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Annie Griffiths

An elephant mother walks with her calf at sunset through Namibia’s Etosha National Park. Having a baby elephant is a serious commitment. Elephants have a longer pregnancy than any other mammal—almost 22 months. Photographer Annie Griffiths captured this image for the March 2012 issue.

Muslim women pray at dawn inside the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, Israel. The shrine dates back to the 7th century and is considered one of the holiest sites in Islam.

Swimming is the fourth most popular sports activity in the United States and a great way to get regular aerobic physical activity.

A family of Sephardic Jews celebrates Mimouna, a post-Passover holiday, in a downtown park in Jerusalem. This photo appeared in a May 1996 story that documented the traditions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam that all find their homes in Jerusalem.

A train crosses the Dent Head Viaduct, in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. All of the UK's national parks are functional regions where people live and work, and in that sense are fundamentally different to similar protected spaces in the United States, for example.

The sun rises over the Hayden Valley in Yellowstone National Park. The Yellowstone River, stretching almost 700 miles long, was the subject of a story in the April 1997 issue.

Drag performers prepare to compete in the 1995 Miss Fire Island pageant, an annual tradition since 1966. Fire Island lies off the shore of Long Island, and has a long history of LGBT-friendly tourism.

Men dive into a swimming hole at the top of Victoria Falls in Zambia. The 8-foot pool is only accessible when the river runs low. Just a few feet away, the falls plummet 355 feet.

Men dive into a swimming hole at the top of Victoria Falls in Zambia. The 8-foot pool is only accessible when the river runs low. Just a few feet away, the falls plummet 355 feet.

At the Forest River Hutterite Colony in North Dakota, children pray in German after their evening meal. The Hutterites are a sect of Anabaptists, originally from Germany, who live communally.