Editor's Note: Enjoy today's International Picture of the Day selection! Photo taken by Gieny Westra (Netherlands) - Nature

I was on a pier, on lake Michigan in Chicago, and I was looking out unto the city. It's a beautiful place to stand and look out on, well there it was, the perfect picture! Photo taken by Svetlana Celeste (United States) - Artistic/Creative

The Hmong are a hilltribe living in northern Thailand in the area of Chiang Mai. The Kids were at the entrance to a temple to entertain tourists. Photo taken by Benita Wehle (Germany) - People/Family/Friends

This spider was hanging outside my backdoor in Pennsylvania, USA for several days before I took a photo. It wasn't until I uploaded it did I see incredible patterns on his underside!! What started out as pic of a spider turned into a photo that I love!! Photo taken by Lorraine Phillips (United States) - Nature

The green iguana is a large, arboreal, mostly herbivorous species of lizard native to Central, South America, and the Caribbean. It can also be found in the United States in South Florida, Hawaii, and Texas ? Photographed in the tropical gardens at Flamingo Gardens in Davie, Florida ? flamingogardens.org Photo taken by Lorenzo Cassina (United States) - Animals/Pets

After a morning of pouring rain, the sky cleared and we were able to feast our eyes on the River Arno in all its splendid beauty. October 2011 Photo taken by Brenda (Canada) - Travel/Vacation

I love how this turned out.. it's a wonderful way to portray family generations. This was the perfect family to do this with, the resemblance is so strong... A true treasure. Photo taken by Anna M. Asselta (United States) - People/Family/Friends

This cute resident of Riverbanks Zoo in Columbia, South Carolina, looked like he was playing coy, while sitting in this tree. Photo taken by Cliff Berinsky (United States) - Animals/Pets

This image was taken at Emerald Bay on Lake Tahoe, CA. It was a beautiful dawn morning. The Bay is really calm early in the morning. Photo taken by Justin Baer (United States) - Nature

The World Trade Center Memorial Lights taken last year. Let us never forget. Photo taken by Bob Menak (United States) - Holidays/Events

Connecticut beaches in September are at their best, still warm, less crowded. My grandson found his first piece of sea glass.... Photo taken by Linda A. Casey (United States) - People/Family/Friends

White Ibis get ruffled over differing opinions regarding space turf along the shoreline of Lake Jesup located in Seminole County, Florida. Photo taken by Linn Smith (United States) - Animals/Pets

Took it many years ago on the mall in Washington D.C. It was a tall structure that you had to get under to see the star. Only by looking at it in a different aspect did the true beauty of the subject emerge. Photo taken by Becky Askin (United States) - Artistic/Creative

Dahlia's were in bloom at the Mendocino Botanical Gardens in Fort Bragg, California. Mendocino is a magical coastal location and these flowers are right at home blooming in every color of the rainbow and every shape found in nature. Photo taken by Jennifer Schulte (United States) - Nature

This picture is special to me because it is one of the memories of our trekking that me and my friends did. This picture was taken on the way to Dudhsagar water falls in State of Goa, India. It was taken when were crossing a rail tunnel. Since trekking is associated with travel. Photo taken by Vinu Padmanabhan (India) - Travel/Vacation

Im very new to photography and this was my first picture in my SFO trip. Picture was taken in 17 mile drive spanish bay in california. Photo taken by Mahesh Ram (United States) - Nature

Picture of a friendly squirrel that got close. Picture taken in a park in Manhattan. It's special to me because I had never been so close to a squirrel before Photo taken by Laura Antunez (United States) - Animals/Pets

i love this picture because it is so bright.. this picture was taken last fall down the road from our home...i love how sunflowers instinctively face the sun Photo taken by allyson (United States) - Nature

A portrait of my beautiful fourth child Luna. Photo taken by Melissa Irish-Miller (United States) - People/Family/Friends

Apples in the Fall make for colorful subjects. Photo taken by Tom Vogt (United States) - Nature

This resident of Riverbanks Zoo, in Columbia, South Carolina, USA had his skin colored by a coating of the everpresent, Carolina, red clay. I found the shapes and textures of his body to make a very interesting subject. Photo taken by Cliff Berinsky (United States) - Animals/Pets

On a leisure bike ride in the Netherlands outside the city of Groningen I came across a field of lovely small horses. This was my favorite. Photo taken by David Raffarin (United States) - Animals/Pets

This was taken in my back yard . I love the vibrant colors and unique look .These Passion Flowers are nature at it's best. Photo taken by Lorraine Cashman (United States) - Nature

The picture is taken January 2011, Frederikssund, Denmark. Photo taken by Evy Johansen (Denmark) - Nature

This is a picture of my young brother who is continuingly revising for his exams. One of his textbooks had the word "Love" scrawled on the side and I couldn't not take a picture in the gloom of the study. I understand the pressures of teenagers with their exams at the moment and I believe that this captures all the small things that they aren't noticing by being ignorant to everything but their studies. Photo taken by Emily Tuscarny (United Kingdom) - Artistic/Creative

Fishing in Clinton, NJ on a spring day. Photo taken by Pat Abbott (United States) - People/Family/Friends

It is one of the best pictures I have ever taken, because of the idea the focus and the girl. The Idea is a girl in coffee, that is very unusual and that is why it is an artistic photo. The photo is taken in a photostudio during my high school year in australia. Photo taken by Johannes Rausch (Australia) - Artistic/Creative

for me speaks about two good friend even are different like race Photo taken by Roberto Pestarino (Italy) - Nature