Images Dated 26th July 2015

Storm clouds over prairie, New Mexico, USA

Prairies are ecosystems considered part of the temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biome by ecologists, based on similar temperate climates, moderate rainfall, and a composition of grasses, herbs, and shrubs, rather than trees, as the dominant vegetation type. Temperate grassland regions include the Pampas of Argentina, southern Brazil and Uruguay, as well as the steppes of Eurasia. Lands typically referred to as prairie tend to be in North America. The term encompasses the area referred to as the Interior Lowlands of Canada, the United States, and Mexico, which includes all of the Great Plains as well as the wetter, hillier land to the east

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USA, Alaska. Grizzly bear cub, ursus arctos horribilis, sits in a meadow in Lake

USA, Alaska. Grizzly bear cub, Ursus arctos Horribilis, sits in a meadow in Lake Clark National Park

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Japan-Summer-Sunflowers

A boy rides on his father's shoulders through a field of sunflowers during a three-day sunflower festival in the town of Nogi, Tochigi prefecture, some 70 kms north of Tokyo on July 26, 2015. A total of some 200, 000 sunflowers welcomed guests for the summer festival. AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI / AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI

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