"A group of young Buddhist novice monks studying near the main temple, in Sertar, China," writes Your Shot photographer Sandra Morante. "I couldn't help myself to capture this scene where all of them were facing the wall except the one in the middle. The red shoes located in the stairs add a random and curious effect to the happening."
Photograph by Sandra Morante, National Geographic Your ShotYour Shot photographer Trish Sorensen made this bird portrait of a couple of Inca terns while sitting on the edge of a rock in the Paracas National Reserve in Paracas on the southern coast of Peru.
Photograph by Trish Sorensen, National Geographic Your ShotYour Shot photographer Martina D'Agresta made this portrait while traveling in Mongolia.
Photograph by Martina D'Agresta, National Geographic Your ShotYour Shot photographer Per-Olof Stoltz documented the preparations for a carnival parade in Gothenburg, Sweden in late May, 2019. He writes, "[The carnival] started many years ago as a project to strengthen the identity as a positive place, and underline the positive side of diverse cultural identities. Since then it's been an annual fest, with a gigantic carnival parade."
Photograph by Per Olof Stoltz, || https://yourshot.nationalgeographic.com/photos/13826441/, National Geographic Your ShotYour Shot photographer Mary Ann Wamboldt made this photo during a foggy morning walk in a park near Lake Ontario in Kingston, Canada.
Photograph by Mary Ann Wamboldt, National Geographic Your ShotYour Shot photographer Ewelina Strzelczyk documented this scene around a bonfire as roasted marshmallows are being prepared.
Photograph by Ewelina Strzelczyk, National Geographic Your ShotYour Shot photographer David Barak documented this moment of elation while a football player celebrates a victorious game in San Diego, California.
Photograph by David Barak, National Geographic Your Shot"The moment when morning sunlight, fog, and shadows dance to create a visual memory that can only be found in Yellowstone," writes Your Shot photographer Thomas Szajner about this scene he captured of bison in Yellowstone National Park.
Photograph by Thomas Szajner, National Geographic Your ShotYour Shot photographer Arief Rahardjo documented this scene at a wedding in Bumi Serpong, Indonesia as the bride and groom pour drinks in a pyramid of glasses to symbolize the creation of a family tree.
Photograph by Arief Rahardjo, National Geographic Your ShotYour Shot photographer Sneha Chikhale documented this scene of green and blue in Alleppey, India.
Photograph by Sneha Chikhale || https://yourshot.nationalgeographic.com/photos/13826565/, National Geographic Your ShotYour Shot photographer Sandy Kumar made this image to conceputalise how "A person is trapped into society and trying to make everything [appear] perfect."
Photograph by Sandy Kumar, National Geographic Your ShotYour Shot photographer documented this scene of an American cliff swallow in the safety of its nest in Toronto, Canada.
Photograph by Leigh Ayres, National Geographic Your Shot"Yulia is a 31-year-old surrogate mother from southern Ukraine," writes Your Shot photographer Kamila Stepien. "Mother of a 3.5-year-old child, she is a midwife nurse and her husband is a mechanic. After her first surrogacy, she was so happy to allow another woman to become a mother that she wanted to do it again. Next month, she will give birth to twins for a couple who have tried for twenty years to have children."
Photograph by Kamila Stepien, National Geographic Your ShotYour Shot photographer Ken Fong documented this dreamy scene near Lake Mývatn in northeastern Iceland.
Photograph by Ken Fong, National Geographic Your ShotYour Shot photographer Akihito Mitekura made this infrared photograph of a tree in full bloom at a cemetery.
Photograph by Akihito Mitekura, National Geographic Your Shot