Back in 2010, French photographer Antoine Bruy began hitchhiking around Europe without any fixed route. Along his travels, he met people who had entirely abandoned city life in favour of an isolated country existence they found more fulfilling. Bruy began seeking out people who lived off-the-grid. After three years on the road, staying in makeshift houses and on community farms, he has released Scrublands, a documentation of the lifestyle. While each living situation is different, Bruy found that all the people he met shared a common desire to escape the rat race and achieve a quieter life in harmony with nature. (Photo by Antoine Bruy)

Afghan children watch the Kabul view as they stand near to a victim's grave who lost her life in the recent attack on Sayyid al-Shuhada school in west Kabul, Afghanistan, 11 May 2021. Following a terrorist attack on a girls school in Kabul on 08 May that killed some 80 person and injured more than 100, the Afghan government declared 11 May as a national mourning day. (Photo by Hedayatullah Amid/EPA/EFE)

The National Geographic Photo Ark is a travelling exhibition of photographer Joel Sartore’s quest to create a photo archive of biodiversity around the world. So far, Sartore has captured studio portraits of more than 6,000 species – a number that he hopes to double. On 1 July, the ark will open at Melbourne zoo – the first time it has been exhibited in the southern hemisphere. More than 50 portraits will be on display, including many of Australian endangered animals being protected by programs at the zoo itself. These captions have been edited from text supplied by Melbourne zoo. Here: Barking owl. (Photo by Joel Sartore/National Geographic Photo Ark/The Guardian)

Alessandra Ambrosio arrives for the screening of “The Dead Don't Die” and the Opening Ceremony of the 72nd annual Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, 14 May 2019. Presented in competition, the movie opens the festival which runs from 14 to 25 May. (Photo by Ian Langsdon/EPA/EFE)

A person rides on a zip-line descending from the second floor of the Eiffel Tower on May 28, 2019 in Paris. The 800 meter crossing takes one minute at a speed of 90km/h. The zip-line will be opened from May 29 to June 2, 2019. (Photo by Francois Guillot/AFP Photo)

Primary school students attend an emergency evacuation drill on China's national day for disaster prevention and relief on May 12, 2022 in Hefei, Anhui Province of China. China's national day for disaster prevention and relief falls on May 12 every year. (Photo by Ge Qingzhao/VCG via Getty Images)

A parrot breeder and his parrots are seen at the Damai Perdana hill in the Cheras region ahead of the May 31 World Parrot Day in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on May 29, 2022. A group of parrot breeders in the capital Kuala Lumpur performed a “free flight” performance with different species of parrots. (Photo by Syaiful Redzuan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)