Acknowledgments

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123RF.com: akulamatiau 30-1b; Francisco de Casa Gonzalez 227t; Inacio Pires 11br; Aleksandrs Tihonovs 8clb; Anibal Trejo 61t, 118-9, 120-1b.

4Corners: Francesco Carovillano 194-5t; Jan Wlodarczyk 112-3t.

akg-images: Album / Oronoz 222bl.

Alamy Stock Photo: age fotostock / Juanma Aparicio 98-9t, 221tl, / José Antonio Moreno 166b, / Douglas Williams 178t; Agencja Fotograficzna Caro / Rodriguez 16t; Jerónimo Alba 47tr, 167tr, 173tr, 173br, 193br, 200br, 203tc, 221br; Mark Alexander 214br; All Canada Photos 165br; Alpineguide 157tr; Antiqua Print Gallery 48t; Juanma Aparicio 18crb, 79cra; Arco Images GmbH / K. Loos 45cla; Artokoloro Quint Lox Limited / liszt collection 49bl; Gonzalo Azumendi 130t, 174-5, 193t; David Bagnall 160t; Darren Baker 85tr; Ben Welsh Premium 41br; Bildagentur-online / Moreno 34bl; Biosphoto / Oscar Diez Martinez 171tr; Tibor Bognar 93tr; Piere Bonbon 87t; Katharina Brandt 99br; Michael Brooks 67bl, 70bl, 116cl; Nano Calvo 32-3t; Michelle Chaplow 235br; Chronicle 52tl, 52cb; Sorin Colac 154clb; Colin Palmer Photography 13cr; Neil Cooper 22crb; Luis Dafos 69bc; Ian Dagnall 66-7t, 77tl; dbimages / Allen Brown 206bl; Debu55y 192bl; dleiva 232-3t; downunder 50-1t; EFE News Agency / Raul Caro 44-5t; Greg Balfour Evans 207bl; Peter van Evert 86br, 113cr; Juan Manuel Pelegrín Franco 190-1b; Brian Gadsby 171crb; Maria Galan 128c, 132-3; Saturnino Perez Garrido 168-9t; geogphotos 88cr, 184br; hemis.fr / René Mattes 124cra; Heritage Image Partnership Ltd 51tr, / Index 49cb, / Index / Image 50bc; Kate Hockenhull 146tr; Peter Horree 85bl; HP Canada 124t; IanDagnall Computing 139cr; imageBROKER / Thomas Dressler 47tl, / Moritz Wolf 16bl, 22clb, 29t, 89tr, 138-9b; itdarbs 42-3b; Jam World Images 164-5t, 171cra, 224-5t; Kiko Jimenez 46clb; Jon Arnold Images Ltd 196t; John Kellerman 91t; Chris Knapton 226-7b; Juanca Lagares 123tl; Lanmas 48crb, 50cla, 113bl; Lebrecht Music & Arts 51bl; Jose Lucas 49tl, 122-3b, 140bl, 158br, 191tl; mauritius images GmbH / Walter Bibikow 71tr; Perry Van Munster 35cla, 187tr; The Natural History Museum; London 48bl; Nature Photographers Ltd / Lee Morgan 171cr; Nature Picture Library / Jose B. Ruiz 137cr; North Wind Picture Archives 50tl; Sean Pavone 18t, 152t; carlos sanchez pereyra 170bl; Will Perrett 91br; peterforsberg 111cra; Pictorial Press Ltd 52bl; The Picture Art Collection 121br; M Ramírez 46cl; Right Perspective Images 101tl; robertharding 2-3, / Stuart Black 24-5ca, / Neil Farrin 206-7t, / Melissa Kuhnell 67clb; Felipe Rodriguez 26tr; Anders Ryman 46crb; Miguel Ángel Fernández Sáinz 171br; Maurice Savage 114bc; Alfredo Garcia Saz 139tl; SCFotos - Stuart Crump Photography 46cla; Alex Segre 105br; Stefan Lange on Alamy 231b; travelib europe 183tr; Lucas Vallecillos 44-5b, 162b; VWPics / Felipe Rodriguez 101tr; Ross Warner 114tl; Sebastian Wasek 202t; Monica Wells 188b; Ken Welsh 205tr; Hugh Williamson 233bl; Wim Wiskerke 80tl; Xinhua / Xie Haining 53crb.

Barro Azul Cultural Management: 27clb.

Depositphotos Inc: mmedp 208bl.

Dreamstime.com: Christian Bertrand 45crb; Christine Bird 142-3; Artur Bogacki 115b; Rimma Bondarenko 35br; Brasilnut 29br, 54-5; Boris Breytman 10ca; Ryhor Bruyeu 40-1t, 40-1b; Francisco Jose Martín Cabrera 230tl; Carpaumar 146bl; Ramon Carretero 12clb; Sorin Colac 10-1b, 214t; Felipe Caparros Cruz 28br, 129t, 148-9; Tomasz Czajkowski 219t; Dwnld777 29clb; Sergey Dzyuba 158t; Fosterss 33cla; Antonio Francisco Alvarez Gimenez 222-3t; Nataliia Gr 20cr; Olivier Guiberteau 154bl; Csaba Henriksen 231clb; Silvia Blaszczyszyn Jakiello 47cra; Joserpizarro 8cla, 49tr, 88cra; García Juan 172bl; Rami Katzav 13t; Karol Kozlowski 100tl; Lachris77 203b; Leonovo 18cr; Lifestyle27 10clb; Nikolai Link 49cra; Lunamarina 58c, 62-3; Marazem 26-7b; Minnystock 20bl; Mistervlad 31cla; Juan Moyano 47clb; Aitor Muñoz Muñoz 145br; Irina Paley 28tl; Sean Pavone 8-9b, 82-3, 186t, 236-7; Lamberto Jesus Luque Perez 30-1t; William Perry 50clb; Photogolfer 60t, 67crb, 68t, 94-5,102tl; Radiokafka 22br; Rui Santos 31crb, 218bl; Sborisov 16cr; Sjors737 22t; Opreanu Roberto Sorin 20crb; Ivan Soto 12t; Alena Stalmashonak 18bl; Steveheap 235tl; Aleksandar Todorovic 156bl; Typhoonski 13br; Stefano Valeri 11crb; Cezary Wojtkowski 217cra.

Elio Studio: Emilio Simon 16crb.

EME Catedral Mercer Hotel: 37tr.

Festival de Jerez: Javier Fergo 37cr, 37cb.

Foodie & Experiences, Cordoba: Luis Muñoz Photography 24tl.

Getty Images: 500Px Plus / Jgarciad 25tl; AFP / Jose Luis Roca 46cr; age fotostock / Eduardo Grund 147b; Corbis Documentary / Laurie Chamberlain 93crb; De Agostini Picture Library / G. Dagli Orti 51crb; Hulton Archive / Michael Putland 53bl; The Image Bank / Silvestre Garcia - IntuitivoFilms 200-1t; Lonely Planet Images / Dan Herrick 81b; Moment / Luis Dafos 216-7t, / fhm 184-5t, / John Harper 41cla, / Angel Villalba 197br; Moment Unreleased / Ventura Carmona 84b; Redferns / Jordi Vidal 47cla; Sygma / Christine Spengler 52-3t; Universal Images Group / VW Pics / Pascal Saez 46cra.

Isla Magica: 38tc, 38-9t.

iStockphoto.com: benedek 126-7; Lux Blue 140-1t; Chalffy 60bl, 106-7; Javier Conejero 144cra; Costamundo 228-9; E+ / Imgorthand 42tl, / Saro17 25tr, 43br, / WillSelarep 131t, 210-1; Elijah-Lovkoff 88b; FrankCornfield 53tr; Jiann Ho 32bl; horstgerlach 183br; jacquesvandinteren 144t; JohnnyGreig 33crb; juanorihuela 24cra; Marcus Lindstrom 36-7t; m-martinez 43clb; Jon Chica Parada 92bl; Ruhey 111t; SeanPavonePhoto 102-3b; Sloot 11t, 38bl, 204-5b; stefanopolitimarkovina 180-1t; titoslack 77tr; Worledit 43tr.

Museum Picasso Malaga: Eduardo Grund 27tr.

naturepl.com: Wild Wonders of Europe / Oxford 137clb, 137br.

Ocio Aventura Cerro Gordo: 24tr.

Museo Parque de las Ciencias: 39b.

Planta Baja: Javier Martin Ruiz 36bl.

Río Azul Beers: Diego Gallego 34-5t.

Robert Harding Picture Library: Kav Dadfar 20t; Luis Davilla 6-7; Eduardo Grund 47crb; Roberto Moiola 79t; Ramon Navarro 136-7t; Lucas Vallecillos 217br.

Shutterstock: Jose Ignacio Soto 198-9.

SuperStock: age fotostock / George Munday 225br.

Torre Sevilla: 125br.

Unsplash: Akshay Nanavati / @anphotos 12-3b; Joan Oger / @joanoger 59t, 72-3; Okwaeze Otusi / @oo7ab 8cl; Mateusz Plinta / @matplinta 4.

We Love Granada Market : 27br.

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4Corners: Jan Wlodarczyk t; Alamy Stock Photo: robertharding / Stuart Black cb, Ross Warner cla; Dreamstime.com: Sean Pavone bl, Stefano Valeri cra; Unsplash: Akshay Nanavati / @anphotos br.

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Dreamstime.com: Ionut David.

Cover images
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