Mothers and daughters enjoy an outing in Weligama, a popular beach resort on the southern coast of Sri Lanka. This photo appeared in a November 2016 story documenting the prolonged aftermath of a civil war.
PHOTOGRAPH BY AMI VITALE, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
An ice cream truck parks at the south end of the High Line in New York City. The elevated park on an old rail line welcomes some 8 million visitors every year.
PHOTOGRAPH BY DIANE COOK AND LEN JENSHEL, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
冰淇淋车
纽约市高线公园南端停着一辆冰淇淋车。这个位于旧铁路线上的高架公园每年接待约800万游客。
摄影:DIANE COOK AND LEN JENSHEL, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
Revelers in Budapest, Hungary, take in a concert by rock group Locomotiv GT. This photo appeared in a February 1983 story called "A Different Communism: Hungary's New Way."
PHOTOGRAPH BY WILLIAM S. WEEMS, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
A harp seal pup seeks shelter from the wind beneath a tall piece of ice on the Gulf of St. Lawrence in Quebec, Canada. Harp seals are born on the ice, and only nursed for about two weeks before their mothers move on.
PHOTOGRAPH BY JENNIFER HAYES, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
Apollo 17 commander Eugene A. Cernan is the last man to walk on the moon, on December 12, 1972. The August 2017 issue was devoted to space and included a section on the question of preserving the historic landing sites on the moon.
PHOTOGRAPH BY NASA, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
行走在月亮上的人
1972年12月12日,阿波罗17号的指令长尤金·安德鲁·塞尔南(Eugene A. Cernan)是迄今最后一个在月球上行走的人。阿波罗17号也是迄今为止最后一次登月任务。
Members of the Battambang Roses stretch on a basketball court in Battambang, Cambodia. This photo appeared in an online story from October 2019 about the ways playing wheelchair basketball⁠—including in the 2018 Asia Para Games⁠—changed these women's lives.
PHOTOGRAPH BY LAUREN DECICCA, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
Former gang members hang in their hammocks at the San Francisco Gotera prison in El Salvador. A story in the March 2019 issue documented the violence and poverty in El Salvador that has driven many to flee for the United States.
PHOTOGRAPH BY MOISES SAMAN, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
In this photo from the June 1921 issue, Jamaicans swim and row their boats in the Kingston harbor. It appeared in a story called "Across the Equator with the American Navy."
PHOTOGRAPH BY PUBLISHERS PHOTO SERVICE, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
A geneticist interacts with giraffes at the Henry Vilas Zoo in Madison, Wisconsin. This previously unpublished photo was taken as a part of coverage for the February 2009 cover story, "What Darwin Didn't Know."
PHOTOGRAPH BY LYNN JOHNSON, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
A story in the March 2003 issue documented the ongoing debate over Puerto Rico's future. Here, a woman shows off her Puerto Rican flag dress at the annual Carnival celebration in Ponce.
PHOTOGRAPH BY AMY TOENSING, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
Red mangroves within the South Water Caye Marine Reserve in Pelican Beach, Belize. The reserve covers 184 square miles of mangrove and coastal ecosystems.
PHOTOGRAPH BY BRIAN J. SKERRY, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
了不起的红树林
伯利兹South Water Caye海洋保护区的鹈鹕海滩(Pelican Beach)。保护区内覆盖了476平方公里的红树林和沿海生态系统。
A story in the December 2018 issue documented the lives of some of the 10 million Filipinos who work abroad to send home to their families. In this photo, singers and chefs headed to work on cruise ships gather in a swimming pool for safety-at-sea training.
PHOTOGRAPH BY HANNAH REYES MORALES, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
A family works in their small vegetable garden outside Riga, Latvia. This photo appeared in a November 1990 story about the Baltic Nations rebuilding after the fall of the Soviet Union.
PHOTOGRAPH BY LARRY PRICE, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
A Bengal tigress relaxes in India's Bandhavgarh National Park. A story in the November 2011 issue documented the threats against wild tigers and what it would take to protect them.
PHOTOGRAPH BY STEVE WINTER, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
Separated from the men by a partition, Shiite women pray in the Shahzada Qasim Agha Shrine in Herat, Afghanistan. This photo appeared in a December 2010 story about women in Afghanistan fighting for a just life.
PHOTOGRAPH BY LYNSEY ADDARIO, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
A story in the June 2010 issue called "Mandela's Children" showed South Africa's efforts to heal from apartheid. Here, Black children take ballet lessons as part of an outreach program of the Joburg Ballet, then known as the South African Ballet Theatre.
PHOTOGRAPH BY JAMES NACHTWEY, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION