A man tests a guitar to purchase in a Japanese music store. Political freedom

A man tests a guitar to purchase in a Japanese music store. Political freedomA man tests a guitar to purchase in a Japanese music store. Hiroshima, Honshu Island, Japan.

The needle-like leaves of the Desert Oak assist the plant to conserve water in the baking desert

Lake Alexandrina and barage dam to separate fresh and salt water

Historical marble columns with Pietra Dura inlay at the Agra Fort

A workshop in an ancient bazaar where a potter bashes copper plate into pots

Waves leave beautiful patterns trailing behind boulders on a beach

A Red Panda rests on a tree branch panting in the afternoon heat

A burnt-out school bus rests beside the charred remains of a house

Two smiling twin teenage brothers on a beach at dawn

A Spur-winged Goose standing in the reeds on a floodplain

Moss and lichen covered tendrils of a vine clasp onto a tree trunk to give it support as it grows towards the sunlight in the rainforest

A horticulturist nurtures an endangered orchid in a climate controlled glasshouse

Bass Strait seas flow up onto an empty beach in the pre-dawn light