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AUGUST 31, 2011 Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

An elephant calf finds shelter amid its mother's legs in Samburu National Reserve.

Michael Nichols
AUGUST 30, 2011 Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Today Europe's largest street carniva takes place. Here an eleaborate costume forms a swirling tunnel of blue, with the occupant at its core during a parade. Notting Hill, London. UK.

Jim Richardson
AUGUST 29, 2011 Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

People walking the flooded streets of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, New Orleans. USA.

Michael S. Lewis
AUGUST 28, 2011 Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Young Asaro Mudmen at the annual tribal sing-sing at Garoka. Papua New Guinea.

Jodi Cobb
AUGUST 27, 2011 Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

A giraffe stands in a misty forest in the Ndumu Game Reserve. South Africa.

Chris Johns
AUGUST 26, 2011 Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

An aerial view of a river and tributary streams in Northern Terriotory.

Randy Olson
AUGUST 25, 2011 Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

A small waterfall is revealed inside the Cathedral in the Desert during Lake Powell's lowest point since 1969, Utah. USA.

Michael Melford
AUGUST 24, 2011 Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

A gentoo penguin peeks beneath the water before taking the plunge in Port Lockroy. Antarctica.

Paul Nicklen
AUGUST 23, 2011 Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

A Las Vegas bride in her gown and pink converse, Nevada. USA.

Jodi Cobb
AUGUST 22, 2011 Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

A dog and children of Mongolian herders look through a fence. Mongolia.

James L. Stanfield
AUGUST 21, 2011 Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

A soccer ball flies over the head of a woman who is knitting outdoors. Turkey.

Randy Olson
AUGUST 20, 2011 Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

A marbled stargazer partially burried in sand. Indonesia.

David Doubilet
AUGUST 19, 2011 Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

A Safari elephant and its Mahout swim together in the Okavango River. Botswana.

David Doubilet
AUGUST 18, 2011 Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Torch-twirling Tahitians stage a dance at a beachfront resort on Tahiti Island. Polynesia.

Jodi Cobb
AUGUST 17, 2011 Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

A conger eel peers wide-eyed through its sandy burrow in the Caribbean Sea. Cuba.

David Doubilet
AUGUST 16, 2011 Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Bushmen armed with bows and arrows cross a salt pan in the Namibian Nyae Nyae Conservatory. Namibia.

Chris Johns
AUGUST 15, 2011 Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Local people help French tourists ashore after a lagoon cruise in an outrigger canoe on Tahiti Island. Polynesia.

Jodi Cobb
AUGUST 14, 2011 Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

A group of Tacana guides bathe at the day ends in the Tuichi River. Bolivia.

Joel Sartore
AUGUST 13, 2011 Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

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
AUGUST 12, 2011 Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

A colourful mix of houses and the lighthouse of Santa Ana Hill, Barrio Las Penas Guayaquil. Ecuador

STEPHEN ST. JOHN
AUGUST 11, 2011 Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

The eye of a parrotfish. Red Sea.

David Doubilet
AUGUST 10, 2011 Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

A Zulu woman puts on body and facial makeup. In Simunye guests are invited to observe contemporary Zulu culture. South Africa

Chris Johns
AUGUST 9, 2011 Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

An elephant matriarch clashes with an intruder near the Chobe River in Chobe National Park. Botswana.

Chris Johns
AUGUST 8, 2011 Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

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
AUGUST 7, 2011 Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Mountain climber Alex Lowe sits on a rock near Tibetan prayer flags on Baffin Island. Canada.

Gordon Wiltsie
AUGUST 6, 2011 Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

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
AUGUST 5, 2011 Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

An adult male common kingfisher dives into the water in Labod. Hungary.

Joe Petersberger
AUGUST 4, 2011 Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

A huge wave gathers power at Sandy Beach on Oahu island. USA.

Stacy Gold
AUGUST 3, 2011 Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

The Jin Mao Tower looking down from the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Shanghai. People's Republic of China.

Justin Guariglia
AUGUST 2, 2011 Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

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
AUGUST 1, 2011 Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

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