Restful Photos of Sleep Around the World
Published 8 Nov 2017, 14:46 GMT, Updated 9 Apr 2021, 12:18 BST
In the shade of their tent members of a Tuareg family doze through midday heat near Timbuktu in drought-stricken Mali.
Photograph by Joanna B. Pinneo, National Geographic
Teens nap on the beach during the Hawaiian Canoe Racing Association's State Championship.
Photograph by Steve Raymer, National Geographic
Children rest during treatment in a Ukrainian hospital that once housed author Leo Tolstoy.
Photograph by Sam Abell, National Geographic
A man catches a lunch-hour nap in New York's Central Park before going back work.
Photograph by José Azel, National Geographic
After getting married in a mass wedding ceremony, a bridegroom in Taiwan takes a rest.
Photograph by Jodi Cobb, National Geographic
A boy cuddles up to his dog in a dairy farm in New Brunswick, Canada.
Photograph by Joseph John Kotlowski, National Geographic
A factory worker takes a break in an unfinished refrigerator in Gerli, Argentine.
Photograph by James P. Blair, National Geographic
A grandmother watches her two young grandchildren sleep in Sardinia, Italy.
Photograph by Gianluca Colla
In China's Tiexi Industrial District, a man smokes a cigarette while his bedridden father sleeps beside him.
Photograph by Fritz Hoffmann, National Geographic
A hiker rests on a fallen tree while walking through Tasmania's Overland track.
Photograph by Gerd Ludwig, National Geographic
An American girl in a princess dress rests on a sofa.
Photograph by Joël Sartore, National Geographic
Workers take a break in the remote IL Ranch in Nevada in 1979.
Photograph by William Albert Allard, National Geographic
An exhausted passenger catches some shuteye on a ferry across Lake Tanganyika, Tanzania.
Photograph by Pascal Maitre, National Geographic
A man rests against supply crates in Antarctica as the rest of the crew prepares for a flight.
Photograph by Albert Moldvay, National Geographic
A mother polar bear guards her cubs even while asleep among the evergreens in snowy Canada.
Photograph by Norbert Rosing, National Geographic
Four sisters in Miami, Florida, get some sleep on the same bed.
Photograph by Maggie Steber, National Geographic
A man dozes off next to a table of food during the celebration of Kolyadki, a pagan holiday that coincides with Orthodox Christmas.
Photograph by Jonas Bendiksen, National Geographic