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Local people help French tourists ashore after a lagoon cruise in an outrigger canoe on Tahiti Island. Polynesia.
Jodi Cobb
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A group of Tacana guides bathe at the day ends in the Tuichi River. Bolivia.
Joel Sartore
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Clouds over the Okavango Delta reflect from Qogana Lagoon. Unlike the seasonally dry outer delta, Qogana is "perennial" water; the Okavango keeps the lagoon filled year-round. Botswana.
Frans Lanting
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A colourful mix of houses and the lighthouse of Santa Ana Hill, Barrio Las Penas Guayaquil. Ecuador
STEPHEN ST. JOHN
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The eye of a parrotfish. Red Sea.
David Doubilet
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A Zulu woman puts on body and facial makeup. In Simunye guests are invited to observe contemporary Zulu culture. South Africa
Chris Johns
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An elephant matriarch clashes with an intruder near the Chobe River in Chobe National Park. Botswana.
Chris Johns
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A local resident of Nunivark Island draws a laugh from her daughter by donning the head of a musk ox recently shot by her husband. Sport hunters are allowed to kill approximately 70 of these animals per year, despite the fact that they were once extinct i
Joel Sartore
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Mountain climber Alex Lowe sits on a rock near Tibetan prayer flags on Baffin Island. Canada.
Gordon Wiltsie
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An atom bomb blasts Nagasaki on August 9, 1945, signaling the end of World War II. The heart of the city was turned into a desert and at least 40,000 were killed. On this day, in 1945, the first atomic bomb was dropped on the Japnanese city of Hiroshima b
US Government Army Air Forces
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An adult male common kingfisher dives into the water in Labod. Hungary.
Joe Petersberger
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A huge wave gathers power at Sandy Beach on Oahu island. USA.
Stacy Gold
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The Jin Mao Tower looking down from the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Shanghai. People's Republic of China.
Justin Guariglia
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Masked young people in a mustard field en route to a summer festival. Masked young people in a mustard field en route to a summer festival in Catalonia.
Tino Soriano
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Today in 2009 was the most popular day to get married in the UK. Here a groom embraces his bride after their wedding in Varese. Italy.
Jodi Cobb