Monks carrying out maintenance work at Gangtey Goempa Monastery, Bhutan. The monastery is in the Phobjikha Valley where the black-necked cranes visit Bhutan to roost, circling the monastery three times on arrival and repeating this circling when returning to Tibet. #Bhutan #Asia

A free diver lifts a stingray from the ocean floor in Antigua, Caribbean. Unlike sharks and most fishes, which get most of their swimming power from a tail fin, stingrays uses its paired pectoral fins for moving about. #sealife #stingray #Caribbean #fish

Arriving in the island of Kep Wayag in Raja Ampat, West Papua Indonesia. The Raja Ampat, or the Four Kings, is an archipelago comprised of more than 1,500 islands that is the part of Coral Triangle which contains the richest marine biodiversity on earth. #Indonesia #biodiversity

#officialselection James Morgan's Seven tells the story of a young girl from a remote Arctic village who must decide the fate of an outsider. Screening as part of ASFF's #Drama reel, 7-11 November aestheti.cc/5guio

Jökulsárlón Glacier, photographed when I was studying in Iceland back in 2009. This incredible spot is a visual representation of climate change. #Iceland #Jökulsárlón #Glacier #climatechange

Street photography from Moscow, Russia. Photographed as part of a story on the Transiberian Railway. With a length of 9,289 kilometres, it is the longest railway line in the world. #Moscow #Russia #Transiberian

Missionaries visit a small Achuar community in the Amazon rainforest. The Achuar are a community of 12,200 individuals living in 45 distinct, smaller communities spread out over nearly 2 million acres of rainforest Ecuador. #Achuar #Amazon

A young girl wades through a tributary of the Amazon in Achuar territory, Ecuador. Oil companies drilling for oil in this region impact the community's way of life and the biodiversity of the rainforest. #Achuar #Amazon #Ecuador

The limestone karsts of Kep Wayag in Raja Ampat, West Papua. #kepwayag #rajaampat #westpapua

A father and son pass a mosque in Hadibo, Socotra, Yemen. #Hadibo #Socotra #Yemen

Ibu Ani looks on as her son, Ramdan forages the reef for clams. Since Ani's husband died of the bends as a result of compressor diving, she has relied on her son to support her during the six months of the year they spend together at sea. #reef

Workers at the Musim Mas plantation in Sumatra. Photographed for WWF story on palm oil. #sumatra #palmoil

A fiherman brings home his catch in Raja Ampat, West Papua. #rajaampat #westpapua #fisherman

Villagers from Salpele cook fish. There is nickel mine across the water which will destroy their fishing grounds when it opens. Some residents will be employed by the mine and welcome the move. Others are more long term in their thinking and strongly oppose it.

Child in Vancouver village, Tetepare, Solomon Islands. #tetepare #solomonislands

Children jumping from a jetty in Gizo, Solomon Islands. South Pacific.

Research by youth-led, grass roots organisation 'Sri Lanka Unites' suggests that 60-70% of Sri Lankan children still don't have friends outside their ethnic group. Here a muslim family visit the beach in Welligama, Sri Lanka, March 2012. #srilanka #welligama

A mountain surrounded by cloud in the Lofoten Islands, Norway. Photographed on the Recce for the Seven. See more at sevenshortfilm.com #norway #lofotenislands #sevenshortfilm

Kahengpa Apa, a farmer in Phobjikha valley, central Bhutan. #kahengpaapa #phobjikhavalley #bhutan

Thimphu’s only designated landfill site reached capacity in 2002, leading to a great deal of illegal dumping. Thimphu, Bhutan.