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Plant your kingdom. National Garden Week
Since opening its doors in 1976, the Atlanta Botanical Garden has proven that beauty can be organized. Beds are planned, labels are placed, and every plant has a job. 'To have a garden is not as easy as it seems; it is just as difficult as governing a kingdom.' Nobel Prize-winning German author Hermann Hesse had a point.
Family of humpback whales, Dutch Harbor, Alaska
Haaga Rhododendron Park, Helsinki, Finland
An indigo bunting on a sunflower
Hermitage of La Pertusa, Lleida province, Spain
The Hoba meteorite near Grootfontein, Namibia
Pitcher plant