamil Nadu, India, January 2013.

Richard Du Toit / Aerial photograph of Western Cape Province, Cape Agulhas, South Africa, August 2010

Richard Du Toit / Aerial photograph of holiday homes, near Cape Agulhas, South Africa, Western Cape Province, Indian Ocean, August 2009

Roland Seitre / Chief's traditional hut, Ouvea, Loyalty Islands Province, New Caledonia, August 2012.

Roland Seitre / Traditional chief's house, Lifou, Loyalty Islands Province, New Caledonia, August 2012

Loic Poidevin / Honfleur harbour with boats and buildings reflected in the water, France, March 2013

Loic Poidevin / Honfleur harbour with boats and buildings reflected in the water, France, March 2013

Loic Poidevin / Honfleur harbour with boats and buildings reflected in the water, France, March 2013

Loic Poidevin / Honfleur harbour with fishing boat, France, March 2013

Loic Poidevin / Honfleur harbour with fishing boat, France, March 2013

Tim Laman / A traditional house or 'honai' in the Jayawijaya Mountains at 2 500 m elevation. Papua, Indonesia, Island of New Guinea. June 2010

Wild Wonders of Europe / Möllers / B&B 'Casa Natura' offering accommodation for tourists visiting Baile Herculane and Domogled Valea Cernei National Park, Southern Carpathians, Caras-Severin, Romania, October 2012

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Log cabin at a Selkup summer camp in the forest with a traditional raised wooden food storage hut (to avoid rodent problem) Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Brent Stephenson / New accommodation buildings at Port Lockroy base. Port Lockroy, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, December.

Brent Stephenson / New accommodation buildings at Port Lockroy base. Port Lockroy, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, December.

Nick Garbutt / Acacia and Ndutu Safari Lodge. Ngorongoro Conservation Area / Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. March 2010.

Nick Garbutt / Acacia and Ndutu Safari Lodge. Ngorongoro Conservation Area / Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. March 2010.

Roberto Rinaldi / Le Touessrock 5 star resort accommodation and swimming pool, Mauritus.

Philippe Clement / 18th century Falls of Dochart Inn, hotel-restaurant in the village Killin, Loch Lomond & The Trossachs NP, Stirling, Scotland, UK. June 2018