Photo of the Day
For a story in the September 1954 issue, a team of National Geographic writers and photographers spent 10 months attending various fairs in the United States. In this photo, two women laugh while riding a mini roller coaster at the Florida State Fair.
A woman shares a moment with her poodle in the Parc du Champ de Mars next to the Eiffel Tower. A story in the October 2006 issue highlighted the parks and other green spaces available to Paris's residents and visitors.
Two male panther chameleons try to intimidate each other with bright colours. A story in the September 2015 issue documented the fascinating creatures and their threatened habitats.
A person prays at Tibet's most sacred temple, the Jokhang, in Lhasa. The temple dates back to at least 652 AD.
Orphaned elephants partake in their daily mud bath in Tsavo East National Park, Kenya. Mud provides sun protection, and also rids their skin of pesky ticks and bugs.
Workers hand trim a 350-year-old replica of Mount Fuji in Kumamoto, Japan. This photo appeared in a November 1989 story about the unique beauty of Japanese gardens.
Samburu warriors stand on a ridge surrounded by the 975,000-acre Namunyak Wildlife Conservation Trust in northern Kenya. This photo appeared in a May 2017 story about Samburu warriors who save and care for orphaned elephants.
A story in the October 2017 issue documented life of the Nenets people, indigenous reindeer herders in the Russian Arctic. Here, a family plays together at a camp on the Yamal Peninsula.
Pelicans fly above Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge in Montana, U.S. The bird in the foreground has a knob on its bill, which grows during mating season and is shed when the season concludes.
Once internally displaced, a girl now rests under a mosquito net in her own bedroom. This previously unpublished photo was taken as part of coverage for the November 2016 story on Sri Lanka after civil war.
The remains of the Hiroshima Prefecture Industrial Promotion Hall are one of the few buildings still standing after the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the city during World War II. Today, the ruins are a part of the Peace Memorial Park, which honours the more than 140,000 people who were killed by the bomb.
A couple enjoys music with their beers at a jazz club in downtown Chicago, U.S., sometime in the mid-1960s. This photo appeared in a June 1967 story called "Illinois: The City and the Plain."
A story in the August 1984 profiled the rapidly growing Mexico City, which today is the fifth largest city in the world. In this photo, a street vendor sells fresh fruits and vegetables to a passerby.
Music lovers attend the Berkshire Festival in 1969 at the Tanglewood venue in western Massachusetts, U.S.. This photo appeared in an August 1970 story about the life, history, and culture of the Berkshire Hills.
A woman cuddles her dog as a white-tailed deer passes through her yard in Whitesville, West Virginia. This previously unpublished photo was taken as a part of coverage for a March 2006 magazine story on strip mining in West Virginia, and the toll it took on nearby families.
Three generations play mah-jongg together in Macau. When this photo was published in the April 1969 issue, Macau was a Portuguese colony on the Chinese coast of the South China Sea. The territory was transferred to China in 1999, and today Macau is a special administrative region of China.
