Saint-Chapelle, Paris, France, built in 1248. A Gothic temple originally designed as a vast reliquary to house the Holly Crown of Thorns purchased by Louis IX from the emperor of Constantinople.
The robe and ax of Giovanni Battista Bugatti, official executioner of the Papal States from 1796 to 1864. During his tenure, 514 people were executed.
In 1967, a young female soldier in Vietnam captured a U.S. Air Force lieutenant.
The "Devil's Eye" frog (Oreobates zongoensis) was discovered in Bolivia in very small numbers. It is used to hiding under the thick moss around bamboo roots.
Task Force 88 was established in 2003 as a joint British/ US Special Forces consisting of SAS/SBS Operators, DEVGRU Navy SEALs, Delta Force and others. Its main role is to hunt down senior members of Al Qaeda.
A blacktip shark feeds on other species of small sharks at Umkomass Shoal, a fossilized sand dune 4 kilometers offshore, near Durban, South Africa, one of the few in the world One of the places where you can safely observe blacktip and tiger sharks without cages.
Bien Hoa Province, Vietnam. June 1965. An artillery officer with the U.S. Army's 173rd Airborne Brigade briefed officers and NCOs from the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR) on the availability of artillery support for positions near Bien Hoa Air Base.
Ocellaris Clownfish swims on sea anemone near Koh Lipe, a popular diving area in the Andaman Sea in southern Thailand.
Mumuni Library in Zambia, by Eleni Coromvli. Completed in 2014, it has an African traditional style.
Phuoc Long Province, Vietnam. June 12, 1965. U.S. Army Sergeant Philip Fink is an advisor to the ARVN, 52nd Cavalry Battalion.
The Italian Coast Guard discovered the carcass of a whale in the port of Sorrento. Whales are considered one of the largest species in the Mediterranean. An autopsy was performed to find out the cause of death.
In 1967, Private Peter Boyd of Delta Company, 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR), patrolled Phuoc Tuy Province, with swampland at his feet.
Seals at Blakeney Point, Norfolk, UK. About one in every 400 gray seals is black (increased melanin).
Did this person wear protective equipment? It can't be true.
American soldiers fired at the shore from an M10-8 flamethrower mounted on a river boat. Vietnam, 1969.
A large hornbill , also known as the concave-headed hornbill, one of the larger members of the hornbill family , lands on the branch of a banyan tree in the Bago region of Myanmar.
Mannerist Architecture: Headquarters of the Eastern Prussian Railway in Bydgoszcz, Poland.
Female Eurasian lynx in a birch forest in Norway . A study is being launched in the UK to assess perceptions of the reintroduction of Lynx to Scotland. Research shows vast areas of Scotland could support lynx and the animals could bring environmental benefits.
Tet Offensive, Saigon . January 31, 1968. U.S. Army MPs escort an injured VC sapper away from the U.S. Embassy while on a suicide mission.
An American robin eats bright red English holly berries from a tree in the West Country, Oregon . Holly, now growing wildly throughout much of the Pacific Northwest, is considered an invasive species and was originally grown for landscaping. Its berries are poisonous to humans and animals
Bats fly in the Mexican state of Yucatán.Researchers from Mexico, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala are participating this month in a project called the Christmas Bat Count, which aims to gather the latest information and Raise awareness about bats in these countries.
Bian Hoa Province, Vietnam. June 1965. Troops from 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), patrol a road near Bien Hoa Air Base. This was their first action after arriving in South Vietnam.
Dogs were used to track down an 8-foot-long python in the US state of Florida. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is launching a new program to use dogs to sniff out invasive pythons.
"Leviathan - The Ark of Revelation" by Jason Stieva.
Colobus monkeys eat the flowers of a gorgeous tree, also known as the royal impatiens, on a beach in Kenya.
Solar eclipse as seen by NASA probe.
In the mustard fields outside Allahabad, India, there is nilgai, the largest Asian antelope.
This cat is so cute, very timid and very obedient.
Parkour is a national sport in Iran , its status is second only to football.
A carnivorous underground plant pd that eats animal larvae, beetles and worms.
Phuoc Tuy Province. Troops from A Company, 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR) during Operation Portsea, March 1967.
In Kenya's Nairobi National Park, zebras are drinking water from a puddle while crocodiles are watching.
Extracting teeth from the tiger’s mouth.
An early four-wheeled vehicle in Europe was pulled by someone in front and had two more wheels than a rickshaw.
Researchers have discovered that mosquitoes can sniff out hosts infected with certain viruses.
A series of lightning strikes in Manila Bay made the sky look like layers of nets.
An eagle flies over the Srinagar mountains in Indian-administered Kashmir.
A Sumatran orangutan is kept in a cage shortly after landing at Kuala Namu Airport in Delisedan, Indonesia. The Ministry of Environment and Forestry has successfully rescued 11 orangutans from the illegal trade.
The Grand Arch in St. Louis, although it looks shiny, is actually made of iron.
The Oriental Pied Hornbill sits on a tree in the forest to make room for a public housing estate in Singapore .
The tiger-striped butterfly in the Singapore park, I feel that this flower is more beautiful than the butterfly.
