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

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Best of the World

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

The race to save secrets trapped in ice

The race to save secrets trapped in ice

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

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)

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

The first underwater photos reveal the ocean floor in full color

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From The Vault

The first underwater photos reveal the ocean floor in full color

The first underwater photos reveal the ocean floor in full color

National Geographic magazine’s history in 30 incredible covers

National Geographic magazine’s history in 30 incredible covers

National Geographic magazine’s history in 30 incredible covers

Why America was so obsessed with Victorian ‘ghost photos’

History & Culture

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

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

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

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

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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Exposure

Trapped inside the Taliban's Afghanistan

Trapped inside the Taliban's Afghanistan

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

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

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