On a white road..
Poland: Car tracks are seen on a snow-covered country lane outside the village of Manschnow near the Polish border in December 2010.
Hawaii: Waterfalls, formed by afternoon rains stream down the Koolau mountains near where US President Barack Obama was staying while on Christmas vacation in 2010 with his family in Kailua, Hawaii.
Moscow: Branches of a tree are covered with ice, as a plane is seen in the background, at Moscow's Domodedovo airport in December 2010.
Russia: A frosty fog covers a bank of the Yenisei River in the Siberian town of Divnogorsk, some 38 km south of Krasnoyarsk.
France: The Saint-Denis Chapel is seen surrounded by snow covered vineyards in the Alsacian countryside in Wolxheim in December 2010.
The Mumbai oil spill
Mumbai: An aircraft flies over the damaged cargo ship MSC Chitrain the Arabian Sea off the Mumbai coast on August 9, 2010. The Indian coastguard has been trying to contain oil from the badly-listing container ship that collided with another vessel off the coast of Mumbai, a defence ministry spokesman said.
Ice paradise
Harbin, China: A workman walks near ice sculptures at the 12th Harbin Ice and Snow World display. The ice festival was officially launched on January 5, 2011.
When fire meets ice
Harbin, China: Spectators watch as fireworks explode over ice sculptures at the 12th Harbin Ice and Snow World display, during the official opening of the Harbin International Ice and Snow festival.
This cat can swim
Washington: A young lion cub tries to swim in the moat around the lion habitat at the Smithsonian Zoo. Staff conducted swim tests on four lion cubs in the moat surrounding the lion habitat, to ensure that the cubs can safely maneuver the moat before they are let out into the yard with their mother.
Car on top!
Hungary: Cars are piled up in a flooded parking lot in Devecser, Hungary on October 5, 2010 after the village was submerged on October 4 by toxic red sludge from a local aluminum plant. This was Hungary's worst ecological disaster that threatened Europe's second longest river -- the Danube.
Winners all!
Vietnam: Newly-crowned Miss Earth 2010 Nicole Faria (second left) of India poses with Miss Earth Air Jennifer Pazmino (left) from Ecuador, Miss Earth Water Watsaporn Wattanakoon (second right) from Thailand and Miss Earth Fire Yeidy Bosquez of Puerto Rico, during the final of the Miss Earth 2010 contest held in the Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam.
How bizarre!
Australia: In an unprecedented mission to document species under threat from ocean warming, Australian scientists have discovered ancient sharks, giant oil fish, swarms of crustaceans and a primitive shell-dwelling squid species called the Nautilus among the astonishing life captured by remote controlled cameras at Osprey Reef in July 2010.
Mapping the face
China: A student gets a face painting called "Thirsty Human" from his classmate during a campaign to mark the upcoming World Water Day at a vocational education school in Hanshan county, Anhui province, in China on March 21, 2011. The yellow areas on the map in his face painting
Painting the river green
Paris: A picture taken on March 22, 2011 shows the river Seine colored in green after environment employees tipped a fluorescent product, as part of the World Water Day celebrations.
The UN's food agency marked World Water Day, today by calling for new and innovative approaches to ensuring city dwellers in developing countries have access to safe and adequate water supplies.
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