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Geckos scrambling on walls, performing seemingly impossible acrobatic feats. One of the pleasures of the Mediterranean as night falls.

Bright orange of a bird of paradise flower contrasting with the deep green of the plant’s leaves.

A swallowtail butterfly taking time to gather nectar from one of the flowers at Cassis near Marseille.

Egyptian geese and goslings on the bank of the Rhine in the Rhine gorge.

A dragonfly resting on the fence around the small pond in the municipal park in Cassis, a Mediterranean resort not far from Marseille.

A morning glory flower – in Cassis, but it could be anywhere in the Mediterranean region.