Cheetah mother and young cub in grassland in the Masai Mara National Nature Reserve Kenya East Africa This is Honey and her cub Toto from the BBC Big Cat Diary This image is improved scan from image AR2WF9

Band_i_Zulfiqar, the main lake at Band_E_Amir Dam of the King, Afghanistan's first National Park set up in 1973 to protect the five lakes, believed by locals to have been created by the Prophet Mohammed's son_in_law Ali, making them a place of pilgrimage,

Millipedes When alarmed, most millipedes coil up in an attempt to protect themselves, found during monsoon, almost in a group Maharashtra, India

Woman selling many differetn kinds fo shellfish at the Cat Ba town market, Cat Ba island, Halong bay, Vietnam. Most vietnamese women were face masks to protect their skin from the sun.

'This is a mature American bald eagle from the National Foundation to Protect America's Eagles. His name is Challenger. It shows his upper body with his head and beak facing left, looking out.'

Skala of the Kasbah, a mighty crenellated bastion, 300 metres in length, built on the cliffs to protect the city on its seaward side, Essaouira, Morocco, North Africa, Africa

Edward Jenner, English physician, vaccinating his son, Jenner (1749-1823) by 1796 had proved that serum from Cowpox would protect from smallpox. Sculpture in bronze by Giulio Monteverde (1837-1917) Italian [500034053] Galleria Nazion

Young woman looking at a model of a nuclear reactor covered with sphere surrounding to protect against radioactivity, Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory, General Electric, Schenectady, New York, USA

Band_i_Zulfiqar, the main lake at Band_E_Amir Dam of the King, Afghanistan's first National Park set up in 1973 to protect the five lakes, believed by locals to have been created by the Prophet Mohammed's son_in_law Ali, making them a place of pilgrimage,

Female Grizzly bear fights male to protect her cubs (Ursus arctos horribilis). Brooks river, Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA

Bandiagara cliffs shelter several Dogon villages to protect them from agressions. Architecture of huts and sharp roofs is very characteristic. Bandiagara cliffs. Dogon Country. Mali.

A young girl from the Karen hill-tribe in a refugee village near Mae Hong Son. Legend says that the brass rings protect women from the tiger that killed an ancient princess

Gannet adult flying against blue sky and white clouds in evening summer light with outstretched wings Morus Bassanus Northern Gannet Saltee Islands Kilmore County Wexford Ireland Europe EU Flight shot

Cannons, Skala of the Kasbah, a mighty crenellated bastion, 300 metres in length, built on the cliffs to protect the city on its seaward side, Essaouira, Morocco, North Africa, Africa

Ancient sessile oak trees in Wistmans Wood National Nature Reserve Dartmoor National Park Devon Southwest England UK United Kingdom GB Great Britain British Isles Europe EU