More than 700 underwater images were submitted for the 2012 Annual Underwater Photography Contest, hosted by the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science. This year, for the first time, the University of Miami set up a “Fan Favorite” category for its underwater photo competition. Internet users could vote for their favorite among five pictures. Todd Aki's photo of a jellyfish took the prize, snaring 599 of the 1,221 votes cast. (Photo by Todd Aki)

In northwest Russia, in a small village called Alekhovshchina, Nadia Sablin's aunts spend the warmer months together in the family home and live as the family has always lived, chopping wood to heat the house and making their own clothes. Sablin's book of photographs, “Aunties: The Seven Summers of Alevtina and Ludmila”, is published by Duke University Press. Here: “Two-Handed Saw, 2014”. (Photo by Nadia Sablin)

These adorable pawtraits seem to show the personalities of a variety of canines, capturing their incredible diverseness in their expressions and fine details. Khokhlov and Ershova, who are from Moscow, have taken portraits of about 50 breeds of pooches – earning much critical acclaim. (Photo by Alexander Khokhlov/Veronica Ershova/Caters News Agency)

Mount Sinabung looks calm as seen from Karo, North Sumatra at dawn on August 8, 2021. (Photo by Tibta Nangin/AFP Photo)

A man takes a picture of models as they pose next to Cosmis Racing Wheels products during the 2016 Moscow International Auto Salon in Moscow, Russia, August 26, 2016. (Photo by Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters)

Models wait backstage during the Ukrainian Fashion Week in Kiev, October 16, 2015. (Photo by Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters)

Team Alberta skip Kevin Koe makes a shot during the 10th draw against team British Columbia at the Brier curling tournament in Brandon, Manitoba, Tuesday, March, 5, 2019. (Photo by Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press via AP Photo)

Canada's Suzanna Shahbazian competes with the ball in the individual all-around rhythmic gymnastics final at the Arena Birmingham, on day eight of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, central England, on August 5, 2022. (Photo by Jason Cairnduff/Reuters)