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John Stanmeyer

Pilgrims gather on temporary bridges over the Ganges river for the Hindu festival Kumbh Mela.

A shepherd and his flock near Mt. Ararat in eastern Turkey. Many people have looked for evidence of the Ark on its slopes, despite the fact that the Book of Genesis describes the Ark as coming to rest in an yet-unidentified range of mountains in western Asia.

His 2,400-mile trek felt “like a stroll around a village.” Here, village barber Ragavendra cuts Gulag Singh’s hair at his makeshift stand.

It took Salopek 17 months to walk across northern India. Poverty drives many Indians to move around in search of work—these young people from Madhya Pradesh took jobs as farm laborers in Punjab.

At the start of the Out of Eden Walk, in January 2013, Salopek and cargo camels follow guide Ahmed Elema across the Afar region of northeastern Ethiopia.

Heri Yanto sits across from photographer John Stanmeyer on a small boat in Sumatra, Indonesia. Yanto and Stanmeyer worked together throughout all of Indonesia, East Timor, and parts of Malaysia for more than eight years.

Zamira Loebis (also known as Tatap, or Tap) sits across from photographer John Stanmeyer in Selat Panjang, Indonesia, as he edits photographs from previous days on his laptop. The two worked together on a National Geographic story published in 2007 about piracy in the Malacca Straits. “Tap knew how to organize meetings with presidents, provocateurs, business leaders, and street thugs. She also had the talent to get me out of trouble, which occurred on numerous occasions,” says Stanmeyer.

In Guanzhang, China, a man makes gua mian, a traditional noodle that is a staple of dishes in Henan Province. This photo originally appeared in a June 2009 story that documented food shortages around the world.

From a 2007 story, a mother comforts her son, a malaria patient, at a hospital in Zambia.