Kenroku-en, Kanazawa, Japan (© JTB Media Creation, Inc./Alamy)(Bing United Kingdom)

Bear Glacier Lake in Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska (© Michael DeYoung/age fotostock)(Bing United Kingdom)

Pyrenean chamois on rock in winter, Pyrenees, France (© Biosphoto/Superstock)(Bing United Kingdom)

Black sand beach on Ingólfshöfði, Iceland (© Nigel Hicks/Getty Images)(Bing United Kingdom)

Lotus leaf, Shanghai, China (© Sino Images/Getty Images)(Bing United Kingdom)

The Quiver Tree Forest near Keetmanshoop, Namibia (© Barry Lewis/Corbis)(Bing United Kingdom)

Polar bear mother and cubs in Hudson Bay, Canada (© Kike Calvo/Corbis)(Bing United Kingdom)

The London Eye at night behind a row of illuminated trees (© rodrigoono/RooM the Agency/Corbis)(Bing United Kingdom)

Cemoro Lawang near Mount Bromo, East Java, Indonesia (© Nat Wimolsiri/REX Shutterstock)(Bing United Kingdom)

Trees peek through the mist over the Pantanal in Brazil (© Bobby Haas/Getty Images)(Bing United Kingdom)

An echidna out and about (© John Kirk/Getty Images)(Bing United Kingdom)

Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge and Newport Harbor Light in Newport, Rhode Island (© Denis Tangney Jr./Getty Images)(Bing United Kingdom)

Mourning doves near Bear River, Nova Scotia, Canada (© Scott Leslie/Minden Pictures)(Bing United Kingdom)

Geladas in repose (© Pavel Blažek/500px)(Bing United Kingdom)

Norris Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming (© Gerald & Buff Corsi/Visuals Unlimited, Inc.)(Bing United Kingdom)

Old Town in Salzburg, Austria (© Jochen Tack/age fotostock)(Bing United Kingdom)

Leadenhall Market decorated for Christmas in London (© Alexandre Moreau/Moment/Getty Images)(Bing United Kingdom)

Saltburn Pier in Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Redcar and Cleveland (© Travel Library Limited/Superstock)(Bing United Kingdom)

Trees, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada (© Daryl Benson/Masterfile/Corbis)(Bing United Kingdom)

Christmas market in Braunschweig, Germany (© Patrice von Collani/plainpicture)(Bing United Kingdom)

Festival of Lights at VanDusen Botanical Garden, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (© Michael Wheatley/age fotostock)(Bing United Kingdom)

Eurasian red squirrel on Hokkaido Island, Japan (© stock_shot/Shutterstock)(Bing United Kingdom)

Hoar frost on geranium leaves (© Michael Peuckert/age fotostock)(Bing United Kingdom)

Reindeer near Oulu, Finland (© Juan Carlos Muñoz/age fotostock)(Bing United Kingdom)

Amalga Harbor near Juneau, Alaska (© Mark Kelley/Tandem Stills + Motion)(Bing United Kingdom)

Knaresborough, England (© Steven Hunt/Alamy)(Bing United Kingdom)

Col de la Bonette pass in Mercantour National Park, France (© Mathieu Rivrin/Getty Images)(Bing United Kingdom)

Sagano bamboo forest, Arashiyama, Kyoto, Japan (© JTB Photo Communications, Inc./age fotostock)(Bing United Kingdom)

Mountain lion cubs in Utah’s Uinta National Forest (© Kevin Schafer/Minden Pictures)(Bing United Kingdom)

The Brocken Railway line in the Harz mountain range of Germany (© Rudi Sebastian/age fotostock)(Bing United Kingdom)

Fireworks and fog in Salzburg, Austria (© Franz Pritz/Getty Images)(Bing United Kingdom)