A view of the beach of Botafogo, a wealthy neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This beach is located on Guanabara Bay, not far from famous Copacabana beach. At 1,300 feet, Sugarloaf Mountain can be seen rising high above the Atlantic Ocean. Rio de Janeiro in English means "River of January."

Eleven miles off the coast of Perth, Western Australia is Rottnest Island. While the island population is only 300, tourist visitors can reach into the thousands each day. The island was formerly home to a prison and an internment camp during both World Wars, and today, numerous shipwrecks can be found in the shallow waters nearby. The Quokka, a rare marsupial, remains a protected species on the island.