2021-12-31
Westerheversand Lighthouse in Westerhever, Germany (© Sandra Bartocha/Minden Pictures)
2021-12-30
Mountain goats in the Yukon, Canada (© Mark Newman/Getty Images)
2021-12-29
Kjell Henriksen Observatory in Svalbard, Norway (© Vincent Fournier/Gallery Stock)
2021-12-28
Snow buntings flock during a snowstorm in New York (© Marie Read/Minden Pictures)
2021-12-27
Royal Pavilion Ice Rink in Brighton, England (© Chris Gorman/Getty Images)
2021-12-26
Trees on the northern slope of Mount Khomyak in the Carpathian Mountains, Ukraine (© panaramka/Getty Images)
2021-12-25
Christmas tree at Weissensee, a small lake near Ehrwald in Tyrol, Austria (© nagelestock/Alamy)
2021-12-24
Two young male polar bears, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada (© Cheryl Ramalho/Getty Images)
2021-12-23
Winter scene illuminated on the Palais de l'Isle in Annecy, Haute Savoie, France (© blickwinkel/Alamy)
2021-12-22
Sunlight in the forest of Western Siberia, near the city of Raduzhny, Russia (© Leonid Ikan/Shutterstock)
2021-12-21
Performers from the Ministry of Fun Santa School in London, England (© Matt Dunham/AP Photo)
2021-12-20
Aurora borealis above the Brooks Range in Alaska (© Noppawat Tom Charoensinphon/Getty Images)
2021-12-19
The December full moon seen through holiday lights (© Jesus Merida/Getty Images)
2021-12-18
Christmas-themed beach huts in Bournemouth, England (© Allouphoto/Alamy)
2021-12-17
The English National Ballet's 2016 production of 'The Nutcracker' at the London Coliseum in London, England (© Robbie Jack/Corbis via Getty Images)
2021-12-16
The chapel and hermitage of Santa Justa in Cantabria, Spain (© Luis Miguel Martin/Getty Images)
2021-12-15
American robin perched on a branch in Canada (© marcophotos/Getty Images)
2021-12-14
Old Town and El Panecillo Hill in Quito, Ecuador (© Karol Kozlowski/plainpicture)
2021-12-13
Wicker fields in Cañamares, Spain (© David Santiago Garcia/Alamy)
2021-12-12
The shadow of Mount Everest over the western Himalayas in Nepal (© Kent Karvey/KH Films, Inc./Tandem Stills + Motion)
2021-12-11
Arctic fox in Dovrefjell-Sunndalsfjella National Park, Norway (© Andy Trowbridge/Minden Pictures)
2021-12-10
Glowworms in Blue Mountains National Park, Australia (© Leelakajonkij/Getty Images)
2021-12-09
Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona (© Ian Shive/Tandem Stills + Motion)
2021-12-08
US Navy sailors on the WWII museum ship USS Bowfin in Honolulu, Hawaii (© US Navy Photo/Alamy)
2021-12-07
An 1840 design for the Analytical Engine by Charles Babbage (© Science & Society Picture Library/Getty Images)
2021-12-06
The Salzach River in Salzburg, Austria (© MacEaton/Alamy)
2021-12-05
Mother cheetah and her cub in the Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya (© gudkovandrey/Adobe Stock)
2021-12-04
Autumn leaves coated with frost (© sagarmanis/Getty Images)
2021-12-03
Dall sheep rams at Polychrome Pass, Denali National Park, Alaska (© Patrick J. Endres/Getty Images)
2021-12-02
Blue icebergs near Cuverville Island, Antarctica (© Mike Hill/Getty Images)
2021-12-01
African bush elephants at Masai Mara National Reserve in Kenya (© Yva Momatiuk and John Eastcott/Minden Pictures)