A 50-year balancing act

A 50-year balancing act

Cliff dwellings in Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado, USA (© Brad McGinley Photography/Getty Images)

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Nov 16, 2023World Philosophy Day
Nov 16, 2024Wadden Sea coast, Friesland, Netherlands
Nov 16, 2025A traboule in Lyon, France

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Jan 19, 2026Abraham Lake, Alberta, Canada
Oct 27, 2024Polar Bear Week
The ‘potato chip bird’
Apr 13, 2025Songkran—Thai New Year
Dec 27, 2023Kirkjufell, Iceland
Oct 21, 2025Happy Diwali!
May 9, 2024Tulips at Emirgan Park in Istanbul, Türkiye
Oct 31, 2023Füzér Castle in the Zemplén Mountains, Hungary
Dec 29, 2024Borobudur temple, Java, Indonesia
Aug 28, 2023Dubrovnik, Croatia
Sep 30, 2023Shenandoah National Park, Virginia
Feb 5, 2026Salt evaporation ponds on the island of Gozo, Malta
Oct 13, 2024Royal Alcázar of Seville, Spain
In the tropics, land greets sea warmly
There’s more to Pisa than leaning towers
Check out these ‘sea cows’
Jul 23, 2025Vatican City, Rome, Italy
Dec 21, 2024Happy winter solstice!
Dec 1, 2024Antarctica Day
Feb 16, 2024Female pyrrhuloxia in Texas, USA
Positively purple peaks
Oct 7, 2024The Elbphilharmonie concert hall in Hamburg, Germany
Jun 25, 2024Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada, USA
Jul 2, 2024Italica, an old Roman city in Santiponce, Andalusia, Spain
Aug 16, 2025Colourful beehives, Italy