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May 13, 2020 | Group Flight

Flamingos fly over the Maputo Elephant Reserve in Mozambique. This picture didn't make the final cut for a story in the September 2001 issue—but the photo editor, Bill Allen, loved it so much the magazine staff found a spot for it in one of the final pages.

photograph by CHRIS JOHNS, nat geo image collection