Winter scene illuminated on the Palais de l'Isle in Annecy, Haute Savoie, France

Sunlight in the forest of Western Siberia, near the city of Raduzhny, Russia

Performers from the Ministry of Fun Santa School in London, England

Aurora borealis above the Brooks Range in Alaska

The December full moon seen through holiday lights

Christmas-themed beach huts in Bournemouth, England

The English National Ballet's 2016 production of 'The Nutcracker' at the London Coliseum in London, England

The chapel and hermitage of Santa Justa in Cantabria, Spain

American robin perched on a branch in Canada

Old Town and El Panecillo Hill in Quito, Ecuador

Wicker fields in Cañamares, Spain

The shadow of Mount Everest over the western Himalayas in Nepal

Arctic fox in Dovrefjell-Sunndalsfjella National Park, Norway

Glowworms in Blue Mountains National Park, Australia

Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona

US Navy sailors on the WWII museum ship USS Bowfin in Honolulu, Hawaii

An 1840 design for the Analytical Engine by Charles Babbage

The Salzach River in Salzburg, Austria

Mother cheetah and her cub in the Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Autumn leaves coated with frost