65th anniversary of James Bond (Flying AMC Matador; BMW R1200C; The Q Boat; Wet Nellie (Lotus Esprit S1))

65th anniversary of James Bond (Aston Martin V12 Vanquish) Background info: Wet Nellie is a custom-built submarine, created for the 1977 James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me in the shape of a Lotus Esprit S1 sports car.

Bees and hornets (Xylocopa micans; Apis mellifera; Vespa crabro; Xylocopa caffra)

Bees and hornets (Vespula germanica) Background info: Xylocopa micans, Xylocopa virginica

Shells (Argopecten irradians; Callista chione; Murex spinicosta; Haliotis tuberculata)

Shells (Architectonica trochlearis) Background info: Scaphella junonia, Lunella cinerea, Cypraecassis rufa, Trachycardium egmontianum, Epitonium humphreysii

100th anniversary of the end of World War I

100th anniversary of the end of World War I

45th memorial anniversary of Pablo Picasso (Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) ”The Old Guitarist” (detail), 1903–1904; “Still Life in front of a window overlooking the Church St. Augustin” (detail), 1919; “Woman with mandolin” (detail), 1925; “Jacqueline with flowers”, 1954)

45th memorial anniversary of Pablo Picasso (Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) “Two acrobats (Harlequin and his companion)”, 1901) Background info: “Houses on the hill” (detail), 1909

Fire engines (MAZ-543 АА-60 airport tender; Oshkosh AS 32P-19 fire truck; O-6 Cardox fire crash truck; Mercedes-Benz 1222 AF fire truck)

Fire engines (Titan ARFF Crash Truck) Background info: ZiL AC-40 (130)

The exploration of Mars Ray Bradbury (1920–2012); ExoMars rover; Falcon Heavy launch, Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX)

The exploration of Mars (Rover Curiosity, Mariner 4) Background info: Phobos, Déimos

30th memorial anniversary of Enzo Ferrari (Enzo Ferrari (1898–1988), Niki Lauda, Ferrari 312T 1975; Ferrari 330 P4 1967; Ferrari 275 GTB 1964; Ferrari 156 F1 1961)

30th memorial anniversary of Enzo Ferrari (Enzo Ferrari (1898–1988), Ferrari 125 S 1947, Ferrari Enzo 2002) Background info: Ferrari 250 TR 1957, Ferrari F80 Concept 2014

Deep water creatures (Vampyroteuthis infernalis; Melanocetus johnsonii; Argyropelecus aculeatus; Nautilus belauensis)

Deep water creatures (Anoplogaster cornuta) Background info: Chauliodus sloani

155th anniversary of International Committee of the Red Cross (Red Cross AgustaWestland AW109; Red Cross Land Rover Series III; Red Cross famine relief; Red Cross LARC-V)

155th anniversary of International Committee of the Red Cross (Red Cross Toyota HiAce) Background info: Toyota Land Cruiser (J70)

125th anniversary of Mao Zedong (Mao Zedong (1893–1976), Vladimir Lenin (1870–1924); Dong Xiwen (1914–1973) “The Founding Ceremony of the Nation” (detail), 1953)

125th anniversary of Mao Zedong (Mao Zedong (1893–1976))

Sea birds (Chroicocephalus ridibundus; Larus argentatus, Pemaquid Point Lighthouse, USA; Alle alle, Navarinsky Lighthouse, Russia; Haliaeetus pelagicus)

Sea birds (Thalasseus bernsteini, Split Rock Lighthouse, USA) Background info:

Whales (Orcinus orca; Megaptera novaeangliae; Balaenoptera physalus)

Whales (Physeter macrocephalus) Background info: Megaptera novaeangliae

Speed trains (Pesa Elf2; V300 Zefiro; SNCF TGV POS; TGV Thalys PBA)

Speed trains (Keisei AE Series) Background info: Euroduplex

The International Year of the Reef 2018 (The Great Barrier Reef, Plectorhinchus vittatus; Chelonia mydas; Arothron meleagris; Heniochus acuminatus)

The International Year of the Reef 2018 (The Great Barrier Reef, Cheilinus undulatus) Background info: The International Year of the Reef 2018 is a campaign to raise awareness about the value and importance of coral reefs and threats to their sustainability, and to motivate people to take action to protect them.