The last of the summer roses are dusted with a coating of frost as the first freezing temperatures descend on Britain on November 7, 2011 in Knutsford, England. The roses are the last blooms to survive the Summer at Curbishleys specialist rose nursery in Cheshire. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)...
KALTENBERG, GERMANY - JULY 08: Actors dressed as knights perform during the traditional Kaltenberg knight tournament on July 8, 2007 in Kaltenberg, Germany. With around 120,000 visitors each year, the festival including knight tournaments, medieval styled markets and a variety of music performances, the event is one of the biggest of its kind. (Photo by Johannes Simon/Getty Images)...
SONEPUR, INDIA - NOVEMBER 15: An elephant is painted in decorative colours during the Sonepur Mela on November 15, 2011 in Sonepur near Patna, India. The cattle fair, held in the Indian state of Bihar, has its origins during ancient times, when people traded elephants and horses across the auspicious river Ganges. The mela used to attract traders from places as distant as Central Asia. It is one of Asias largest cattle fairs and lasts for a fortnight. (Photo by Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)...
PARIS - SEPTEMBER 22: French actor Christophe Heraut plays Ben-Hur and rides in a Roman chariot during the stage production premiere of Ben-Hur September 22, 2006 in Saint-Denis, Paris, France. After Charlton Heston played the lead in this sword and sandal epic, written by Civil War Union Gen. Lew Wallace, on the big screen, the play is set to return in a live version staged at Frances biggest sports stadium. Behind the 13-million-euro (16.5-million-dollar) show is a veteran Paris-born director Robert Hossein, who involved a large crew of hundreds of actors for the show. (Photo by...
MITTENWALD, GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 04: A man and a woman watch goats during a goat drive down the Alps on September 4, 2010 in Mittenwald, Germany. Every year cows, sheep and goats are driven down the mountains in September after they spent about four months on the grazing lands in the Bavarian mountains. (Photo by Alexandra Beier/Getty Images)...
CHALLOCK, ENGLAND - MARCH 31: Tony Hall walks with his dog through an installation entitled Super Kingdom, which hangs in trees in Kings Wood as part of the Stour Valley Arts project on March 31, 2011 in Challock, England. The works by artists Bruce Gilchrist and Jo Joelson of London Fieldworks consist of a series of interesting animal habitats, modelled on the palaces of Stalin, Ceauscescu and Mussolini, and offer nesting sites to many native and migrant species. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)...
[Mehndi or menhdi is the application of henna as a temporary form of skin decoration in India, as well as by expatriate communities from the country. The word mehndi is derived from the Sanskrit word mendhikā. The use of mehndi and turmeric is described in the earliest Vedic ritual books. Haldi (Staining oneself with turmeric paste) as well as mehndi are important Vedic customs as a symbolic representation of the Outer and the Inner Sun. Vedic customs are meant to awaken the [inner light] and so the gold of the inner Sun has an important symbolic function]. – Wikipedia
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People look at lighting artist Bruce Munros latest installation [Field of Light] is seen in the grounds of the Holbourne Musuem on November 23, 2011 in Bath, England. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)...
Clouds float over an open field January 3, 2007 in Shirley Heights, Antigua. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)...
A red deer stag watches from the cover of a bracken thicket during the autumn rutting season at Richmond Park on October 10, 2011 in London, England. Autumn sees the start of the [Rutting] season where the stags and bucks bellow in an attempt to attract female does and hinds. (Photo by Dan Istitene/Getty Images)...