The River Ganges, flowing through India and Bangladesh, supports millions of people living in the river basin. In Hinduism, the river is considered the most sacred, and as a result it is in important element of many Hindu rituals and festivals.

Atauro Island is a mountainous island north of Dili in Timor-Leste, separated from the mainland by the Ombai Strait. Its landscape includes dry hills, forested slopes, grassy areas, rocky cliffs, and small coastal villages. The island is surrounded by exceptionally diverse coral reefs and clear tropical waters, making its marine environment one of its defining features.

Murchison Falls is one of Uganda’s best-known natural landmarks, located within Murchison Falls National Park in the northwestern part of the country. The waterfall forms where the Victoria Nile is forced through a narrow gorge before dropping over the rocks and continuing toward Lake Albert.

If summer means the beach to the inhabitants of Greater Buenos Aires, Mar del Plata is most often the beach they are thinking of. Situated on the northern Atlantic coast, 400km from the capital, beaches in this area sprawl for eight km, with sophisticated mansions (reflecting the area's upper-class origins) mingling with the new middle-class resorts. Sea lions keep an eye on the fishing activities around the wharves, and a replica of the grotto of Lourdes is a kitsch paradise.

Antarctica’s Deception Island offers a dramatic landscape shaped by volcanic forces in one of the most remote corners of the world. Located in the South Shetland Islands, it is the caldera of an active volcano, its flooded interior forming a natural harbor known as Port Foster. This rare combination of volcanic activity and polar environment makes Deception Island a place where ice and fire meet.