Photo of the Day
In this photo from the August 1966 issue, troops participate in a ceremonial parade in front of the Palace of Rey Bouba, Cameroon, to mark the end of Ramadan.
In this photo from the April 1921 issue, tourists stand in front of a 19th-century rock carving just south of Tehran, Iran. At the end of 2020, the tourism department of Tehran Province announced that the carving would undergo repair and preservation processes to combat years of damage and erosion.
On Tidore Island, Indonesia, a boy drinks from a freshwater pool. This picture appeared in a June 1976 story that retraced explorer Ferdinand Magellan's voyage around the globe.
A boy gets a haircut at a barbershop in Norfolk, Virginia. This picture appeared in a July 1985 story about the communities of Hampton Roads—the name of both a body of water and the metropolitan area it touches.
A person freshens a sheet out the window of a building in Arles, France. This photo originally appeared in the October 1997 issue, in a story about the life and travels of artist Vincent Van Gogh.
After being nearly eradicated by trappers in the mid-1800s, beavers are making a comeback in the Western United States, including this river in Grand Teton National Park. To avoid predators, the large rodents can stay underwater for up to 15 minutes.
Climbers establish Hanging Camp at 19,500 feet on Trango Tower, in Pakistan's Karakoram mountains. This story from the April 1996 issue followed a group of climbers from Wyoming who spent nine weeks scaling the vertical rock face.
Tarahumara people celebrate Easter by a fire in the Sierra Madre Occidental mountains, Mexico. Spanish colonisers arrived in the area in the 1500s, and centuries of violent conflict followed. Ultimately, many of the Indigenous people converted to Catholicism.
A group of Jewish friends in Warsaw, Poland, gather for Passover seder. When this story was published in September 1986, there were fewer than 5,000 Jews living in Poland. Today, Poland is home to one of the fastest growing Jewish populations in the world.
In White River National Wildlife Refuge, Arkansas, biologists and volunteers search for the ivory-billed woodpecker. The last confirmed U.S. sighting of the bird was in 1944—but that hasn't stopped scientists and hobbyists from searching.
More than 400 children carry lanterns through the streets of Mendrisio, Switzerland, to commemorate Good Friday. In 2019, the centuries-old tradition received a spot on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity list.
A member of the El Paso Diablos bows his head during the national anthem. This photo appeared on the cover of the April 1991 issue, which featured a story about minor league baseball in the U.S.
