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OCTOBER 31, 2011 Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

A monk emerges from the doorway of an Angkor Wat temple, Siem Reap. Cambodia.

Steve Raymer
OCTOBER 30, 2011 Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Portrait of an endangered white-tailed sea eagle in Ransu, Hokkaido Island. Japan.

Tim Laman
OCTOBER 29, 2011 Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

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
OCTOBER 28, 2011 Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

On this day, in 1886, the Statue of Liberty was dedicated in NYC harbour. USA.

Robb Kendrick
OCTOBER 27, 2011 Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Fall colours of the quaking aspen trees along Lake Sherburne, Montana.

Raul Touzon
OCTOBER 26, 2011 Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

The Elk River Wind Project is a 150 megawatt wind energy project in Kansas. USA

Mark Thiessen
OCTOBER 25, 2011 Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Close view of a Huli Wigme before the sing-sing ritual dance in Garoka. Papua New Guinea.

Jodi Cobb
OCTOBER 24, 2011 Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

A young girl wanders the rice fields outside a village in the Guizhou Province. People's Republic of China.

Lynn Johnson
OCTOBER 23, 2011 Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

A tagged northern spotted owl in a redwood forest, California. USA.

Michael Nichols
OCTOBER 22, 2011 Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

A creek bed gleams crimson from iron-rich rocks in Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta. Canada.

Michael Melford
OCTOBER 21, 2011 Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

A buddhist monk lights devotional lamps inside Jokhang Temple, Lhasa. Tibet.

Maria Stenzel
OCTOBER 20, 2011 Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

An unidentified animal reaches through its locked cage in an unidentified zoo.

Michael Posavec/National Geographic My Shot
OCTOBER 19, 2011 Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Portrait of a child. Rwanda.

Adam Sud/National Geographic My Shot
OCTOBER 18, 2011 Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Twenty Walleye pike fish, frozen solid, kiss the snow, in Minnesota. USA.

Thomas J. Abercombe
OCTOBER 17, 2011 Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Hypnotic close-up of a Zebra.

Savay Lieu/ National Geographic My Shot
OCTOBER 16, 2011 Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Mennonite farm children play at a water hole in Peace Valley, Missouri. USA.

Randy Olson
OCTOBER 15, 2011 Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Two divers warm up on springboards before a state diving competition in Arizona. USA.

Erik Guzowski/National Geographic My Shot
OCTOBER 14, 2011 Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

A diver in a lake filled with jellyfish, Caroline Islands. Republic of Palau.

David Doubilet
OCTOBER 13, 2011 Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Japanese farmers plant rice by hand, the traditional way, in Yuni. Japan.

Michael S. Yamashita
OCTOBER 12, 2011 Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

A one inch translucent goby rests on a giant clam in the Pacific Ocean. Indonesia.

David Doubilet
OCTOBER 11, 2011 Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Parobolic mirrors at a solar thermal plant are used to heat oil. Dagget, California. USA.

Michael Melford
OCTOBER 10, 2011 Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Today is Double Ten Day and these children in Taipei with red umbrellas help celebrate. Double Ten Day commemorates the 1911 The Wuch'ang Uprising. Taiwan.

Jodi Cobb
OCTOBER 9, 2011 Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Irish Road Sign depicting sheep crossing the road. Ireland.
OCTOBER 8, 2011 Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Inuit Eskimos indulge in a traditional nose touching kiss Umingmaktok. Canada.

John Eastcott and Yva Momatiuk
OCTOBER 7, 2011 Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

A squirrel steals the shot by tripping the wire to a couple's camera, Alberta. Canada.

Melissa Brandts/National Geographic My Shot
OCTOBER 6, 2011 Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Children scavenging in a dump on the outskirts of Johannesburg. South Africa.

Tomasz Tomaszewski
OCTOBER 5, 2011 Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

A spider bites a frog, paralising it, La Selva. Costa Rica.

Darlyne A. Murawski
OCTOBER 4, 2011 Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Cowboy Justin Johnson playfully lassoes a kitten, Texas. USA.

Joel Sartore
OCTOBER 3, 2011 Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

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
OCTOBER 2, 2011 Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Boys use giant alocasia leaves to shield themselves from a storm near Betong. Thailand.

Dean Conger
OCTOBER 1, 2011 Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Buddhist monks in yellow robes walk on the main road by the temple in Angkor Wat. Cambodia.

Gilbert M. Grosvenor