Human Planet Gallery

A selection of images from the landmark BBC One series Human Planet.

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  Human Planet: Rivers / Mekong River, Laos

  Fisherman Sam Niang walks a high wire over the raging Mekong to a prize fishing position

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  Human Planet: Oceans / Sabah, Borneo

  The Bajau fishermen free dive 20 metres to the bottom of the reef to search for fish

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  Human Planet: Mountains / Altai Mountains, western Mongolia

  Kazakh hunters train Golden Eagles to hunt foxes and wolves on the mountain plateau

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  Human Planet: Oceans / Palawan, Philippines

  Boys scare fish into a tight ball, then dive to the bottom of the reef to net their catch

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  Human Planet: Arctic / Northern Norway

  In autumn, the Sami must swim their reindeer and their young across a treacherous strait

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  Human Planet: Rivers / Meghalaya, India

  The Khazi people plant a species of Strangler Fig to grow into exquisite living bridges

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  Human Planet: Grasslands / Omo Valley, Ethiopia

  Suri herders gather for a donga, a vicious stick fight which tests their strength

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  Human Planet: Jungles / Papua New Guinea

  Papuan tribesmen wear the feathers of birds of paradise and mimic their mating rituals

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  Human Planet: Rivers / Djenne, Mali

  The people of Djenne use river mud for the annual re-plastering of the city Mosque

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  Human Planet: Mountains / Simien Highlands, Ethiopia

  Children chase raiding gelada baboons from their precious mountain crops

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  Human Planet: Deserts / Gobi Desert, Mongolia

  In the freezing Gobi Desert, camels find water by eating snow

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  Human Planet: Oceans / Galicia, northern Spain

  Angel and Javier defy the waves on the Galician cliffs to collect valuable goose barnacles

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  Human Planet: Deserts / Dogon country, Mali

  Children rejoice by playing in the water and dancing as long-awaited rain falls

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  Human Planet: Arctic / Ilulissat, western Greenland

  After the long Arctic winter, Inuit hunters prepare their dogs to cross the ice shelf

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  Human Planet: Jungles / Temple at Angkor Wat, Cambodia

  Temples covered in strangler figs show how the jungle overcomes human attempts to tame it

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  Human Planet: Jungles / Central African Republic

  A Bayaka tribesman climbs a 40m tree to reach the most sought after of jungle foods, honey

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  Human Planet: Deserts / Niger

  The Wodaabe prepare for Geerewol, a festival of beauty and courtship