Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Thuli Maya Fuyal, widow, in her small room in Kathmandu. In Nepal women who lose their husbands lose their own identity. Are rejected and forced to leave their homes. In many cases, they become victim...

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Rita Pudel, widow, with her son, in the room that serves as a shelter. In Nepal women who lose their husbands lose their own identity. Are rejected and forced to leave their homes. In many cases, they...

Paul D Stewart / Great Auk (Pinguinus impennis) from the Rev. Francis Orpen Morris' 'A History of British Birds' by the printer Benjamin Fawcett circa 1853. Morris was instrumental in founding the Royal Society for th...

Jabruson / Human skulls of Tutsi victims, genocide memorial, Ntarama church, Nyamata, Rwanda

Ashley Cooper / Burns victims who work for the Peter Hughes Burn Foundation in Australia providing counselling and support for the victims of the bush fires. Australia, February 2010.

Eric Baccega / Eastern lowland gorilla (Gorilla beringei graueri) group grooming in equatorial forest of Kahuzi Biega National Park. The young male in the front has an amputated hand, probably by a trap. South Kivu,...

Alex Hyde / Bullet ant (Paraponera clavata) worker portrait, photographed (with extreme caution) on a white background in mobile field studio. Central Caribbean foothills, Costa Rica. This insect's sting is repo...

Alex Hyde / Bullet ant (Paraponera clavata) worker portrait, photographed (with extreme caution) on a white background in mobile field studio. Central Caribbean foothills, Costa Rica. This insect's sting is repo...

Andy Rouse / Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) with mange. Cardiff, Wales. May.

David Woodfall / Rescue boat carrying flood victims to Muchelney during January 2014 floods, Somerset Levels, England, UK, 11th January 2014.

David Woodfall / Rescue boat carrying flood victims to Muchelney during January 2014 floods, Somerset Levels, England, UK, 11th January 2014.

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying foxes (Pteropus conspicillatus) paralysed after being bitten by paralytic ticks having medicine administered by owner and main carer Jenny Mclean at Tolga Bat Hospital, North Queensl...

Colin Monteath / Huascaran Mountain peak in Cordillera Blanca above city of Yungay and memorial garden for 50,000 victims of 1970 avalanche, Andes, Peru

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Train near Salekhard commemorating the victims of Stalin's railway from Chum - Labatnyangi - Salekhard - Igarka (501 km). Yamal, NW Siberia, Russia, February 2007.

Angelo Gandolfi / A falcon kill site, with numerous feathers from plucked prey victims, Le Calanche de Piana rocks. Parc Naturel Regional de Corse, Corsica island, France, February 2010

Angelo Gandolfi / A falcon kill site, with numerous feathers from plucked prey victims, Le Calanche de Piana rocks. Parc Naturel Regional de Corse, Corsica island, France, January 2010

Floris van Breugel / These burned trees were victims of the arson caused station fire near Los Angeles. Southern California, USA, September 2009.

John Cancalosi / Note written by Hurricane Katrina victims on vehicle damged by hurricane, Gulfport, Mississippi, USA. August 2005

Karl Ammann / Hunter removing snare victim (duiker?) for sale as bushmeat, Central Africa. Snaring is indiscriminate, killing endangered as well as common species. Many victims are lost to scavengers, insects or ro...

Jabruson / Human femur bones of Tutsi victims with Christian icon, genocide memorial, Ntarama church, Nyamata, Rwanda

Jabruson / Human skeletons of Tutsi victims, genocide memorial, Ntarama church, Nyamata, Rwanda

Jabruson / Human skulls of Tutsi victims, genocide memorial, Ntarama church, Nyamata, Rwanda

Jim Brandenburg / Fish victims of drought, Texas

Paul D Stewart / Woodcut illustration of Black Rat (Rattus rattus), from Volume 1 Conrad Gesner's 1551 Historiae Animalium (here in his Icones Animalium 1560). The black rat's fleas are believed to have carried plague...

Ashley Cooper / Northern gannet (Morus bassanus) carcasses on rocks along the shore, victims of Avian flu, Hermaness, Unst, Shetland, Scotland, UK. July, 2022.

Aishwarya Sridhar / Lion-tailed macaque (Macaca silenus) alongside a 'monkey watcher' - a man from the tribal community appointed by a conservation organisation to ensure the macaques do not become victims of v...

Charlie Hamilton-James / Ruppell's vultures (Gyps rupellii) victims of poisoning, tied to tree after rescue, with staff from vulture poisoning response team, Ol Kinyei Conservancy, Masai Mara, Kenya, Africa. November, 2...

Charlie Hamilton-James / Ruppell's vultures (Gyps rupellii) victims of poisoning, tied to tree after rescue, with staff from vulture poisoning response team, Ol Kinyei Conservancy, Masai Mara, Kenya, Africa. November, 20...

Charlie Hamilton-James / Ruppell's vultures (Gyps rupellii) victims of poisoning, tied to tree after rescue, with rangers and staff from vulture poisoning response team, Ol Kinyei Conservancy, Masai Mara, Kenya, Africa....

Charlie Hamilton-James / Ruppell's vultures (Gyps rupellii) victims of poisoning, tied to tree after rescue, with rangers and staff from vulture poisoning response team, Ol Kinyei Conservancy, Masai Mara, Kenya, Africa....

Charlie Hamilton-James / Conservationist holding poisoned Red billed quelea (Quelea quelea) surrounded by other dead birds, victims of illegal pesticide spraying, to protect crops from feeding birds, Bunyala Rice Scheme, Keny...

Charlie Hamilton-James / Conservationists holding dead birds, Water thicknee (Burhinus vermiculatus) and Ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula) in foreground and Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) in background, all victims of illegal...

Charlie Hamilton-James / Conservationists holding Grey heron (Ardea cinerea), juvenile, foreground, Ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula) and Water thicknee (Burhinus vermiculatus) all victims of illegal aerial spraying of pes...

Henley Spiers / Northern gannet (Morus bassanus) colony with several dead birds as a result of an outbreak of avian influenza (H5N1 or bird flu), Hermaness National Park, Shetland, UK, July 2022. The green fishing l...

Chris Gomersall / Corpse of dead Northern gannet (Morus bassanus), probable victim of avian influenza (bird flu). Braighe beach, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, UK. August 2022

Yves Lanceau / Domestic dog, German Shepherd Dog / Alsatian, rescue dog being trained to aid avalanche victims in snow

Doug Gimesy / X-ray of Australian white ibis (Threskiornis molucca) with fishing hook and line in its stomach, near heart. The bird acidentally swallowed the hook and surgery was required to remove it. Currumbin Wi...

Doug Gimesy / Drowned Australasian Gannet (Morus serrator) found entangled in a Bureau of Meteorology radiosonde (i.e. weather balloon). Brighton Beach, Victoria, Australia. Editorial use only.