An elder of the Banjo tribe hunts for fish off the coast of Sampela, Indonesia.
Photograph by Cory Richards, National Geographic
After the Saturday market in Louisa, Kiriwina Island, in Papua New Guinea, it’s time to head home.
Photograph by George Steinmetz, National Geographic Creative
A member of the Church of Zion baptises a Zulu woman in the Indian Ocean near Durban, South Africa.
Photograph by Ed Kashi, National Geographic
A tourist approaches China’s southernmost point in Hainan, China, at the edge of the South China Sea.
Photograph by Michael Yamashita, National Geographic Creative
The skull of a passenger on a shipwrecked 17th-century Swedish warship lies beside a cannon at the bottom of the Baltic Sea.
Photograph by Bill Curtsinger, National Geographic Creative
An Eskimo hunter jumps between ice floes on the Chukchi Sea near Point Hope, Alaska.
Photograph by Gordon Gahan, National Geographic Creative
Teams compete in the annual outrigger rowing competition in Papeete Harbor, Tahiti.
Photograph by George F. Mobley, National Geographic Creative
Villagers share their island’s only fishing net to catch food off Egum Atoll, Papua New Guinea.
Photograph by George Steinmetz, National Geographic Creative
Men fish on wooden stilts off the south coast of Sri Lanka.
Photograph by Steve McCurry, National Geographic Creative
A Peace Corps volunteer teaches swimming lessons in Manta, Ecuador.
Photograph by David Boyer, National Geographic Creative
Family and friends hold a funeral for a surfing teacher off the coast of Waikiki on Oahu Island, Hawaii.
Photograph by Paul Nicklen, National Geographic Creative
A Bajo couple sits in their traditional home on the outskirts of Sampela, Indonesia.
Photograph by Cory Richards, National Geographic
A man lights a lantern to help fishing boats find port in Lamu, Kenya, on the edge of the Indian Ocean.
Photograph by Bruce Dale, National Geographic Creative
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