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Galloping reindeer herd, Swedish Lapland - Close to Gllivare, a remote town 60 miles inside the Arctic Circle, reindeer run through snow. In most breeds, males and females have antlers, but lose them at different times

Stunning pictures from the most remote places on earth where you can truly get away from it allWild World features198 full-page images that have been carefully curated by Lonely Planets photography expertsThe incredible collection aims to showcase the worlds wildest corners and the animals that call them homeThe book includes the heartwarming moment a baby longtailed macaque tucks into fruit in its mother's arms in BaliLonely Planet s Wild World

Gaberoun oasis, Idehan Ubari, Libya - In the Saharas sand sea lies this oasis of greenery around the intensely salty Gaberoun lake. Theres a Tuareg tribal settlement at the lake

King penguins, South Georgia - Adult and young King penguins, a quarter of a million of them, congregate on Salisbury Plain on South Georgia in the southern Atlantic Ocean

Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada - A setting sun over St Margarets Bay means the red lamp in Peggys Cove Lighthouse will soon begin its life-saving turn. The winking lighthouse is an icon of Canadas Atlantic coast

Ao Phang-Nga National Marine Park, Thailand - Established in 1981, Ao Phang-Nga Marine National Park is noted for its classic Karst scenery

Elephant in Liwonde National Park, Southern Malawi - Over 900 African elephants call bio-diverse Liwonde home, alongside 2,000 hippos and many other mammals, plus some 600 bird species

An ice flow with seal, Wilhelmina Bay, Antarctica - A seal rests on an ice floe but must beware of local pods of predatory orca that have learned how to sweep them off and into the ocean

Flying foxes above Mataranka in the Northern Territory. Pic: Regis Martin/Getty Images and Lonely Planets Wild World

Aoraki/Mt Cook, South Island, New Zealand - The vista across Canterbury Plains towards New Zealand's Southern Alps is simultaneously a gift and an order to put on some boots and go explore

Moai, Easter Island, Chile - Seven stone statues, or moai, look out to sea from Aku Akivi, in Rapa Nui National Park. The island societys fate is a cautionary tale about how not to deplete natural resources

Aerial view rain forest with trees hit by lightning strike Daintree Forest Daintree National Park nr Cairns Queensland Australia from Lonely Planet's Wild World

Papua New Guinea, Oceania, Pacific ocean, South Pacific Ocean, Crocodile From Lonely Planet's Wild World

Iguazu Falls, Argentina - These waterfalls straddle the border between Argentina and Brazil. There are up to 300 separate falls as the Iguazu river rushes over the Paran Plateau

Shiprock, New Mexico, United States

Spinifex grass and termite mound near Halls Creek, Western Australia, Australia, from Lonely Planet's Wild World

Lofoten wall and village, Nordland, Norway - Within the grasp of the Arctic Circle, Lofoten is an archipelago where alpine peaks tower over beaches, bays and traditional villages

Thuringian Forest, Thuringia, Germany - The green heart of Germany, Thuringia is a small, densely forested state, well known for wilderness, winter sports and Germanys most famous hiking trail, the Rennsteig

Paine Massif, Torres del Paine, Chile - The main attraction of Chilean Patagonia, this National Park has lakes, mountains, glaciers and rivers

Longtailed macaque, Bali, Indonesia - An infant longtailed macaque tucks into a piece of fruit in the arms of its mother, within the Ubud Monkey Forest nature reserve and Hindu temple in the village of Padangtegal

Mossy beech trees, Mt Aspiring National Park, New Zealand - A wild walkers wonderland, the rain-prone southwest flank of the South Island is also an ideal habitat for moss of which New Zealand has 550 species

Picos de Europa, Asturias, Spain - Tracks wend through Picos de Europa mountains in northern Spain, in the countrys oldest national park, whose wild inhabitants include Cantabrian brown bear and Iberian wolf

Chugach Mountains, Alaska - Snowcapped mountains contrast with vibrant green trees in the valleys below

Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia from Lonely Planet's Wild World

Geirangerfjord and Seven Sisters waterfall, Sunnmre, Norway

Cape Race, Newfoundland, Canada - The Avalon Peninsula bares its fangs here, where rocks, fog and transatlantic shipping lanes have caused carnage. The Cape Race Lighthouse received the Titanics distress call

Lago di Carezza. The Dolomites, Italy - This spring-fed puddle is famed for its stunning colours. The lake of the rainbow, fringed by dense fir-tree forest, reflects Latemar the westernmost mountain of the Dolomites

Kahurangi National Park, South Island, New Zealand - The snow-sprinkled tops of the mountains in New Zealands second largest park are reflected in the glasslike surface of the river

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