See 15 striking travel photos of 2025

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See 15 striking travel photos of 2025
See 15 striking travel photos of 2025

Inside London's most beautiful and unique private members' clubs

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Inside London's most beautiful and unique private members' clubs
Inside London's most beautiful and unique private members' clubs

The industrial waste site that glitters like a glacier

Environment
The industrial waste site that glitters like a glacier
The industrial waste site that glitters like a glacier

Here are the best wildlife photos of 2025

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Here are the best wildlife photos of 2025
Here are the best wildlife photos of 2025

Inside the world's biggest pilgrimage for the Virgin Mary

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Inside the world's biggest pilgrimage for the Virgin Mary
Inside the world's biggest pilgrimage for the Virgin Mary

See the world’s tiniest organisms curl and crawl in these videos

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See the world’s tiniest organisms curl and crawl in these videos
See the world’s tiniest organisms curl and crawl in these videos

Our favorites from the Best of the World 2026 Your Shot Challenge

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Our favorites from the Best of the World 2026 Your Shot Challenge
Our favorites from the Best of the World 2026 Your Shot Challenge

Remembering Jane Goodall

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Remembering Jane Goodall
Remembering Jane Goodall

The race to save secrets trapped in ice

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The race to save secrets trapped in ice
The race to save secrets trapped in ice

The photos Lynsey Addario will never forget

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The photos Lynsey Addario will never forget
The photos Lynsey Addario will never forget

2025: The Pictures of the Year

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  • 2025 in Review
2025: The Pictures of the Year
2025: The Pictures of the Year

Closer Look: 18 hours captured in a single photo

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  • 2025 in Review
Closer Look: 18 hours captured in a single photo
Closer Look: 18 hours captured in a single photo

Nat Geo's most compelling images of the 21st century (so far)

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  • 2025 in Review
Nat Geo's most compelling images of the 21st century (so far)
Nat Geo's most compelling images of the 21st century (so far)

Behind the scenes: The making of 2025's Pictures of the Year

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  • 2025 in Review
Behind the scenes: The making of 2025's Pictures of the Year
Behind the scenes: The making of 2025's Pictures of the Year

A photographer's epic East Coast road trip along Route 1

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A photographer's epic East Coast road trip along Route 1
A photographer's epic East Coast road trip along Route 1

The first underwater photos reveal the ocean floor in full color

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The first underwater photos reveal the ocean floor in full color
The first underwater photos reveal the ocean floor in full color

Why America was so obsessed with Victorian ‘ghost photos’

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Why America was so obsessed with Victorian ‘ghost photos’
Why America was so obsessed with Victorian ‘ghost photos’

See the medieval legacy of this Silk Road city—in pictures

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See the medieval legacy of this Silk Road city—in pictures
See the medieval legacy of this Silk Road city—in pictures

Beverly and Dereck Joubert on what makes a good image

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Beverly and Dereck Joubert on what makes a good image
Beverly and Dereck Joubert on what makes a good image

Can you guess what you’re seeing in this extreme close-up?

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Can you guess what you’re seeing in this extreme close-up?
Can you guess what you’re seeing in this extreme close-up?

Trapped inside the Taliban's Afghanistan

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Trapped inside the Taliban's Afghanistan
Trapped inside the Taliban's Afghanistan

Revealing America’s brutal new firestorms

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Revealing America’s brutal new firestorms
Revealing America’s brutal new firestorms

Why this ghostly hyena image is the best wildlife photo of 2025

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Why this ghostly hyena image is the best wildlife photo of 2025
Why this ghostly hyena image is the best wildlife photo of 2025

What it was like to see King Tut's tomb just after it was opened

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What it was like to see King Tut's tomb just after it was opened
What it was like to see King Tut's tomb just after it was opened

These incredible photos show you life from a bug’s perspective

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These incredible photos show you life from a bug’s perspective
These incredible photos show you life from a bug’s perspective

See National Geographic's most iconic Jane Goodall photos

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See National Geographic's most iconic Jane Goodall photos
See National Geographic's most iconic Jane Goodall photos

The future of food is regenerative farming

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The future of food is regenerative farming
The future of food is regenerative farming

Inside one of Istanbul's most ancient quarters

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Inside one of Istanbul's most ancient quarters
Inside one of Istanbul's most ancient quarters

See the beauty of all 63 U.S. national parks, in photos

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See the beauty of all 63 U.S. national parks, in photos
See the beauty of all 63 U.S. national parks, in photos

The first photographs to capture wildlife at night

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The first photographs to capture wildlife at night
The first photographs to capture wildlife at night

A journey across Afghanistan in the 1960s

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A journey across Afghanistan in the 1960s
A journey across Afghanistan in the 1960s

See rare images of polar bear scavenging on a sperm whale

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See rare images of polar bear scavenging on a sperm whale
See rare images of polar bear scavenging on a sperm whale

Ice hockey is flourishing in ... Nairobi

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Ice hockey is flourishing in ... Nairobi
Ice hockey is flourishing in ... Nairobi

How to see the planet from above and below

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How to see the planet from above and below
How to see the planet from above and below

Tracking a tiger for 120 days to get the perfect cover shot

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Tracking a tiger for 120 days to get the perfect cover shot
Tracking a tiger for 120 days to get the perfect cover shot

The curious case of the tigers who changed their stripes

Animals
The curious case of the tigers who changed their stripes
The curious case of the tigers who changed their stripes

How 3,000 drones created Michelangelo’s masterpieces

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How 3,000 drones created Michelangelo’s masterpieces
How 3,000 drones created Michelangelo’s masterpieces

Falling in love with Belle Isle is a Detroit tradition

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Falling in love with Belle Isle is a Detroit tradition
Falling in love with Belle Isle is a Detroit tradition

Regenerating the soil of America’s heartland

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Regenerating the soil of America’s heartland
Regenerating the soil of America’s heartland

What it’s like to photograph the world’s last mountain gorillas

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What it’s like to photograph the world’s last mountain gorillas
What it’s like to photograph the world’s last mountain gorillas

Visiting a U.S. national park—for the retro architecture

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Visiting a U.S. national park—for the retro architecture
Visiting a U.S. national park—for the retro architecture

The daredevils who keep Lagos moving

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The daredevils who keep Lagos moving
The daredevils who keep Lagos moving

Finding light in Hiroshima's legacy

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Finding light in Hiroshima's legacy
Finding light in Hiroshima's legacy

The joyful, passionate world of Marilyn Monroe's superfans

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The joyful, passionate world of Marilyn Monroe's superfans
The joyful, passionate world of Marilyn Monroe's superfans

The race to save the first color photos

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The race to save the first color photos
The race to save the first color photos

See 100 years of New York City

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See 100 years of New York City
See 100 years of New York City

A photographer's guide to Texas

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A photographer's guide to Texas
A photographer's guide to Texas

Here's what a solar tornado looks like

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Here's what a solar tornado looks like
Here's what a solar tornado looks like

Fireflies are flourishing in places you wouldn't expect

Animals
Fireflies are flourishing in places you wouldn't expect
Fireflies are flourishing in places you wouldn't expect

Who decides to run a marathon in their 70s? These legends

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Who decides to run a marathon in their 70s? These legends
Who decides to run a marathon in their 70s? These legends
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