A woman takes a photograph of the Martin Place Christmas Tree on December 17, 2024 in Sydney, Australia. Each year Sydney's landmarks and streets are adorned with festive lights and projections for the Christmas festive period. (Photo by Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images)

A horseman rides through a bonfire during the annual “Luminarias” celebration on the eve of Saint Anthony's day, Spain's patron saint of animals, in the village of San Bartolome de Pinares, Avila, Spain, on January 16, 2025. (Photo by Ana Beltran/Reuters)

Historical reenactors from the English Civil War Society dressed as the King's Army gather and prepare to march down the Mall to commemorate the beheading of King Charles I in 1649 in London, Britain, on January 26, 2025. (Photo by Chris J. Ratcliffe/Reuters)

Jackie “The Hybrid” Cataline reacts as she is slapped by Sheena “The Hungarian Hurricane” Bathory during the Power Slap 11 Super Heavyweight Title Match at ANB Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on January 30, 2025. (Photo by Hamad I Mohammed/Reuters)

A dog gets ready to compete in the Herding Group during the 149th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at the Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York, U.S., February 10, 2025. (Photo by Eduardo Munoz/Reuters)

Despite any political differences between the United States and Russia, the space agencies of the two countries continue their cooperative work in Earth's orbit, aboard the International Space Station. Apart from the research being done in microgravity, ISS crew members continue to send back amazing images of our home world, photographed from low Earth orbit. Gathered here are recent images of Earth from aboard the ISS, and from a handful of other NASA satellites.

Sébastien Del Grosso is a French artist and a photographer, who will allow you to enter the world of surrealism, which combines photography and hand-drawn art. His works masterfully blur the transition between the real photo and the picture. By viewing his works, we can see that Sébastien is not only a master of creating photo illusions, but also a person who tries to show his inner world through his art. His emotions, his feelings, his fears and desires are all vividly and skillfully expressed in simple strokes of a pencil. He is the continuation of his art. So much so, that he loses his identity, fearing it, but being unable to stop. (Photo by Sébastien Del Grosso)

Mark Taylor may not have any training as a photographer, but that doesn’t stop him from taking amazing animal photos. From his studio in Southeast England, Taylor has made a big business out of photographing man’s best friends, following in the footsteps of his late mother, Jane Burton. Most of the animals he works with are babies, who are more comfortable in front of the camera than older animals.

Photo: Taylor often uses animals that belonged to friends of his late mother, including this Italian Spinone puppy chewing his tail. Baby animals make ideal subjects, as the older dogs and cats get, the warier they are of spending time in a studio. And his trick for getting this small subject to pose? Dog treats, of course. (Photo by Mark Taylor/Rex Features)