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A monk emerges from the doorway of an Angkor Wat temple, Siem Reap. Cambodia.
Steve Raymer
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Portrait of an endangered white-tailed sea eagle in Ransu, Hokkaido Island. Japan.
Tim Laman
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A geisha looks into a mirror to apply red lip colour to her mouth in the Hanamachi or Geiko district of Kyoto. Japan.
Jodi Cobb
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On this day, in 1886, the Statue of Liberty was dedicated in NYC harbour. USA.
Robb Kendrick
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Fall colours of the quaking aspen trees along Lake Sherburne, Montana.
Raul Touzon
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The Elk River Wind Project is a 150 megawatt wind energy project in Kansas. USA
Mark Thiessen
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Close view of a Huli Wigme before the sing-sing ritual dance in Garoka. Papua New Guinea.
Jodi Cobb
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A young girl wanders the rice fields outside a village in the Guizhou Province. People's Republic of China.
Lynn Johnson
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A tagged northern spotted owl in a redwood forest, California. USA.
Michael Nichols
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A creek bed gleams crimson from iron-rich rocks in Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta. Canada.
Michael Melford
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A buddhist monk lights devotional lamps inside Jokhang Temple, Lhasa. Tibet.
Maria Stenzel
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An unidentified animal reaches through its locked cage in an unidentified zoo.
Michael Posavec/National Geographic My Shot
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Portrait of a child. Rwanda.
Adam Sud/National Geographic My Shot
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Twenty Walleye pike fish, frozen solid, kiss the snow, in Minnesota. USA.
Thomas J. Abercombe
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Hypnotic close-up of a Zebra.
Savay Lieu/ National Geographic My Shot
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Mennonite farm children play at a water hole in Peace Valley, Missouri. USA.
Randy Olson
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Two divers warm up on springboards before a state diving competition in Arizona. USA.
Erik Guzowski/National Geographic My Shot
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A diver in a lake filled with jellyfish, Caroline Islands. Republic of Palau.
David Doubilet
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Japanese farmers plant rice by hand, the traditional way, in Yuni. Japan.
Michael S. Yamashita
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A one inch translucent goby rests on a giant clam in the Pacific Ocean. Indonesia.
David Doubilet
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Parobolic mirrors at a solar thermal plant are used to heat oil. Dagget, California. USA.
Michael Melford
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Today is Double Ten Day and these children in Teipei with red umbrellas help celebrate. Double Ten Day commemorates the 1911 The Wuch'ang Uprising. Taiwan.
Jodi Cobb
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Irish Road Sign depicting sheep crossing the road. Ireland.
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Inuit Eskimos indulge in a traditional nose touching kiss Umingmaktok. Canada.
John Eastcott and Yva Momatiuk
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A squirrel steals the shot by tripping the wire to a couple's camera, Alberta. Canada.
Melissa Brandts/National Geographic My Shot
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Children scavenging in a dump on the outskirts of Johannesburg. South Africa.
Tomasz Tomaszewski
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A spider bites a frog, paralising it, La Selva. Costa Rica.
Darlyne A. Murawski
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Cowboy Justin Johnson playfully lassoes a kitten, Texas. USA.
Joel Sartore
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A wave swinger ride at the New Mexico State Fair, which was bourne out of the first New Mexico Agricultural, Mineral and Industrial Exposition in 1881. USA.
Raul Touzon
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Boys use giant alocasia leaves to shield themselves from a storm near Betong. Thailand.
Dean Conger
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Buddhist monks in yellow robes walk on the main road by the temple in Angkor Wat. Cambodia.
Gilbert M. Grosvenor