Espen Bergersen / Atlantic puffins (Fratercula arctica) group interacting, Hornoya bird cliff, Finnmark, Norway. March.

Dong Lei / White eared-pheasant (Crossoptilon crossoptilon) two in front of Buddhist prayer flags, Sichuan Province, China, July.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans), engaged in mating display. South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans), engaged in mating display. South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean.

Kirkendall-Spring / Prayer flags covering the side of Kuendeying Bazzam Bridge over the Wang Chhu in Thimphu. Bhutan, October 2014.

Andy Rouse / Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) in sandstorm on beach, Saunders Island, Falkland Islands.

Bence Mate / Great egrets (Ardea alba) in lake, Hungary.

Ben Cranke / European Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) landing on the waters of a fjord, Norway, May.

Gavin Hellier / Timelapse from day to night of people praying at the Wailing Wall, with the Dome of the Rock illuminated in the background, Temple Mount, Jerusalem, Israel, 2011.

Dong Lei / Tibetan snowfinch (Montifringilla adamsi) with prey, perched on Mani stone- a stone with mantra or prayer to Avalokiteshvara, near to Namtso lake, Nyaingqentanglha Mountains, Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau,...

Dong Lei / White-browed Rosefinch (Carpodacus thura) with Tibetan prayer flags featuring the 'wind horse'. Pamuling mountain, Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China,

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Mount Annapurna I (8091m) from base camp, with hikers and prayer flags silhouetted, Annapurna Sanctuary, central Nepal, November 2011.