Images Dated 12th January 2011

1. Victoria regia

This majestic plant and largest off all Water Lilies inhabits many of the rivers of the north-eastern part of South America. It was first discovered at the beginning of the last century by Father La Cueva and the-botanist Haenke, and it was first suc

© RBG KEW

1849, Art, Artist, Green, Landscape, Lily, Marianne North, Painting, River, South America, White, Yellow

A pigs is pictured at an ecological pig farm in Germering

A pigs is pictured at an ecological pig farm in Germering west of Munich, southern Germany, January 12, 2011. German authorities said on Tuesday the highly toxic chemical dioxin had been discovered in pork in addition to poultry products, which would expand the range of a current health alert. German and European Union authorities are dealing with an alert that began on January 3, when German officials said dioxin-tainted feed had been fed to hens and pigs, contaminating eggs and poultry meat at the affected farms. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle (GERMANY - Tags: ANIMALS HEALTH SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Mosaic mask representing an old man, from the Ruz tomb under the Temple of

XBP351818 Mosaic mask representing an old man, from the Ruz tomb under the Temple of the Inscriptions at Palenque, Chipas (jade) by Mayan; height: 12.1 cm; Museo Nacional de Antropologia, Mexico City, Mexico; Photo A© Boltin Picture Library; out of copyright

© © Boltin Picture Library / Bridgeman Images

Face, Male, Maya, Mesoamerican, Pre Columbian