From a bloodied polar bear fresh from a kill in the Arctic to pilgrims on an all-night vigil in the Peruvian Andes, the Travel Photographer of the Year 2014 competition showcases the wild, awe-inspiring moments and beautifully diverse people of the Earth. UK photographer Philip Lee Harvey took the highest prize and title of 2014 Travel Photographer of the Year with his richly detailed images of the rock churches of Lalibela in Ethiopia and the Himba tribe of Namibia. Although...

Sitting on the ground, the metal cage seen in the video above looks rickety and dangerous. Now imagine it swinging 1,500 feet above the ground, being used as a cable car to transport people! Located in central China's Hubei province, passengers cross the 3,000 foot wide ravine on little more than a zip line with a diesel engine. The alternative is walking several days through the mountains. So this the fastest way, by far, for people to go back and...

This photo provided by Rithvik Reddy shows passengers aboard Etihad Airways Flight EY 183 who where stuck on the tarmac for 12 hours. Hundreds of air travelers landed in San Francisco, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2015, safe but irritated after a 28-hour overseas flight they say included 12 hours on a tarmac in the Middle East without food or accurate flight information. (AP Photo/Rithvik Reddy) Many of us have experienced flight delays and airplane inconveniences but imagine being stuck in a...