Juan Manuel Borrero / Side-necked Terrapin (Podocnemis unifilis) hatchlings in the hand, and ready to be released. Pacaya Samiria National Reserve. Amazon Basin. Loreto. Peru

Nick Turner / Handful of meadow grassland seed harvested by the Cotswolds Conservation Board, Syreford, Gloucestershire. July 2015.

Cyril Ruoso / Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) gathering a handful of wheat grains and sand before washing the sand off, Kojima Island, Japan, November.

Laurent Geslin / Salt production by evaporation - a handful of sea salt. Guerande, France.

Solvin Zankl / Handful of white sand from a beach in Raja Ampat, Indonesia, consists to a large extent of skeletal parts of small animals or even plants.

Bruno D'Amicis / A handful of ripe Wild coffee (Coffea arabica) beans in the forest of Mankira, Kaffa, Southern Ethiopia, East Africa December 2008

Shattil & Rozinski / Handful of healthy soil, Colorado, USA

Shattil & Rozinski / Handful of healthy soil, Colorado, USA

Juergen Freund / Handful of shells from Shell Beach, Shark Bay, Western Australia

Niall Benvie / Handful of Victoria plums {Prunus domesticus}

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Handful of baby Spectacled caiman {Caiman crocodilus} Amazonas, Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Handful of baby Black caiman {Caiman niger} Mamiraua reserve, Amazonas, Brazil