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Europe, Spain, Alicante University. 2 Red palm weevil. These insects are creating a serious problems in Mediterranean area. Their larves live inside the palms trees, eating the plant. The plague came

Israel, Negev Desert, Ramon Crater near town of Mitzpe Ramon. The only road that crosses the crater heads south to the city of Eilat on the Red Sea.

A Old Devotee cane down to holy river Ganges to take holy bath due to CHHAT Puja Festival . Very old so taking help and assistance of her daughter and the stick so she can take the Holy Dip Properly

Israel, Ein Avdat National Park near the city of Sde Boker, Negev Desert. At Sde Boker University work reserchers from all over the world to investigate water solutions for arid areas of the planet.

Spain, Canarias Islands, El Hierro. Sabina tree (Junipiter turbinata) it's typical in the area of Sabinar, These trees are protected since 1975.

Spain, Canarias Islands, El Hierro, village of Punta Grande.
The most recent landslideof these was in his area called 'El Golfo', occurred about 15 thousand years ago. Winds and pressure coming from

In front of a Shop , a smiling Poster of a Lady along with a refection of a street view of Shimla Road .

Resting near Glastonbury Tor

Daily wage laborers sleep on cots near the unfinished idol of Goddess Durga in Kolkata.

Late Evening City View ,, tourist are enjoying SHIMLA MALL

A widow pauses as she enters a widows' hostel after begging for daily food in Vrindavan.

People perform morning rituals and bathe at a ghat near the Howrah bridge in Kolkata

A woman takes a bath early on a cold winter morning

A drummer beats his drum as a man gets ready to take a bath at a bathing ghat along the Ganges river in Kolkata.

Rio de Janeiro from de Pan de Azucar mountain

In Pushkar Fair a Lady from Denmark in Pushkar Fair of India , Enjoying with a Local Rajasthani Music Instrument User , Taking tips how to use the same .

A man smokes a hand rolled cigarette as he wakes up on a rented bed that is placed out in the open with blankets for homeless people, in a winter morning.

recollecting childhood

Varanasi and the Ganges river

Women play with vermillion at the end of Durga festival in Kolkata

Annokot is big Festival of Hindu Religion. In this particular day the community take the responsibility to doing the Puja , they arrange foods for near about 1000 devotee s . In this picture we ca

Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus Railway Station, Unesco World Heritage

10th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest

A widow pauses as she enters a widows' hostel after begging for daily food in Vrindavan.

A widow pauses as she enters a widows' hostel after begging for daily food in Vrindavan.

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