People sit on the grass at the Temple of Venus and Rome overlooking the Colosseum in Rome, Italy. The image was taken for a story in the April 1957 issue on the historic yet modern city.
PHOTOGRAPH BY B. ANTHONY STEWART, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022 MED SCHOOL | NAT GEO PHOTO OF THE DAY
A doctor examines a blood specimen with his students at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee. The photograph was published in a feature about the city in the May 1978 issue.
PHOTOGRAPH BY JODI COBB, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
Half of Latinos in the United States identify as Roman Catholic—including this group of girls playing outside after their first Communion Mass in La Puente, California. The image was taken for a story in the July 2018 issue on Latinos in the U.S.
PHOTOGRAPH BY KARLA GACHET AND IVAN KASHINSKY, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
A wounded koala recuperates in a hospital in Beerwah, Australia. The unpublished photo highlights the federally threatened species on Save the Koala Day.
PHOTOGRAPH BY JOEL SARTORE, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION