Photo of the Day

A man wrapped in gauze as part of a costume sits in the back of a taxi on Halloween in New York City. The festive image was previously published in a digital story in October 2014.

A Decken's sifaka lemur sits among the limestone towers in Madagascar's Grand Tsingy. The image was taken for a story in the November 2009 issue about the labyrinth of stone.

Yellow plants grow near a rocky stream in New York's Adirondack Mountains. The image was taken on assignment for a story in the June 1998 issue highlighting the beauty of the large state park.

A woman sits on top of a large white anthill, some of which can rise up to 40 feet high, near Elizabethville in the former Belgian Congo. The image was taken for a story in the October 1922 issue about a navy operation in Africa during World War I.

A chameleon captures its prey with its tongue in Andasibe, Madagascar. The image was published in a story in the February 1987 issue about the threats to the island's biodiversity.

A baby sloth snuggles up to a teddy bear for comfort at a rescue center in Manaus, Brazil. The photograph was taken on assignment for an October 2017 digital investigation of deadly wildlife tourism in Amazonian cities.

Children spend the night in sleeping bags at the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois. The image, published in National Geographic's Italian-language edition in March 2005, marks Museums and Galleries Month.

A woman plays a kayagum, a Korean musical instrument with 12 silk strings and matching bridges. The previously unpublished image highlights life in Kyoungju, South Korea, an ancient city that once served as the capital during the Silla dynasty. 

Feral cats, believed to be the only animals to have domesticated themselves, roam the streets of Baltimore, Maryland. The image was taken for a story in the March 2011 issue about animal domestication.

Boxers pay homage to their teachers and spirits before a match at Rajadamnern Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. The photograph was published in a story in the July 1967 issue about the repercussions of U.S. economic aid in Thailand.

Park guides scout sediment for bones in the Kelly Hill Caves on Kangaroo Island, one of the last places megafauna survived in Australia. The photo was taken on assignment for a story in the October 2010 issue about the vanishing giant animals.

An ultra-Orthodox man wraps himself in a prayer shawl at a synagogue in Brooklyn, New York. This image was taken for a story in the August 1975 issue about Hasidic Jews living in the Williamsburg neighbourhood.

A farmer drives a sled drawn by horses to harvest the last of the tobacco crop on his hundred-acre farm near Trade, Tennessee. The image was taken for a story in the February 1993 issue about life in the heart of Appalachia.

An Indian flying fox poses at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo in Nebraska. The image was published online in April 2017.

A Nenets child in Russia urges his mother to make the reindeer sleigh go faster. The image was published in a story in the October 2017 issue about the Indigenous reindeer herders dealing with climate change and natural gas mining.

A family examines a circle of mushrooms, a phenomenon that medieval Europeans once called a fairy ring, in a green meadow in New Jersey. The image was published in a story about fungi in the October 1965 issue.

A diver swims with an octopus in the Mediterranean Sea. The image was published in a story from famed explorer Jacques Cousteau about underwater exploration that was published in the October 1952 issue.

City lights in Portugal and Spain and an aurora are seen from the International Space Station. The image was taken for a story in the November 2015 issue about using satellite images to study climate change.

A noodle shop owner covered in flour works in the Kowloon Walled City, once a densely populated enclave in British-controlled Hong Kong. The image was taken for a story in the February 1991 issue on the uncertainty before China resumed its rule over Hong Kong in 1997.

A teacher plays the piano for her kindergarten class in Tokyo, Japan, in an image taken for a story in the April 1990 issue on the traditional roles of Japanese women.

One of the world's smallest frogs poses on a fingertip at the Cuchillas del Toa Biosphere Reserve in Cuba. The image was taken for a story in the November 2003 issue on the rich biodiversity of the island nation.

Buddhist monks at Angkor Wat stroll before the ruins of an ancient Khmer kingdom in an image taken by then-National Geographic president and editor Gilbert Grosvenor for an annual message in the December 1959 issue.