Detail of Mrs Paine and her Daughters painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds in 1767 in the interior of the Lady Lever Gallery in Port Sunlight Model Village Wirral Peninsula Merseyside England UK United Kingdom GB Great Britain British Isles Europe EU

Musee du Louvre Museum and Art Gallery exterior with Pyramid Pyramide dog enjoying the fountains in spring sun sunshine with blue sky day daytime Paris France Europe EU This image replaces AC7H8Y

Florence Santa Maria Novella Spanish Chapel Capelloni degli Spagnoli with ceiling and wall with fresco showing the Triumph of St St Thomas and the Allegory of the Sciences by Andrea di Bonaiuto 1365 to 1367 Florence Tuscany Toscana Italy Italia Europe EU

Lowry Centre Salford Quays in late evening sun sunshine in summer Manchester Lancashire England UK United Kingdom GB Great Britain British Isles Europe EU

Traditional Cotswold stone hotel The Broadway Hotel in english village of Broadway in summer sun sunshine and blue sky Worcestershire England UK United Kingdom GB Great Britain British Isles Europe EU

Evening summer sunset over the Atlantic ocean taken from Porthmeor beach in St Ives Cornwall Cornish Riviera southwest southwestern England UK United Kingdom GB Great Britain British Isles Europe EU

Skomer Island in May on sunny spring day with bluebells and red campions Pembrokeshire Cymru Wales United Kingdom UK Great Britain GB British Isles Europe EU

Isle of Tresco north eastern coast on sunny summers day with sea blue sky Isles of Scilly Cornwall England UK GB British Isles United Kingdom Great Britain Europe EU

Madrid Museo del Prado The Witches Sabbath by spanish artist Goya y Lucientes Francisco Jose de 1746 1828 Prado Museum and Art Gallery Madrid Spain Espana Europe EU

Garden of Earthly Delights or The Painting of the Strawberry Tree by Hieronymus van Aeken Bosch Prado Museum El Museo Art Gallery Madrid Spain Espana Europe EU This triptych shows naked humans trapped by earthly pleasure and desire

San Giorgio Maggiore church and monastery in late evening sunshine taken from St Marks Campanile Venice Veneto Italy Europe EU

Pilatus PC-7 Turbotrainer from No 131 EMVO Squadron Royal Netherlands Air Force flies in blue sky at Fairford International Air Tattoo 2006 Gloucestershire England UK United Kingdom GB Great Britain British Isles Europe EU

Ironbridge Bridge over River Severn in late evening summer light Shropshire England United Kingdom GB Great Britain British Isles Europe EU

Jackdaw juvenile Corvus Monedula Shropshire England GB Great Britain UK United Kingdom British Isles Europe EU This baby jackdaw on a maiden flight ended up in the middle of a stream

Winter sunset through bare branches of tree and cottage chimneys in Shropshire England UK United Kingdom GB Great Britain British Isles Europe EU

La Tania Ski resort in winter on Folyeres piste run in the Trois Vallees Three Valleys ski area in the French Alps France Europe EU

June 30, 2008. France marks the start of its six-month presidency of the European Union by lighting up the Eiffel Tower in blue with yellow stars, recalling the EU flag. Paris, France

Millennium Bridge and St Pauls Cathedral Dome with pedestrians and tourists in evening London England UK United Kingdom GB Great Britain British Isles Europe EU

Shropshire Hills Earls Hill Pontesford in summer sun sunshine with border terrier dog and blue sky England UK United Kingdom GB Great Britain British Isles Europe EU

Ancient english traditional cottages in summer sunshine with blue sky and pedestrian footbridge over the River Windrush at the village of Lower Slaughter Gloucestershire Cotswolds England United Kingdom UK Great Britain GB British Isles Europe EU

Florence Duomo Santa Maria del Fiore cathedral interior of Brunellesci dome cupola with frescoes of the Last Judgement by Vasari Florence Firenza Tuscany Italy Italia Europe EU

Lowry Art Centre and Millenium Bridge over the Manchester Ship Canal Salford Quays in evening light Manchester Lancashire England UK United Kingdom GB Great Britain British Isles Europe EU

View south from Mont Blanc in the Massif du Mont Blanc French Alps near Chamonix Savoie France Europe EU Scenic view from light aircraft

Gannet adult Morus Bassanus on nest in colony in evening sunshine in spring on the Saltee Islands near Kilmore County Wexford Ireland Europe EU

The Elephant rock and coastline of Ramsey Ramsay Island RSPB Nature Reserve is best viewed on a boat trip from St Davids in Pembrokeshire Wales UK United Kingdom GB Great Britain Europe EU

Madrid El Escorial built between 1563 and 1584 by King Felipe II Philip II The Basilica houses this magnificent decorated altarpiece Madrid Spain Espana Europe EU

Punting on the River Cam in summer sun sunshine The Backs Cambridge Cambridgeshire East Anglia England UK United Kingdom GB Great Britain British Isles Europe EU

Levant beam engine aerial view of cornish coast coastline West Penwith Cornwall England UK United Kingdom GB Great Britain British Isles

St Georges Hall classical building 1840s designed by Harvey Lonsdale Elmes Liverpool Merseyside England UK United Kingdom GB Great Britain British Isles Europe EU

Ruined cornish engine house of Carn Galver Copper Mine in summer sunshine with chimney and foxgloves at Bosigran West Penwith Cornwall England UK United Kingdom GB Great Britain British Isles Europe EU

London Eye River Thames Big Ben and Houses of Parliament Westminster London England GB Great Britain United Kingdom UK Europe EU

Winchester Cathedral exterior in early sunshine summer morning Hampshire England United Kingdom GB Great Britain British Isles Europe EU

New Severn Bridge across the River Severn estuary that divides England from Wales on sunny spring day with blue sky Gloucester Gloucestershire Glos UK United Kingdom GB Great Britain Europe EU

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Manchester Ship Canal Lowry Art Centre and Imperial War Museum North Salford Quays in evening light Manchester Lancashire England UK United Kingdom GB Great Britain British Isles

San Giorgio Maggiore church and monastery Doges Palace and St Marks Basilica aerial view in late evening sunshine taken from St Marks Campanile Venice Veneto Italy Europe EU

Gannet Morus Bassanus Northern Gannet 2 two adults pair couple breeding bonded in evening sun in summer against blue sky Saltee Islands Ireland Europe EU

Prague Astronomical Clock Old Town Square Prague Czech Republic Eastern Europe EU Prague Built in 1410 the Astronomical Clock on the Old Town Hall keeps perfect time

Marazion Bay and St Michaels Mount in late summer sunshine Cornwall West Country England UK United Kingdom GB Great Britain British Isles Europe EU

Mont Blanc French Alps Chamonix Savoie France Europe EU scenic view from light aircraft The Massif du Mont Blanc is sometimes called the White Lady The summit is at 4807 metres