A man paddles with his dog on a surf board as people take part in the traditional New Year's sea plunge at Malo-Les-Bains beach in Dunkirk, northern France on 1 January 2016Philippe Huguen/AFPA car covered with ice remains stranded on the waterfront in Hamburg, New York on 12 January 2016Lindsay DeDario/Reuters13 January 2016: Tourists photograph the Northern Lights at Lake Thingvellir, IcelandHalidor Kolbeins/AFPA wild horse stands in the snow on Black Mountain in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on 15 January 2016Charles McQuillan/Getty ImagesPeople walk on Catherine Park in Pushkin, also known as Tsarskoe Selo, the former country residence of Russia's Tsars, on 17 January 2016Olga Matseva/AFPFreezing fog and snow covers the landscape near Braunschweig, Germany, on 18 January 2016Julian Stratenschulte/AFP23 January 2016: A woman builds a snowman in Times Square, New York, after a slow moving winter storm hit the cityYana Paskova/Getty Images24 January 2016: Ziggy, a goldendoodle, plays in the snow in the aftermath of Winter Storm Jonas in Melville, New YorkBruce Bennett/Getty Images
8 February 2016: Bruno, a bearded collie cross, walks in the wind in Newquay, Cornwall, EnglandMatt Cardy/Getty ImagesA girl feeds ducks and geese outside her home The River Thames floods Chiswick Mall in London on 23 February 2016Ben Pruchnie/Getty Images4 March 2016: Sheep stand in deep snow in Buxton, DerbyshireDave Thompson/Getty ImagesAn arctic weasel runs on the snowy beach of Unstad, Lofoten Island in the Arctic Circle on 8 March 2016Olivier Morin/AFPA surfer looks at the Northern lights (aurora borealis) illuminating the sky over the snow-covered beach of Unstad, on Lofoten Islands in the Arctic Circle, on 14 March 2016Olivier Morin/AFPA businessman stands at a pond in the Kyu-Shiba-rikyu Garden on a warm and sunny day in Tokyo, on 18 March 2016Thomas Peter/Reuters31 March 2016: Daffodils bloom in St James's Park, LondonBen Pruchnie/Getty Images1 April 2016: A ladybird lands on a tulip in Frankfurt, GermanyBoris Roessler/AFPA bee pollinates cherry blossoms in London on 11 April 2016Dan Kitwood/Getty ImagesA man rides his bicycle through a field of rape near Dresden, eastern Germany, on 21 April 2016Sebastian Kahnert/AFPA man jumps into the water of the Freibad Kiebitzberge public open air swimming pool in Kleinmachnow near Potsdam, northeastern Germany on 9 May 2016Ralf Hirschberger/AFPA rainbow seen during sunset in Bogota, Colombia on 3 June 2016Luis Acosta/AFPChildren play amid icebergs on the beach in Nuuk, Greenland on 5 June 2016Alister Doyle/Reuters19 June 2016: Hot air balloons soar over the London skyline as part of the annual Lord Mayor's Hot Air Balloon RegattaJack Taylor/Getty Images20 June 2016: A full moon rises behind Glastonbury Tor in Somerset as people gather to celebrate the summer solsticeMatt Cardy/Getty ImagesPeople walk on the installation 'The Floating Piers' by Bulgarian-born artist Christo Vladimirov Yavachev, known as Christo, on the Lake Iseo, northern Italy on 24 June 2016Stefano Rellandini/ReutersA man watches the sunrise from the peak of the Kaiser Mountains on a summer day in Ellmau, Austria on 24 June 2016Dominic Ebenbichler/ReutersLightning flashes over the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada on 2 July 2016Ethan Miller/Getty Images11 July 2016: A view of the Manhattanhenge sunset from Hunters Point South Park in the Queens borough of New York City. Manhattanhenge is a phenomenon seen twice a year, when the setting sun aligns with the city's street gridDrew Angerer/Getty ImagesThe full moon is pictured behind the Christ the Redeemer statue ahead of the 2016 Rio Olympic games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 19 July 2016Bruno Kelly/ReutersAn aerial view shows people strolling through a crop circle on a field near Mammendorf, southern Germany on 26 July 2016Sven Hoppe/AFPPeople walk on a sightseeing platform in Zhangjiajie, Hunan Province, China on 1 August 2016Reuters2 August 2016: Christ the Redeemer during sunrise in Rio de Janeiro, BrazilKai Pfaffenbach/ReutersThis long-exposure photograph taken before dawn on August 9, 2016 shows lighting from heavy rain clouds over Yangon, Myanmar on 9 August 2016Ye Aung Thu/AFP10 August 2016: Women rest next to a fountain in central Kiev, UkraineValentyn Ogirenko/ReutersA meteor streaks past stars in the night sky above medieval tombstones in Radmilje near Stolac, south of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina on 12 August 201615 August 2016: A paddleboarder makes his way across the water at sunset near Leasowe at Liverpool Bay in the Irish SeaPaul Ellis/AFP19 August 2016: People play inside giant plastic balls, called Zorb on the Vltava river in Prague, Czech RepublicDavid W Cerny/ReutersThe Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights illuminate the night sky in Erikslund, Vaesternorrland County in Sweden, on 23 August 2016Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP24 August 2016: People are seen at little river Eisbach in the English garden park "Englischer Garten" on a sunny day in Munich, GermanyMichaela Rehle/ReutersThe aurora borealis appears over Great Bear Lake, the world's 8th largest lake in Deline, Northwest Territories, Canada on 5 September 2016Pat Kane/ReutersRiders from Hyde Park Barracks trot through the London park at sunrise on 13 September 2016Dan Kitwood/Getty ImagesA hot air balloon carrying tourists is pictured during the annual wildebeest migration in the Masai Mara game reserve on 14 September 2016Carl de Souza/AFPSwimmers take a dip amongst swans during the early morning at The Serpentine Lake in London on 15 September 2016Toby Melville/ ReutersThe full moon is seen behind the hill of the three crosses in Cali, Colombia on 17 September 2016Jaime Saldarriaga/ReutersThe Virginia creeper covering a 15th century cottage, the Tu Hwnt i'r Bont tea room in Llanrwst, on the banks of the River Conwy in North Wales, had started turning from green to red on 21 September 2016 – the final day of summerPaul Ellis/AFP22 September 2016: Wind turbines are seen through the morning mist rising from a field in Sehnde near Hanover, northern Germany, on the autumn equinoxJulian Stratenschulte/AFP5 October 2016: Tourists walk in the sun on the Niederhorn mountain near Interlaken, SwitzerlandRuben Spritz/ReutersA woman poses for a picture as bunches of paprika hang on the walls of her house to dry in the village of Donja Lakosnica, Serbia on 6 October 2016Marko Djurica/ ReutersA drone picture shows a man who racks autumn leaves on a meadow under a maple tree in Brandenburg, eastern Germany on 10 October 2016Patrick Pleul/AFPA view shows newly harvested red chili being spread out to dry in the sun in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China on 11 October 2016China Daily/ReutersAerial view shows a stroller walking with a pink umbrella in a field with blue and yellow plants in Cologne, western Germany on 13 October 2016Federico Gamarini/AFPA bright orange tree is seen through a gateway covered in red leaves, in the gardens and estate at Stourhead, Wiltshire, on 21 October 2016Toby Melville/ReutersVivid autumn foliage surrounds Lochan Reoidhte in Aberfoyle, Scotland, on 25 October 2016Jeff J Mitchell/Getty ImagesIce floats near the coast of West Antarctica viewed from a window of a NASA Operation IceBridge airplane in-flight over Antarctica on 27 October 2016Mario Tama/ Getty Images4 November 2016: An aerial view of autumnal trees in Cologne, GermanyHenning Kaiser/AFP5 November 2016: A rainbow arches over Luskentyre Sands on the Isle of Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, voted Britain's most beautiful beachDavid Sim7 November 2016: Russian paratroopers jump past a rainbow during a joint Serbian-Russian military training exercise in the town of Kovin, near BelgradeMarko Djurica/ReutersSnow-covered half-timbered houses are pictured in the western German town of Freudenberg, on 7 November 2016, after the season's first snowfallsIna Fassbender/AFP11 November 2016: Tourists walk in the flooded St Mark's square during a night of acqua-alta or high-water in Venice, northern ItalyMarco Berterello/AFP11 November 2016: The sun goes down behind a tree in a foggy field near Gadebusch, eastern GermanyJens Büdpa /AFPAn aeroplane flies past the London Eye wheel, and moon, a day before the "supermoon" spectacle in London on 13 November 2016Toby Melville/ ReutersA man stands on a balcony of a building of Madrid as the moon rises in background, on 13 November 2016Gerard Julien/AFPA rising supermoon is seen through the Propylaea, the ancient Acropolis hill gateway, in Athens, Greece on 14 November 2016Alkis Konstantinidis/ReutersA man walks through a garden on an autumn day in Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir on 15 November 2016Danish Ismail/Reuters18 November 2016: A stag grazes in Glen Etive in Scotland following the end of the rutting seasonJeff J Mitchell/ Getty ImagesPeople and a swan bathe in the sea at sunrise in Stralsund close to the Baltic sea island of Rügen, on 23 November 2016Stefan Sauer/AFP28 November 2016: A hot air balloon carrying tourists sails over ancient Buddhist temples in Bagan, Myanmar, at sunriseDale de la Rey/AFP28 November 2016: A mumuration of starlings flock to the remains of the West Pier near Brighton beach, as the sun sets on the horizonGlyn Kirk/AFPDeer graze at dawn on the coldest day the year so far according to the Meteorological Office, in Richmond Park in west London on 30 November 2016Toby Melville/ Reuters30 November 2016: The sun begins to rise over the town of Warminster in Wiltshire, England, as the country wakes up to sub-zero temperaturesMatt Cardy/Getty ImagesDusk falls behind the Houses of Parliament on a clear evening in Westminster, central London on 5 December 2016Toby Melville/ ReutersSkyscrapers are seen amid the clouds on a foggy morning in Dubai on 5 December 2016Rene Slama/AFPMen exercise amongst the trees on a cold winter morning in the outskirts of Srinagar on 6 December 2016Danish Ismail/Reuters13 December 2016: The final full moon of the year – a so-called Cold Moon – is seen behind Christmas lights decorating Penzance main street in CornwallThe full moon rises over the Ile de Ré Island Bridge in Rivedoux, southwestern France, on 14 December 2016Xavier Leoty/AFP22 December 2016: A huge wave crashes against Castlerock pier in Coleraine, Northern Ireland in front of professional surfer Al Mennie as Storm Barbara approachesCharles McQuillan/Getty Images
