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Netherlands, Havelterberg, near Havelte, province of Drenthe. Early morning scene of a shepherd and his flock of sheep, crossing the heath of the Havelterberg. This hill houses two dolmen ('hunebed') and other prehistoric grave sites. The village of Havelte is known as the 'Pearl of Drenthe'. The area is polular with walkers, especially when the blossoming heather turns the landscape purple.

Photo of the Day: Havelterberg

Photo of the Day

Much of the medina of Kairouan dates to the 18th century, although the first walls were built in the 8th century and the city was founded about the year 670. Its location far from the sea was chosen to secure it from attacks by the Berbers who were resisting the Arab expansion through North Africa.

Predict the future for stronger images

Tunisia – Photo Tip

Fires and storms destroyed a sequence of wooden lighthouses at Brant Point on Nantucket Island, the first of which dated to 1746, until a brick tower was built in 1856. Shifting sands forced a move of location in 1901, at which time it went back to wooden construction.

What's the best season to be on Cape Cod?

Cape Cod – Fact Check

A nomad in Dhotok looks up through a tent flap at a coming storm. His home lies along the Tea Horse Road, which also hosted an ancient postal route. Acting as a kind of relay station in the past for the fast-moving mail, post stations held horses so riders could swiftly change to a fresh and rested mount.

'Read the light' ahead of time – be ready

Yunnan – Photo Tip

Much of Florence is built using the warm Tuscan limestone that glows in the evening and early morning light. The geological richness of Tuscany also supplies stone in many other colors to highlight architectural details.

The cornerstones of Florentine identity

Florence – Fact Check

Founded in around 300BCE, the Unesco World Heritage Site of Petra was the capital of the Nabataeans, later a city-state within the Roman Empire. It takes its name from the Latin word "petrae" or "rock" and came to importance because of its strategic importance to the spice trade.

It takes people to make a landscape photo

Jordan – Photo Tip

The Chinngis Khan Equestrian Statue is a 40-meter-high memorial to the Mongol Emperor that is said to be the world's largest. Looking towards his birthplace, the statue in Tsonjin Boldog also commemorates a site where legend says he found a golden whip.

"Chinggis Khan was just the ultimate nomad"

Mongolia – Fact Check

The waterfront near the Barra Lighthouse is a popular place for an evening stroll in Salvador. The city is the third largest in Brazil with a population of 2.6 million people.

How to take photos during the "magic hour"

Bahia – Photo Tip

Gentoos reach a height of 51 to 90 cm (20 to 35 in), making them the third-largest species of penguin after the two giant species, the emperor penguin and the king penguin.

Cruising gently towards gentoos and ducks

Falkland Islands – Been There

Darwin Convention Centre is a major landmark of the city, especially at night, and a key part of the redevelopment of the waterfront. A wind tunnel test of the design was able to minimize the amount of steel in the building.

Tips for the serious night photographer

Darwin – Photo Tip

The Greenland Dog is one of the world's oldest breeds and first reached Greenland with Siberian hunters around 5,000 years ago. They are used to haul sleds and were explorer Roald Amundsen's choice when in 1911 he became the first man to reach the South Pole.

Where a dog is worth more than a car

Greenland – Been There

A lightbox installation near Checkpoint Charlie on the Friedrichstrasse by Berlin artist Frank Thiel called “Untitled” that shows a Russian soldier on one side and an American soldier on the other. Erected in 1998, the photos were taken in 1994, four years after the end of the German Democratic Republic (GDR, or DDR in German) and the later fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.

Framing can give great meaning to otherwise uninteresting objects

Berlin – Photo Tip

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