An ornate stone minaret towers over the dome of the Prayer Hall of the Grand Mosque at sunset. Environmental cost The rusting ruins of abandoned

The rusting ruins of abandoned whaling station oil tanks on a plain

A Flap-necked Chameleon perched on a fingertip against a blue sky

An alert Kirk's Dik Dik a tiny antelope emerges from the forest under storey

A young tourist plays with a football with village school children

A sun shower sends raindrops cascading over a garden of tulip flowers

An ornate stone minaret towers over the dome of the Prayer Hall of the Grand Mosque at sunset. Environmental cost The rusting ruins of abandonedAn ornate stone minaret towers over the dome of the Prayer Hall of the Grand Mosque at sunset. Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.