Juergen Freund / A sing-sing performance, known as laklakau in the Tigak language, by Enuk villagers. Villagers sing and dance to show off their traditional rituals and identity. The sing-sing is performed as a celebr...

Anup Shah / Simien jackals / Ethiopian wolf {Canis simensis} greeting behaviour showing body language, Bale Mountains, Bale NP, Ethiopia

Kirkendall-Spring / State flower of Hawaii, the Yellow Hawaiian hibiscus also known as pua aloalo or ma'o hau hele in the Hawaiian language, Big Island Hawaii. December

Tony Wu / Sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) group of females moving slowly. Closed eye of the whale in the foreground, and the relaxed body language of all the animals indicates they are relaxing. Sri Lan...

Tom Gilks / Women talking to each other whilst carrying plastic baskets on their heads, Mfangano Island, Lake Victoria, Kenya, February 2013.

Tom Gilks / Women talking to each other whilst carrying plastic baskets on their heads, Mfangano Island, Lake Victoria, Kenya, February 2013.

Eric Baccega / Young woman from the Bodi tribe displaying elaborate skin scarifications on her leg, her name in Amharic language, Omo Valley, Ethiopia, March 2015.

Eric Baccega / Young woman from the Bodi tribe displaying elaborate skin scarifications on her leg, her name in Amharic language, Omo Valley, Ethiopia, March 2015.

Mary McDonald / African elephant calves (Loxodonta africana) interacting, Lower Mara Triangle, Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya. November.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Photographer / film-maker Steve Taylor interviewing local man in Agadez, Niger, 2005.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Photographer / film-maker Steve Taylor interviewing local man in Agadez, Niger, 2005.

David Tipling / The Conference of the Birds by Habiballah. Detail from page of a manuscript of the Mantiq al-Tayr (The Language of the Birds) of Farid al-Din Attar, circa 1600, Safavid, Isfahan, Iran.