Photo of the Day
Young baseball players shake hands after a game in Keshena, Wisconsin, in the early 1970s. Keshena is a large community on the Menominee Indian Reservation.
Carmine bee-eaters emerge from their nests, which are holes burrowed in a cliff along the Tinga River in Chad. During the day, the colourful birds feast on—you guessed it—bees, along with wasps and other flying insects.
Canoes belonging to miners float over a spot where gold was found in Venezuela's Caroní River. Even when this image was published in the March 1963 issue, the diving equipment was old, causing each man to risk his life in the pursuit.
Women in Papeete, French Polynesia, get through a sweltering church service with the help of handheld fans. Men and women don't sit together in these services, but still sing hymns in Tahitian.
Aspiring astronauts experience 30-second intervals of weightlessness in a NASA training aircraft. To create the effect, the plane flies in parabolas—and thus earns the nickname "The Vomit Comet."
Women brave choppy waters for a swim on a stormy day in Ocean Grove, New Jersey. The small town is roughly one square mile, with half of that being made up of water.
Visitors ride camels across China's Taklimakan Desert, just as Marco Polo did in 1273. The desert is nearly as big as the country of Germany.
Women socialise at a country club in São Paulo, Brazil. In the 1980s, when this photo was published, 50 percent of the country's wealth was held by just 10 percent of the population.
Nha Trang, Vietnam, is famous for its beaches. In the early mornings, locals gather to socialise, play badminton, and relax.
Two aspiring rap artists bump fists near their homes in the Bronx, where hip-hop was born in the 1970s. In an April 2007 story, writer James McBride traveled the world to trace the origins of the genre.
Seniors celebrate their graduation from J. E. B. Stuart High School in Falls Church, Virginia. This story from the September 2001 issue examined immigration to the United States. At the time, some 70 countries were represented in the student body at the school, which has since been renamed Justice High School.
Mont Blanc stands on the border of Italy and France, the second tallest mountain in Europe. In this photo of the summit from the August 1913 issue, climbers make their descent in single file.
