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After playing among the travelers entering their country, several boys scale a fence with practiced ease to avoid the attention of officials at the Tsagaannuur border crossing in western Mongolia.

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A southern Colorado rancher's field following a massive thunderstorm

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Staying in Asia for many years has given me the opportunity to get close to wildlife on many occasions. This female Smith's green-eyed gecko chose to live on one of the chalets next to my home, taking advantage of the insects attracted by the lights at night.

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My grandfather was born and raised on our New Zealand farm. He and my grandmother were married nearly 60 years. Preparing for a photo in the barley, my grandmother lovingly reached up to adjust his hat. This was his last harvest.

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Monastery in northern Ladakh, winter morning.

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India seems to be constantly in motion, a country that continues to shift before your eyes. As travelers, we also seem to be on a pendulum, shifting back and forth through space, and often end up at hubs of transit. I took this photograph while waiting for a train in Rajasthan, India. The woman walking by was also on a journey, and our very different lives overlapped, for just a moment, in this transitional environment.

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Kathmandu has become such a chaotic place. The streets are crowded and everyone is doing their own thing. This image depicts the activities on the street, which juxtaposes with the stillness of the mother and child on the street.

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This month in Photo of the Day: Images From the National Geographic Archive

Dancers whirling in sequined dresses inspired by the Orient reflect Spanish trade with the Philippines during earlier centuries.

From the National Geographic book The Photographs.

This month in Photo of the Day: Images From the National Geographic Archive

With the exception of their veils, these girls of Barfurush, near Meshed-i-Sar, look, dress, and act like American girls in an Italian district—an interesting sidelight on the New Persia.

From the National Geographic book Odysseys and Photographs.

This month in Photo of the Day: Images From the National Geographic Archive

At the Gingerbread fair, Place de la Nation

From the National Geographic book The Image Collection.

This month in Photo of the Day: Images From the National Geographic Archive

Mayflower II entering New York Harbor

From the National Geographic book The Image Collection.

This month in Photo of the Day: Images From the National Geographic Archive

Green gravel lawns dress homes in Sun City, a retirement community that opened in 1960 near Phoenix. Arizona's 65-and-over population rose 104 percent between 1950 and 1960.

From the National Geographic book The Image Collection.

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Make-believe summer lasts for a minute or two as kindergarten children in sunless Lovozero bathe in ultraviolet light. Brief exposure to UV radiation provides the children with vitamin D, normally supplied by sunlight. The "sunshine vitamin" strengthens young bones.

From the National Geographic book The Image Collection.

This month in Photo of the Day: Images From the National Geographic Archive

It's a hardscrabble life, but getting better, for Costa Rican campesinos such as this young woman in Guanacaste province.

From the National Geographic book The Image Collection.

This month in Photo of the Day: Images From the National Geographic Archive

In a haze of flour dust, a noodle maker tries to keep cool during the last days of the Walled City, whose planned demise will draw a collective sigh of relief from all Hong Kong. Teeming with open sewers and refuse, the "city" will be remembered for its legendary vices, such as child prostitution and murderous drug rings.

From the National Geographic book The Photographs.

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