1 January 2017: Buildings are seen in fog in Yancheng, Jiangsu province, ChinaReuters3 January 2017: A man stands among bottles at the Van Tuijl glass recycling plant in Gameren, the Netherlands, following Christmas and New Year celebrationsRemko de Waal/AFP2 January 2017: People skate on the frozen Doubs river in Les Brenets on the Swiss-French borderDenis Balibouse/Reuters3 January 2017: Sun rises over the snowy landscape near Amtzell, southern GermanyFelix Kästle/AFP4 January 2017: Garden gnomes on a roof are covered in snow in Altenberg, eastern GermanySebastian Kahnert/AFP4 January 2017: Surfers ride a standing wave on the Eisbach canal in the English Garden in Munich, southern GermanyMark Ralston/AFP6 January 2017: Greenpeace activists float a picture of Mary Poppins wearing a gas mask in front of the Houses of Parliament to highlight the fact that London breached its annual air pollution limit for 2017 in just five daysChris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images6 January 2017: A man swims in the frozen water of the Trocadero fountain in front of the Eiffel Tower in ParisOlivier Morin/AFP6 January 2017: Emirati men walk with their camels across the desert during the Liwa 2017 Moreeb Dune Festival in Abu DhabiKarim Sahib/AFP7 January 2017: A woman walks through Central Park during a snow storm in New York CityStephanie Keith/Reuters8 January 2017: Snow coats a statue in front of the Brandenburg Gate in BerlinJohn MacDougall/AFP8 January 2017: Snow lies on rooftops in Shimla, northern IndiaAFP8 January 2017: Turkish anti riot police officers patrol around the Blue Mosque (Sultan Ahmet) during snowfall in IstanbulOzan Kose/AFP9 January 2017: A man walks at the frozen Mirusha waterfall near the village of Lapceve, as temperatures dropped to minus 20 C in KosovoArmend Nimani/AFP9 January 2017: Steam rises from chimneys of a power plant in Moscow, near a monument of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, with the temperature at about minus 17 degrees CelsiusMaxim Shemetov/Reuters10 January 2017: Ice floes cover the surface of the River Danube as it flows past the Hungarian the parliament building in BudapestAttila Kisbenedek/AFP10 January 2017: A snow-covered T-Rex life size dinosaur sculpture is pictured at the Senckenberg Natural History Museum in Frankfurt, GermanyKai Pfaffenbach/Reuters10 January 2017: A woman visits the archaeological site of Olympion Zeus in Athens, after a rare heavy snowfall in the Greek capitalLouisa Gouliamaki/AFP11 January 2017: The new Elbphilharmonie (Philharmonic Hall) illuminates the Elbe river during the opening of the new concert hall in Hamburg, northern GermanyFabian Bimmer/Reuters13 January 2017: Members of the Household Cavalry guard the entrance to Horse Guards Parade as snow falls over LondonChris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images11 January 2017: The so-called wolf moon rises over Glastonbury Tor in Somerset, EnglandMatt Cardy/Getty Images12 January 2017: Snow dusts the Commando Memorial in Spean Bridge, ScotlandJeff J Mitchell/Getty Images13 January 2017: The sun rises behind the Shard skyscraper in LondonToby Melville/Reuters13 January 2017: A block of ice with a fox encased in it is seen on the banks of the river Danube in Fridingen, southern Germany. The fox fell through thin ice on the river and drowned and was later cut out of the ice by a hunterJohannes Stehle/AFP13 January 2017: Snow falls onto gondolas moored in the Venice lagoon, northern ItalyManuel Silvestri/Reuters14 January 2017: Anglers cast lines through holes into a frozen river during an ice fishing competition in Hwacheon-gun, South KoreaChung Sung-Jun/Getty Images15 January 2017: A participant of a horse-drawn sleigh race drives his sleigh through the snow in Rinchnach, southern GermanyArmin Weigel/AFP15 January 2017: Two snow-covered spectators watch a horse-drawn sleigh race in Rinchnach, southern GermanyArmin Weigel/AFP15 January 2017: A horse rolls around the snow on its paddock near Ruderatshofen, southern GermanyJosef Hildenbrand/AFP15 January 2017: People walk near a solar halo on the frozen sea in Vaasa, Finland. The Halo is an optical phenomena produced by light interacting with ice crystals suspended in the atmosphereOlivier Morin/AFP16 January 2017: An elk stag eats corn on a snow-covered field in the village of Dumnice in Kosovo, as an extreme cold snap continues to grip much of EuropeArmend Nimani/AFP16 January 2017: An aerial view of the shadows of trees along a snowy road near Sieversdorf, eastern GermanyPatrick Pleul/AFP16 January 2017: An Olive Ridley Turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) lays her eggs in the sand at Rushikulya Beach, one of three mass nesting sites in the Indian coastal state of OrissaAsit Kumar/AFP17 January 2017: A murmuration of starlings dance in the sky above Pontevedra, northwestern SpainMiguel Riopa/AFP17 January 2017: Big Ben and a statue of Winston Churchill are reflected in a puddle in Parliament Square, LondonDaniel Leal-Olivas/ Getty Images17 January 2017: A small boat trapped in the frozen Danube river is seen in Belgrade, SerbiaMarko Djurica/Reuters17 January 2017: People pull children in sledges along a snow-covered street in Corte, on the French Mediterranean island of CorsicaPascal Pochard-Casabianca/AFP17 January 2017: Aerial view taken with a drone shows the excursion boat 'MS AquaMarin' surrounded by snow and ice on the Okerstausee reservoir near Schulenburg im Oberharz in the Harz region, central GermanyJulian Stratenschulte/AFP17 January 2017: Aerial view taken with a drone shows a car driving over a bridge crossing the Okerstausee reservoir near Schulenburg im Oberharz in the Harz region, central GermanyJulian Stratenschulte/AFP18 January 2017: Aerial view of the Marienburg Castle near Pattensen, northern Germany, surrounded by snow-covered forestJulian Stratenschulte /AFP18 January 2017: A sign covered in ice is pictured on the dock by Lake Leman on a cold windy winter day in Versoix near Geneva, SwitzerlandDenis Balibouse/Reuters18 January 2017: A baby monkey is cuddled by its mother to keep warm as sub-zero temperatures hit Tangmarg, KashmirTauseef Mustafa/AFP19 January 2017: A hiker using snow-shoes visits a mock Greco-Roman temple built in 1869 on the summit of the Donon mountain near Strasbourg, FranceChristian Hartmann/Reuters19 January 2017: A car lies flipped over next to a field of broccoli near Caravaca de la Cruz, in Murcia province, Spain. Some food suppliers and supermarkets warned that the cold snap that brought rare snow alerts to south east Spain may significantly increase the price of vegetables across northern EuropePablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images19 January 2017: A man makes a snow angel in front of the Puente Nuevo (New Bridge) during a snowfall in Ronda, near Malaga, SpainJon Nazca/Reuters19 January 2017: Cossacks help a boy to take a dip in the icy waters of a frozen lake during the celebration of the Epiphany holiday near the village of Leninskoe in KyrgyzstanVyacheslav Oseledko/AFP19 January 2017: Lightning crackles during the eruption of the Colima volcano, also known as Volcán de Fuego, in Colima State, MexicoSergio Velasco Garcia/AFP23 January 2017: A towering column of smoke and ash erupts from the Colima volcano in MexicoHector Guerrero/AFP23 January 2017: The Houses of Parliament and the Elizabeth Tower, commonly known as Big Ben, are seen through the fog in LondonLeon Neal/Getty Images23 January 2017: Lights on the London Eye glow through the thick fog in LondonLeon Neal/Getty Images23 January 2017: A red deer is pictured on frosty ground in Richmond Park in London, United KingdomJack Taylor/Getty Images23 January 2017: The sun sets behind the M4 Second Severn Crossing in Bristol, EnglandMatt Cardy/Getty Images23 January 2017: A sulphur lake in the Danakil Depression near Dallol, EthiopiaCarl Court/Getty Images24 January 2017: The statute of the Marshal Foch at the Trocadero, with, on the background, a view of the top of the Eiffel tower hidden by the fogFranck Fife/AFP24 January 2017: A man walks through the Dakota Access Pipeline protest camp on the edge of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation near Cannon Ball, North DakotaTerray Sylvester/Reuters24 January 2017: Mist lingers behind the Clifton Suspension Bridge as the sun begins to rise in Bristol, EnglandMatt Cardy/Getty Images27 January 2017: People walk past a frozen public fountain during cold winter weather in Zurich, SwitzerlandArnd Wiegmann/Reuters29 January 2017: Two people push a pram past a snow-covered palm tree on an embankment in Sochi, RussiaKazbek Basayev/Reuters29 January 2017: Students of the Shaolin Wushu club show off their skills on a snowy hilltop in Kabul, AfghanistanMohammad Ismail/Reuters31 January 2017: Aerial view taken with a drone shows tyre marks in the snow in a courtyard near Sehnde, northern GermanyJulian Stratenschulte/AFP
2 February 2017: Waves hit a train during heavy seas and high winds in Dawlish, DevonToby Melville/Reuters2 February 2017: Aerial view of the harbour in St Andrae Woerdern, Austria, covered in ice and snowHarald Schneider And Helmut Fohringer/AFP5 February 2017: An Internally displaced Afghan child stands outside her shelter during a snowfall in Kabul, AfghanistanMohammad Ismail/Reuters7 February 2017: An Afghan woman walks along a street covered with snow on the outskirts of KabulOmar Sobhani/Reuters10 February 2017: Some of the hundreds of stranded pilot whales – marked with an 'X' to indicate they have died – are seen after one of the country's largest recorded mass whale strandings, in Golden Bay, at the top of New Zealand's South IslandAnthony Phelps/Reuters11 February 2017: The Colorado River wraps around Horseshoe Bend in the in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in Page, ArizonaRhona Wise/AFP12 February 2017: Small dams and a dried-up lake can be seen along a dirt road in outback Queensland, AustraliaDavid Gray/Reuters15 February 2017: A rainbow appears over Gaza CityMohammed Abed/AFP21 February 2017: Ice and snow cover the moat surrounding the Forbidden City in BeijingGreg Baker/AFP21 February 2017: Residents wade through floodwaters in Jakarta, IndonesiaAFP/Getty Images22 February 2017: Aerial view of the Shenyang Imperial Palace, also known as the Mukden Palace, after a snowfall in Shenyang, in China's northeast Liaoning provinceAFP/Getty Images27 February 2017: Men walk their camels across the dunes in the Rimah desert, west of Al-Ain in the United Arab Emirates, after a rainy dayKarim Sahib/AFP28 February 2017: Mount Etna, Europe's tallest and most active volcano, spews lava as it erupts on the southern island of Sicily, ItalyAntonio Parrinello/Reuters28 February 2017: A tornado is seen in the Woodford/Marshall county line, Illinois Twitter/@mkg816 March 2017: A swimmer in an ocean pool watches rough seas pound the coast at Bondi Beach in SydneyWilliam West/AFP7 March 2017: The Northern Lights, or Aurora borealis, shimmer across the sky above Unstad, home the world's most northern surf schoolOlivier Morin/AFP8 March 2017: General view of a flower park in Xingyi in southwest China's Guizhou provinceAFP/Getty Images9 March 2017: A bee pollinates crocuses as spring arrives in LondonDan Kitwood/Getty Images11 March 2017: A seagull holds a cigarette butt in its beak near the Forum in RomeTiziana Fabi/AFP13 March 2017: The Josephine Shaw Lowell Memorial Fountain in Bryant Park in New York City is covered in iceTimothy A. Clary/AFP14 March 2017: A man walks in Central Park as snow falls in Manhattan, New YorkAndrew Kelly/Reuters14 March 2017: Residents clear their cars and street of snow in Weehawken, New Jersey, as the One World Trade Center and lower Manhattan are seen after a snowstorm in New YorkEduardo Munoz/Reuters14 March 2017: A deserted metro station is seen at Madison Square Park at the foot of the Flatiron building in Manhattan during a snowstorm in New YorkEric Baradat/AFP14 March 2017: A visitor walks past the Reflecting Pool on the snow-covered National Mall in Washington, DCBrendan Smialowski/AFP14 March 2017: Julia Lu (L) and Amy Liu walk through a massive spring wildflower bloom caused by a wet winter in Lake Elsinore, CaliforniaLucy Nicholson/Reuters14 March 2017: The moon is seen next to the Eiffel Tower in ParisChristian Hartmann/Reuters16 March 2017: Stars twinkle in the night sky over the treetops of a forest in Frankfurt, western GermanyPatrick Pleul/AFP16 March 2017: California poppies and Canterbury bells bloom at Diamond Valley Lake, near Hemet, California, after prolonged record drought gave way to heavy winter rains, causing one of the biggest wildflower blooms in yearsDavid McNew/Getty Images20 March 2017: A woman crouches down to take a photograph of Giant Tecolote Ranunculus flowers at the Flower Fields in Carlsbad, CaliforniaMike Blake/Reuters25 March 2017: A snowshoe hare pops its head up out of the snow near Thule Air Base in Pituffik, GreenlandMario Tama/Getty Images25 March 2017: Puppies are held up for a photo with cherry blossoms blooming near the Washington Monument in Washington, DCYuri Gripas/Reuters27 March 2017: Cherry trees in bloom are seen along a road in Gui'an new district, Guizhou province, ChinaChina Daily/Reuters27 March 2017: A bumblebee sits on a blooming Japanese cherry tree in Dresden, eastern GermanyArno Burgi/AFP28 March 2017: Hindu priests sit inside a cave as they perform evening prayers on the banks of the river Ganges in Devprayag, IndiaDanish Siddiqui/Reuters31 March 2017: Local residents wade through floodwaters near their homes in the northern New South Wales town of Lismore, AustraliaAAP/Dave Hunt/Reuters4 April 2017: Visitors visit a 200-metre-long corridor covered with flowers in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning provinceAFP/Getty Images4 April 2017: A man carries his pet cat as he walks under the cherry blossoms at Tongji University in ShanghaiAly Song/Reuters4 April 2017: Polluted water in the river Ganges is seen in Kanpur, IndiaDanish Siddiqui/Reuters4 April 2017: A man walks past The Gift of Pomerania, a full-rigged sailing ship, now a museum, as thick fog covers the Port of Gdynia, PolandRadu Sigheti/Reuters6 April 2017: Orange, yellow and purple wildflowers paint the hills of the Tremblor Range at Carrizo Plain National Monument near Taft, California. After years of drought, an explosion of wildflowers in southern and central California drew record crowds to see the rare abundance of colour called a super bloomRobyn Beck/AFP9 April 2017: A man gets sun cream rubbed in by his partner as they relax on the beach on the hottest weekend of the year so far in Brighton, EnglandCharlie Crowhurst/Getty Images16 April 2017: Residents view the first iceberg of the season as it passes the South Shore, also known as "Iceberg Alley", near Ferryland, Newfoundland, CanadaJody Martin/Reuters18 April 2017: A member of the "Yenisei walruses" winter swimming club Alexander Alexandrov, 39, dives from a floe during an ice drift on the Yenisei River in Krasnoyarsk, RussiaIlya Naymushin/Reuters20 April 2017: An elephant seal pup sits in a pool at the Marine Mammal Centre in Sausalito, California. The rehabilitation centre has seen a surge in orphaned and injured elephant seal pups following heavy storm activity and rough surfJustin Sullivan/Getty Images21 April 2017: A man driving a vintage car reacts as he passes thousands of crabs crossing a highway on their way to spawn in the sea in Playa Giron, CubaAlexandre Meneghini/Reuters22 April 2017: People, cows and vultures pick through a rubbish dump in Guwahati, India, on the occasion of Earth DayAnuwar Hazarika/Reuters26 April 2017: A hippopotamus is sprayed with water on a hot summer day at Anna National Zoological Park in Chennai, IndiaArun Sankar/AFP26 April 2017: Ice formations are seen on the Andes mountains in Argentina's San Juan provinceMarcos Brindicci/Reuters26 April 2017: A bolt of lightning strikes over harbour cranes in Cape Town, South AfricaMike Hutchings/Reuters28 April 2017: Workers and wine growers light heaters early in the morning to protect vineyards from frost damage outside Chablis, FranceChristian Hartmann/Reuters2 May 2017: Men push a motorcycle along a partially flooded street in the Haitian capital Port-au-PrinceHector Retamal/AFP3 May 2017: People walk on a hill covered with nemophila flowers (commonly known as baby blue eyes) in full bloom at Hitachi Seaside Park in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Prefecture, JapanKazuhiro Nogi/AFP4 May 2017: Buildings are seen during a dust storm in Beijing, ChinaReuters4 May 2017: A Chinese police officer stands guard during a sandstorm over Tiananmen Square in BeijingKevin Frayer/Getty Images7 May 2017: Fatih Mosque is seen as lightning strikes during a thunderstorm in Istanbul, TurkeyChris McGrath/Getty Images7 May 2017: Tyler Posey slides on the red carpet at the MTV Movie and TV Awards, following a hailstorm in Los AngelesDanny Moloshok/Reuters8 May 2017: Women walk past piles of rubbish on a street in Sanaa during a strike by Yemen's refuse collectorsKhaled Abdullah/Reuters8 May 2017: Hunter Anderson, a meteorology student at St Cloud State University, monitors a supercell thunderstorm in Elbert County outside Limon, Colorado. Scientists and meteorologists are trying to learn more about tornado formation and predictionDrew Angerer/Getty Images8 May 2017: Tim Marshall, storm chasing veteran, monitors a supercell thunderstorm during a tornado research mission near Agate, ColoradoDrew Angerer/Getty Images10 May 2017: Wild garlic covers a woodland floor in Scunthorpe, EnglandDan Kitwood/Getty Images10 May 2017: A narrow body of water reflects the mountains around the drought-stricken Theewaterskloof Dam near Villiersdorp, about 108km from Cape Town, South AfricaRodger Bosch/AFP10 May 2017: A youth dives into a swimming pool on a hot day in Chennai, IndiaArun Sankar/AFP17 May 2017: A woman looks at cows on the Mare e Sol beach in Coti-Chiavari, on the French Mediterranean island of Corsica, where a herd of some 30 wild cattle take up their summer residence each yearPascal Pochard-Casabianca/AFP11 May 2017: A rainbow arcs over the roofs of the city of Tours, FranceGuillaume Souvant/AFP18 May 2017: Labour supporters use placards to shelter from the rain as they campaign in LondonNeil Hall/Reuters18 May 2017: A guest shelters from rain as the Queen inspects soldiers of the Scots Guards, ahead of presenting new colours to the regiment, at Buckingham PalacePeter Nicholls/Reuters19 May 2017: Dark clouds and rain are pictured over the river Seine and the Eiffel tower in Paris at sunsetLudovic Marin/AFP19 May 2017: People enjoy the warm sunny weather in the Badeschiff (Pool ship) on the Spree river in BerlinFabrizio Bensch/Reuters21 May 2017: The Sydney Harbour Bridge can be seen behind illuminated sculptures of endangered animals at Taronga Zoo, as part of Vivid Sydney Festival of Light and SoundDavid Gray/Reuters22 May 2017: A model wears a floral headdress at the Royal Horticultural Society's Chelsea Flower show in LondonDylan Martinez/Reuters28 May 2017: A cuckoo flies from a perch in woodland on Thursley Common, a nature reserve in Surrey, England. The United Kingdom has seen a 71 percent decline in the breeding population of cuckoos over the last 25 yearsDan Kitwood/Getty Images29 May 2017: A couple protects themselves with an umbrella while walking through heavy rain in Moscow's Alexander GardenKirill Kudryavtsev/AFP4 June 2017: A greater adjutant stork watches as a boy sorts through rubbish at a large dump in Guwahati in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, on the eve of World Environment DayBiju Boro/AFP5 June 2017: Boys' clothes balloon around them as they swim in a stream during a heatwave in Islamabad, PakistanCaren Firouz/Reuters6 June 2017: An aerial view of single-handed boats of the Optimist international class clustered around a motorboat during a training session of young yachtsmen in the Yenisei River in Krasnoyarsk, RussiaIlya Naymushin/Reuters6 June 2017: A visitor runs for cover during a heavy rain shower on Trocadéro square in front of the Eiffel Tower in ParisLudovic Marin/AFP6 June 2017: Dark clouds form during the ladies' singles quarter final match between Kristina Mladenovic of France and Timea Bacsinszky of Switzerland on day ten of the 2017 French Open at Roland Garros in ParisAdam Pretty/Getty Images6 June 2017: A vendor throws a watermelon that was being kept cool in a canal, towards a customer on a hot summer day in Jammu, IndiaMukesh Gupta/Reuters6 June 2017: People transport their buffaloes through floodwaters to a safer place in Morigaon district, in the northeastern state of Assam, IndiaAnuwar Hazarika/Reuters7 June 2017: Prince Harry reacts as he greets members of the public as heavy rain falls at Circular Quay in SydneyJason Reed/Reuters7 June 2017: Prince Harry hugs Daphne Dunne, 97, during a walk around The Rocks district in rainy SydneyDean Lewins/Reuters7 June 2017: Sand artist Marc Treanor creates a work on the North Beach at Tenby Harbour, Pembrokeshire, WalesRebecca Naden/Reuters8 June 2017: A girl protects herself from rubbish and dust, whipped up by a gust of wind, in a slum in Islamabad, PakistanCaren Firouz/Reuters10 June 2017: Kangaroos hop between rows of vines at the Charles Melton vineyard in the Barossa Valley, north of Adelaide in AustraliaDavid Gray/Reuters13 June 2017: A young couple embrace along the boardwalk on a hot day at Coney Island in the Brooklyn borough of New YorkSpencer Platt/Getty Images21 June 2017: A lion burts balloons filled with water on a hot day at an amusement park in Yongin, South KoreaKim Hong-ji/Reuters27 June 2017: Meerkats eat frozen watermelon to cool off at the Bioparco zoo in Rome, during a heat waveTiziana Fabi/AFP3 July 2017: A man wheels his motorcycle along a flooded road after a heavy rainfall in Ahmedabad, IndiaAmit Dave/Reuters8 July 2017: A full moon rises over the Temple of Poseidon, the ancient Greek god of the seas, in Cape Sounion, east of Athens, GreeceCostas Baltas/Reuters12 July 2017: People walking along the promenade in Naples watch as smoke rises from Mount Vesuvius – but it was from forest fires, not a volcanic eruptionEliano Imperato/AFP12 July 2017: People cool off in a swimming pool in Yangzhou, Jiangsu province, as a summer heatwave grips much of ChinaAFP17 July 2017: A man jumps off a diving board at night in Salthill, County Galway, IrelandClodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters17 July 2017: The Mirror Man statue by artist Rob Mulholland rises out of Loch Earn in St Fillans, Scotland. The three-metre tall sculpture made from mirrored tiles spends the winters out of the water due to the inclement weather, returning again in the summer monthsJeff J Mitchell/Getty Images19 July 2017: A squirrel monkey rests on a tree branch on a hot day at a zoo in Zhengzhou, Henan province, ChinaReuters21 July 2017: A woman dries chilli peppers in the sun at a village in Wuyuan County, Jiangxi province, ChinaReuters23 July 2017: A British Airways aeroplane flies near a rainbow on its way to Heathrow Airport in LondonKevin Coombs/Reuters25 July 2017: Monkeys cool off with an ice block on a hot day at a zoo in Hefei, Anhui province, ChinaCNS/Zhang Yaz/Reuters27 July 2017: A man runs with a broken umbrella during an extremely heavy downpour of hail at Taksim in IstanbulYasin Akgul/AFP27 July 2017: A man walks through deep water while people shelter perched on a building during a heavy hailstorm at Besiktas near IstanbulBulent Kilic/AFP31 July 2017: People cool off at a water park on a hot day in Fushun, Liaoning province, ChinaReuters1 August 2017: People cool off in a pool at a water park in Minsk, Belarus, where temperatures exceeded 30 degreesSergei Gapon/AFP1 August 2017: Carriage horses are given a shower to cool down at Stephansplatz in Vienna as a heatwave grips much of central EuropeGeorg Hochmuth/AFP5 August 2017: A man refreshes himself in a fountain at Piazza Castello in Turin, during a continuing heatwave in ItalyMarco Berterello/AFP8 August 2017: Lightning strikes behind a B-52H Stratofortress at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, USCourtesy J.T. Armstrong/U.S. Air Force photo/Reuters9 August 2017: Officials clear water off the track in the London Stadium during the World Athletics ChampionshipsKai Pfaffenbach/Reuters9 August 2017: A nun wearing a bin liner on her head to protect her from the pouring rain walks along the South Bank in LondonDan Kitwood/Getty Images13 August 2017: A meteor streaks past stars in the night sky above Leeberg hill during the Perseid meteor shower in Grossmugl, AustriaHeinz-Peter Bader/Reuters14 August 2017: A lightning bolt strikes behind a Stalin-era skyscraper during a storm over MoscowMladen Antonov/AFP15 August 2017: A woman sorts out recyclable plastic soft drink bottles at Xa Cau village, outside Hanoi, VietnamKham/Reuters16 August 2017: A man swims to cool off in the Blue Eye natural spring near the city of Sarande in AlbaniaGent Shkullaku/AFP17 August 2017: Mist rolls in over The Old Man of Storr on the Isle of Skye, off the west coast of ScotlandJeff J Mitchell/Getty Images17 August 2017: A labourer rests on a pile of recyclables at a yard in Peshawar, PakistanFayaz Aziz/Reuters18 August 2017: A man surfs on an artificial wave at the Citywave pool during sunny weather in Zurich, SwitzerlandArnd Wiegmann/Reuters19 August 2017: A man and bicycle are briefly airborne over Donghu Lake in Wuhan in China's central Hubei provinceAFP21 August 2017: The total solar eclipse is pictured over Grand Teton National Park outside Jackson, WyomingGeorge Frey/Getty Images21 August 2017: The umbra, the moon's shadow, is pictured over the United States during the total eclipse, as photographed and tweeted by an astronaut onboard the International Space Station@Space_Station/Reuters26 August 2017: Brightly coloured flowers bloom in the Atacama desert in Chile after heavy seasonal rainsMartin Bernetti/AFP28 August 2017: Lightning strikes off the coast of Montevideo, as Uruguay is hit by days of heavy rainsMariana Suarez/AFP29 August 2017: People wade through water on a flooded street in MumbaiPunit Paranjpe/AFP31 August 2017: Lightning strikes the Caribbean as a thunderstorm passes Tankah Bay, near Tulum, southern MexicoAndrew Winning/Reuters4 September 2017: An aerial view of terraced rice fields in Jiache village in Congjiang county, China's southwestern Guizhou provinceAFP5 September 2017: Hot air balloons glide over Nevsehir in Turkey's Cappadocia region, Central Anatolia, eastern TurkeyYasin Akgul/AFP5 September 2017: Northern lights (aurora borealis) illuminate the sky over a beach in Flakstad, on Norway's Lofoten Islands, within the Arctic CircleJonathan Nackstrand/AFP8 September 2017: The Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) is seen over the sky near the village of Pallas (Muonio region) of Lapland, FinlandAlexander Kuznetsov/All About Lapland/Reuters10 September 2017: A car is partly submerged in floodwaters after torrential rain in the Tuscan city of LivornoAFP12 September 2017: Workers sort bottles to throw them in a plastic bottle chipper at a recycling workshop in Islamabad, PakistanCaren Firouz/Reuters12 September 2017: A bird, covered in oil that leaked from a small oil tanker that sank two days earlier, tries to stay afloat near the shore of Salamina island, GreeceGiorgos Moutafis/Reuters13 September 2017: Lightning strikes behind casinos on the Strip as a thunderstorm passes through Las Vegas, NevadaSteve Marcus/Reuters13 September 2017: During a break from the rain of Storm Aileen, the leaves of the Virginia creeper begin to take on their Autumn colour at the Tu Hwnt i'r Bont tea room on the banks of the River Conwy at Llanrwst in north WalesChristopher Furlong/Getty Images14 September 2017: Black oil covers the sea and a beach in the suburbs of Athens, five days after a tanker sank off the coast of a nearby Greek islandAngelos Tzortzinis/AFP22 September 2017: Two stags are seen through the mist at dawn during the annual rutting season in Richmond Park in LondonToby Melville/Reuters22 September 2017: Early morning mist lingers in fields as the autumn sun rises over the Somerset Levels as viewed from Glastonbury Tor, at the start of the astronomical autumnMatt Cardy/Getty Images24 September 2017: A cargo ship sails on the Mediterranean sea during a thunderstorm some 20 nautical miles from MaltaAris Messinis/AFP26 September 2017: The rising sun burns off morning mist surrounding the Hope Cement Works in Hope Valley, in Chapel en le Frith, the Peak District, EnglandChristopher Furlong/Getty Images27 September 2017: Smoke rises from Popocatepetl on the outskirts of Puebla, Mexico, as it spews incandescent volcanic materialOswaldo Cantero/Reuters6 October 2017: A stag deer walks early in the morning during the rutting season in Richmond Park in LondonToby Melville/Reuters10 October 2017: People dance in a park on a foggy autumn day in Huai'an, Jiangsu province, ChinaReuters12 October 2017: Hikers enjoy a warm autumn day near the Lac Bleu near Arolla in the Val d'Herens, SwitzerlandDenis Balibouse/Reuters15 October 2017: The sun rises over vineyards near the village of Wolxheim, eastern FrancePatrick Hertzog/AFP16 October 2017: Thousands of dead fish float on the Confuso river in Villa Hayes, ParaguayJorge Adorno/Reuters16 October 2017: A couple walk through trees forming a tunnel down an old Roman Road in Halnaker, near Chichester in West SussexDan Kitwood/Getty Images16 October 2017: Skies over London are given a yellow glow as dust from the Sahara desert and smoke from wildfires in Spain and Portugal are blown across the city by Storm Ophelia. (Mobile phone photo from the IBTimes UK offices in Canary Wharf.)David Sim17 October 2017: A walker looks at deadly Portuguese man o'war jellyfish that were washed up onto the beach in Sidmouth, Devon, by ex-hurricane OpheliaMatt Cardy/Getty Images17 October 2017: The sun sets behind a tree on a mild autumn evening in a vineyard in Osthoffen, near the Vosges mountains, outside Strasbourg, FranceChristian Hartmann/Reuters20 October 2017: People walk near the India Gate monument in New Delhi amid heavy smog, a day after millions of Indians lit fireworks to mark DiwaliDominique Faget/AFP21 October 2017: A clock tower building is seen through fog and rain as Typhoon Lan approaches Tokyo, JapanIssei Kato/Reuters21 October 2017: Waves crash over Newhaven Lighthouse on the south coast of England as Storm Brian hits the countryGlyn Kirk/AFP26 October 2017: Fog hangs low over Westminster Bridge on an autumnal morning in LondonDan Kitwood/Getty Images26 October 2017: Pedestrians walk through Piccadilly Circus after the world-famous advertising boards were replaced with a single state-of-the-art 4K LED digital screenTolga Akmen/AFP27 October 2017: A red deer stag walks through bracken at sunrise during the rutting season in Richmond Park, LondonDan Kitwood/Getty Images27 October 2017: Two deer stags pause during the rutting season at Bradgate Park in Newtown Linford, LeicestershireDarren Staples/Reuters30 October 2017: A farmer harvests rice in a field at Khokana in Lalitpur, NepalNavesh Chitrakar/Reuters5 November 2017: The moon rises over the Sacre Coeur Basilica in Montmartre in ParisChristian Hartmann/Reuters7 November 2017: A snow-covered chapel is seen after the first snowfall of the season in the western Austrian village of Tulfes, AustriaDominic Ebenbichler/Reuters8 November 2017: A swan paddles through the reflected autumnal colours on Loch Faskally Pitlochry, ScotlandRussell Cheyne/Reuters13 November 2017: Volunteers and environmental activists try to refloat nine stranded sperm whales in Aceh Besar, IndonesiaChaideer Mahyuddin/AFP13 November 2017: Chinese police pour water on a stranded humpback whale in Qidong in China's eastern Jiangsu provinceAFP15 November 2017: The body of a humpback whale is lifted ashore after it became stranded for a third time in three days, in Qidong, Jiangsu province, ChinaReuters15 November 2017: Ice floes cover the Mana River at sunset, near the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, RussiaIlya Naymushin/Reuters15 November 2017: The huge, decomposing body of a humpback whale is seen on the shore of Ipanema beach in Rio de JaneiroPilar Olivares/Reuters17 November 2017: Men feed seagulls along the Yamuna river on a smoggy morning in New Delhi, IndiaSaumya Khandelwal/Reuters21 November 2017: People sunbathe on San Lorenzo beach in Gijon, northern SpainEloy Alonso/Reuters23 November 2017: An element of the installation Voyageurs by French artist Cedric Le Borgne is pictured at sunrise over Geneva's financial districtDenis Balibouse/Reuters23 November 2017: People watch the sunset from the top of the highest sand dune in Europe, at La Teste-de-Buch in the Arcachon basin, southwestern FranceNicolas Tucat/AFP24 November 2017: A Palestinian youth uses his mobile phone as he sits on a beach in the northern Gaza StripMohammed Salem/Reuters25 November 2017: The moon is seen over the Christ the Redeemer statue before it is lit up with orange lights on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women in Rio de JaneiroLeo Correa/AFP28 November 2017: Paramilitary soldiers rub snow onto their bodies during a winter training session in Changchun, Jilin province, ChinaReuters28 November 2017: The Soyuz-2.1b rocket carrying Russia's Meteor-M 2-1 weather satellite and other equipment lifts off from the snow-covered launch pad at the Vostochny cosmodrome outside the city of Uglegorsk, in Sakhalin Oblast, RussiaKirill Kudryavtsev/AFP30 November 2017: Boys play with tyres on the banks of the Yamuna river on a smoggy morning in New Delhi, IndiaSaumya Khandelwal/Reuters30 November 2017: A plume of smoke above Mount Agung volcano is illuminated at sunset as seen from Amed, Karangasem Regency, Bali, IndonesiaDarren Whiteside/Reuters30 November 2017: Snow falls around The Angel of North near Gateshead, EnglandLee Smith/Reuters30 November 2017: Buachaille Etive Mor, a mountain near Glencoe in the Highlands of Scotland, is reflected in the slow-flowing river CoupallRussell Cheyne/Reuters1 December 2017: Snow covers the terraced vineyards above Lake Geneva at the Unesco World Heritage site of Lavaux in Epesses, western SwitzerlandFabrice Coffrini/AFP3 December 2017: A tree casts a long shadow on snow near Chavannes-les-Forts, western SwitzerlandFabrice Coffrini/AFP6 December 2017: People prepare a snow sculpture for the Harbin Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Art Expo in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, ChinaReuters8 December 2017: Ella, an Irish doodle – a cross between an Irish setter and a poodle – plays in the snow at Stormont in Belfast, Northern IrelandCharles McQuillan/Getty Images8 December 2017: A father and his son walk their dog past a large snowman on Black Mountain in Belfast, Northern IrelandCharles McQuillan/Getty Images10 December 2017: An aerial view of a road on the banks of the Yenisei River outside Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, in air temperatures of about minus 17 degrees CelsiusIlya Naymushin/Reuters10 December 2017: A woman walks through the snow past the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich Park, LondonSimon Dawson/Reuters11 December 2017: A wave breaks against a pier and a lighthouse as storm Ana smashes into Cassis, southeastern FranceBoris Horvat/AFP11 December 2017: A Rottweiler jumps to catch a snowball in Godewaersvelde in northern FrancePhilippe Huguen/AFP11 December 2017: The view of London from a British Airways flight delayed by bad weatherChris Jackson/Getty Images11 December 2017: Swans gather on a frozen pond in Victoria Park in Glasgow, ScotlandJeff J Mitchell/Getty Images11 December 2017: Members of the public walk among frost-covered trees in Boden Boo woodland in Erskine, ScotlandJeff J Mitchell/Getty Images14 December 2017: A wave crashes over children at a Coogee rock pool in Sydney as Australia's bureau of meteorology forecast temperatures over 40 degrees CelsiusMark Metcalfe/Getty Images15 December 2017: A picture taken from Vodno Mountain shows the tops of some of Skopje's tallest buildings sticking out above low cloud as air pollution almost paralysed the Macedonian capitalRobert Atanovski/AFP16 December 2017: A motorcyclist rides amid snow in Dalian, Liaoning province, ChinaReuters
