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The Giro d’Italia is more than a race: it is a story in motion that crosses landscapes, history, and effort, turning each stage into a journey. From coastal roads to the great Alpine climbs, every kilometer connects different territories in a narrative made of rhythm, strategy, and endurance, while the public accompanies the riders along a mosaic of cities, villages, and natural scenery.

This year, in its 109th edition, the Giro starts from Bulgaria and takes the race, for the second consecutive year, beyond the Italian borders a total of 16 times, weaving new landscapes into its route. The first stages cross territories still little explored by the competition, before returning to Italy and facing the most iconic terrain, made up of fast plains, decisive time trial stages, and above all mountains, where, among hairpin turns and slopes, the general classification is built. More than a race, the Giro remains a collective journey that renews itself every year. Between ambition and endurance, it continues to tell the story of an Italy — and increasingly a Europe — in motion, where each finish line already opens the way to the next challenge.

Stretching across the Sonoran Desert in southwestern Arizona, Kofa National Wildlife Refuge is a land of sharp peaks, wide skies and surprising life. The refuge was established in 1939 to protect desert bighorn sheep, whose sure-footed silhouettes still define the rugged landscape.

The name 'Kofa' comes from the historic King of Arizona gold mine, once a booming operation in the nearby mountains—its title shortened into a single, memorable word.

Today, Kofa spans over 2,690 square kilometres of open desert, where saguaros rise from rocky washes and quiet canyons shelter rare palm groves. Bighorn sheep share this vast terrain with desert tortoises, coyotes and cactus wrens—each adapted to heat, scarcity and space. Hiking routes and backcountry tracks reveal ancient volcanic rock, sudden blooms after rain and seemingly endless horizons. At dusk, light softens the desert and wildlife stirs beneath the cooling air. Remote and largely undeveloped, Kofa rewards curiosity with silence, scale and the thrill of true desert wilderness.

Inn, yes — but far from distracted. Today's click catches a cambacica in the flower of a banana tree in Ubatuba, São Paulo. The curved beak is a high-precision tool, tailor-made to access flowers that go unnoticed by larger birds. Nectar is the favorite dish, but the diet is flexible: ripe fruits and insects come in according to what the day offers. This versatility helps explain why cambacica appears in forest areas as well as in backyards, urban areas and plantations throughout almost all of tropical America.

Despite the modest 10 to 12 centimeters, there is plenty of personality. It pierces flowers, jostles for space, and, if it needs to, steals nectar from flying colleagues. In this accelerated back-and-forth between plants, it ends up transporting pollen grains from one flower to another, connecting pieces of vegetation as if making invisible connections across the landscape. With a metabolism that doesn't accept waiting, each stop is brief but essential—a sweet break before the next flight in the tropical setting.

Located on the eastern Balkan Peninsula, Bulgaria sits at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, where ancient cultures, fertile landscapes and shifting climates converge.

Under dramatic skies, Bulgaria's two great plains reveal the country's agricultural heart. The Danubian Plain spreads across the north, a rolling landscape of fields and river valleys shaped by a temperate continental climate, where warm summers often fuel powerful thunderstorms. Farther south lies the Upper Thracian Plain, lower and warmer, influenced by continental systems and Mediterranean air masses flowing inward from the Aegean region. Here, hot summers and moisture from the Maritsa River basin combine to make the region especially prone to intense summer storms—like the one unfolding above the plains in this image.

Together, these plains anchor Bulgaria's food production and reflect a land where weather, geography and human history remain closely linked.

In the highlands of Jalisco, Mexico, rows of blue agave stretch across the landscape, their spiky leaves catching the light like a field of sculpted stars. This region, centred around the town of Tequila, is the birthplace of tequila, a spirit deeply tied to both land and tradition.

The result is not just a drink, but a story rooted in soil and time. The volcanic terrain of Jalisco gives the agave its character, while traditional ovens, fermentation and distillation transform it into tequila. Together, they form a living heritage where agriculture and identity remain closely intertwined.

On the day of the beginning of summer, although the meaning of spring is not over, the summer trees have become shaded. This is a turning point full of vitality in the Chinese season: the mole sings, the earthworm comes out, and the king melon grows. Saying goodbye to the flowers of spring, the sky in the north is becoming more and more high and clear, and the rain in the south brings a silent emerald green. At this time, the scenery is not in the warmth, but in the "peace" - all things have grown up here, and there is a stretched and light power flowing between heaven and earth.

At the beginning of summer, the lotus flowers in the pond have quietly changed from "small lotus only showing sharp corners" to being stunning for the first time. The beauty of the lotus flower lies not only in its unconventional color, but also in its gift of "the whole plant is a treasure". The plump lotus root is hidden in the mud, which is the crispest summer cooler; The painstaking lotus seeds are hidden in the room, carrying the wisdom of medicine to nourish the mind and calm the mind. From a touch of powder in early summer to the joy of the banquet in the future, the lotus interprets the purest summer spirit in the hearts of Chinese literati with its unique rhythm of life.