Japan
A woman dressed as a Chondara - a clown native to the Japanese island of Okinawa - participates in one of the street festivals held in Tokyo. (Photo by James Whitlow Delano)
Indonesia
Every day, miners climb 9,000 feet up the slopes of Ijen in the darkness, then descend 3,000 feet into the crater to mine sulfur, known as “devil’s gold.” Overcoming toxic fumes and intense heat, they break up hard rocks, carrying 150 to 200 pounds of rock back to the crater. Twice a day, they earn an average of $5 per trip. (Photo by Andrea Frazzetta)
Great Britain
Cropping enthusiasts lie down in a field as part of a ritual in Dorset, England. (Photo by Robert Ormerod)
Japan
This five-story pagoda is located in Arakurayama Sengen Park in Fujiyoshida City, offering a beautiful view of Mt. Fuji during cherry blossom season. (Photo by Takashi Nakagawa)
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
At sunset, grazing sheep return to the village of Lukomir on Bjelašnica Mountain in Bosnia and Herzegovina. (Photo by Ziyah Gafic)
IDEA
The Bruya Bros family is traveling around Italy performing in various circus festivals. Six-year-old Marius kisses his mother, Maria. (Photo by Stephanie Gengotti)
Japan
In a crowded, technology-driven culture, more than 30,000 pay-by-the-hour love hotels have sprung up across Japan. Priding themselves on anonymity and discretion, these hotels have both regular rooms and themed ones, like schools, hospitals or even cave-themed facilities. (Photo by Albert Bonsfills)
USA
The Cody Nite Rodeo hasn't changed much in the 13 years that National Geographic photographer Aaron Huey has been documenting the event. "Every summer night when the sun comes out," he says, "kids line up to ride the mechanical bull." (Photo by Aaron Huey)
INDIA
A group of children cross a living root bridge in the East Khasi Hills of Meghalaya. Bridges are essential for connecting rural areas in the trend of vertical landscape development. (Photo by Giulio Di Sturco)
*Vertical landscaping is an aesthetic and sustainable landscape that contributes to urban greening by using vertical surfaces, creating a friendly environment with the surrounding environment.
NORTH KOREA
A pilot removes the engine cover of a Tupolev-154 in North Korea. (Photo by Arthur Mebius)
AZERBAIJAN
Baku is home to Ghana’s vast oil reserves. As the oil capital, Baku is reinventing itself as a place of bold architecture and a fashion district that embraces traditional fashion. Above, a man sits on the banks of the Baku River. (Photo by Rena Effendi)
BULGARIA
Women wearing traditional Bulgarian folk costumes make wreaths in Buzovgrad's rose fields, a rose-picking event organized by the city authorities for tourists visiting the area. (Photo by Yana Paskova)
CROATIA
All seafood is fresh and locally sourced including ocean roe, sea urchin, deep water prawns, wild oysters, wild mussels. (Photo by Sarah Coghill)
IDEA
Giovanni Crea opens the windows of the Vatican Museums early in the morning during his 5:30 a.m. shift. "Every morning when I enter the Sistine Chapel, I experience a different set of emotions," Crea says. "I have the key, figuratively speaking, that will open the history of Christianity, both the history of Christianity and the history of art." (Photo by Alberto Bernasconi)
Ukraine
After the last classes of each school year, hundreds of students flock to Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, to celebrate by jumping into fountains. (Photo by Dina Litovsky, Redux)
MEXICO
Hacienda Patron in Jalisco, Mexico, is one of the country's most profitable tequila distilleries. The Blue Agave factory's "pineapples" (American pineapples) are trucked to large ovens in "Casa Patron." Workers cut the pineapples in half, then place them in large ovens and roast them until they soften and turn brown. (Photo by Corey Arnold)
OLDER BROTHER
A girl explores a field near Sixpenny Handley in north-east Dorset, England. (Photo by Robert Ormerod)
Ukraine
Three graduates walk through one of the many tunnels in central Kiev. (Photo by Dina Litovsky, Redux)
JAPAN
Harris and Eleanor Phelps collected more than a thousand photographs from their travels, such as this one of a temple near Kyoto. Their son donated 27 of their photo albums to National Geographic in 1953. (Photo from the Phelps collection)
MEXICO
Traditional healer María Dolores Domínguez reads a corn kernel to help a person maintain physical and mental health. (Photo by Erika Larsen)
AZERBAIJAN
The Naftalan Petroleum Medical Center, about three and a half hours west of Baku, offers oil baths to patients suffering from ailments ranging from arthritis to skin rashes. Naftalan oil is said to have antibiotic and anti-inflammatory properties. (Photo by Rena Effendi)
PHILIPPINES
The notion that Manila is just a “slum tour” destination has long fueled debate about the impact and purpose of tourism in marginalized communities. (Photo by Hannah Reyes Morales)
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Lukomir is home to 17 families and medieval traditions. Here a man rests and smokes a cigarette in an area outside the village. (Photo by Ziyah Gafic)
MEXICO
The "Jimadores," or "harvesters," cut green pineapples for the Jalisco Tequila Ocho distillery. After the carbohydrate-rich agave berries are cut from their stems, the long, spiky leaves are also removed. (Photo by Corey Arnold)
HUNGARY
A boy watches an approaching storm on Lake Balaton, nicknamed the “Hungarian Sea” by Hungarians. It was once a popular destination for families separated by the “Iron Curtain”*. (Photo by Zsófia Pályi)
*The 260km long Iron Curtain separating Hungary and Austria, separating this country from the so-called “capitalist world”, was erected in 1949 to prevent illegal border crossings by the communist government. This Iron Curtain, of course, also had the task of restricting information and all influences coming from the West.
OMAN
A traditional Hawaiian rider performs at the Bahla horse festival. The horses ridden at the Bahla festival come from a variety of breeds, including Anglo, Arabian, English, and Desert (a mix of local Arabian horses with an English breed). (Photo by Anastasia Taylor-Lind)
VIETNAM
Son Bui stands outside his Palace of Revelation, a hotel built entirely based on the New Testament Book of Revelation. He designed his own "World Peace Flag" (pictured above) to represent humanity as one family. (Photo by Albert Bonsfills)
PHILIPPINES
Children play in Tondo, a large slum in Manila and one of the most densely populated places on earth. (Photo by Hannah Reyes Morales)
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- Source: National Geographic
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