What are they celebrating?

What are they celebrating?

Skeletons (calacas) dressed up for Día de los Muertos celebrations in Mexico (© Amelia Fuentes Marin/Getty Images)

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Nov 1, 2023Haut-Barr Castle, Vosges
Nov 1, 2024Lençóis Maranhenses National Park, Brazil
Nov 1, 2025Bison grazingin Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, United States

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The Riviera of India
Sep 8, 2023International Literacy Day
Dec 10, 2025Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain
Oct 12, 2023Old barn and canola field, Palouse region, Idaho
Jun 30, 2024Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
Dec 29, 2023Oud-West neighbourhood, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Apr 19, 2026Spiti Valley, Himachal Pradesh
Dec 23, 2025Reindeer, Lapland, Finland
Feb 2, 2024Alpine Marmot
Nov 15, 2025Irohazaka Road in autumn, Nikko, Tochigi, Japan
An oasis in the desert
Mar 28, 2026African buffalo, Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania
Feb 8, 2024Mount Hood, Oregon
Mar 19, 2025A black heron canopy hunting in Botswana
Nov 12, 2025Colosseum, Rome, Italy
Dec 20, 2024Santa Claus Village in Rovaniemi, Lapland, Finland
A road not for the faint of heart
Dec 15, 2025Spiegelgracht canal in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Apr 21, 2025International Dark Sky Week
Nov 20, 2023Gathering Place, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Feb 8, 2026Corfu at night, Greece
Jul 12, 2025Thomsons gazelles, Maasai Mara, Kenya
Angry bird, doting dad
When landscape met wilderness
Blue hues and ceramic scenes of Porto
Feb 15, 2025The natural ice wall of Misotsuchi, Chichibu, Japan
A day for cousins of every stripe
Apr 8, 2025Paro Tsechu Festival, Bhutan
Mar 16, 2026National Panda Day
May 5, 2025Dunluce Castle, County Antrim, Northern Ireland