Drawing images
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.. plot::
    :include-source:

    import os

    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    import cartopy.crs as ccrs
    from matplotlib.image import imread

    ax = plt.axes(projection=ccrs.Robinson())

    ax.set_global()
    # get the path to an image (in this case, a stock image which ships with cartopy)
    fname = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(ccrs.__file__), 'data',
                         'raster', 'natural_earth', '50-natural-earth-1-downsampled.png')
    img = imread(fname)
    ax.imshow(img, origin='upper', transform=ccrs.PlateCarree(), extent=[-180, 180, -90, 90])

    ax.coastlines()

    plt.show()