Italy, Tuscany, Val D'Orcia, Pienza, View of surrounding Tuscan countryside from its walls with cypress trees olive groves and wheatfields.

Poland, Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, Birkenau Concentration Camp, Close up of barbed wire fencing surrounding ruins of former accommodation blocks.

Indonesia, Java, Borobudur, Seated Buddha looking out over stupas and the surrounding forested hills and countryside

Indonesia, Java, Borobudur, Seated Buddha looking out over stupas and the surrounding forested hills and countryside

Indonesia, Java, Borobudur, Seated Buddha looking out over stupas and the surrounding forested hills and countryside

Indonesia, Java, Borobudur, View of the monument, framed by trees in the surrounding park.

Indonesia, Java, Borobudur, A group of very colourfully dressed, seated Muslim women look out over the monument to the surrounding countryside.

Ireland, County Tipperary, Cahir, Cahir Castle, General view of castle and surrounding wall.

Ireland, County Tipperary, Cahir, Cahir Castle, General view of castle and surrounding wall with stream running past.

USA, Washington DC, National Mall, Lincoln Memorial, A tourist sitting among the Doric columns of the peristyle surrounding the memorial.

USA, Washington DC, National Mall, Lincoln Memorial, A tourist strolling among the Doric columns of the peristyle surrounding the memorial.

USA, Washington DC, National Mall, Lincoln Memorial, Close up of the Doric columns of the peristyle surrounding the memorial.