Best photos over the past month from National Geographic

Underwater sculpture park, the Eiffel Tower, a holiday in Japan and climbers in a famous French Alps are waiting for you!



Lake Situ Gunung Indonesia.



Surfer, Indonesia.



Flamenco dancer, Sevilla, Spain.



Cruise on the ocean, Mexico.



Hikers in the French Alps, near Aiguille du Midina at an altitude of 3842 meters. Photographer Thomas Vulrich says that the atmosphere somewhat reminiscent of footage from the shooting of the next James Bond film.



Morning sun over the hills and sand dunes in Inishoven, Ireland.



Chameleon Namaka in Namibia, National Park Shperrgebit.



Nuns in Cartagena, at the church school in Colombia.



Old City, Sydney, Australia, at dawn. The photo was taken from the roof of the hotel. In the distance you can see the Sydney Opera House.



Underwater sculpture park in Grenada, West Indies.



Surfer Keith Minor in Iceland, a veteran of so-called "cold" surfing. The water that day was just ice!



Eiffel Tower. Even at night near its base of customers waiting for street artists and sellers of all kinds of souvenirs.



Northern Lights, Iceland.



Grass, seaweed and starfish in California Bodega Head.



Camel thorn in the background dunes in the National Park of Namibia.



Wedding procession in India, Varanasi. The groom goes to the bride's house, accompanied by an orchestra and torches.



Mountain Rokkiamelone, Italy, at sunset. The height of the mountain is 3538 meters (11603 feet).



Tenjin Matsuri Festival in Osaka, Japan.



Friday, the intersection in Seoul.



Actress of Chinese opera. When the city comes to Chinese opera, constructing an improvised stage under a canopy. Actresses sleep under the stage and store costumes and makeup in a tiny room behind the stage. This troupe moved from town to town, performing around China. In one town they stay for about a week.



Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, Abu Dhabi



Israeli children play in the fountain in Tel Aviv.



Skydiving, Yosemite Valley. In fact, they are strictly prohibited, but the ban athletes bypass.



A street in Annecy, France, noon.



Balloons at sunrise, Turkey, Valley Kapaddochiya.



Yalta at sunset.



Gold Miner in the province of Manica, Mozambique. The main labor force are the poor workers from Zimbabwe.



Death Valley National Park.



Voloklyuy and zebra at dawn on a rainy day in the Kruger National Park, South Africa



Dean Potter on the route in Heaven Glacier Point, Yosemite Valley.



The image of the Brooklyn Bridge, with the camera obscura.