Cherry Trees and Walkway, Japan

This picture was taken in Iwakuni, Japan at the Kintai Bridge. The Cherry Blossom (Sakura) festival had just ended and that is when I decid...

Neacola River, Alaska

Sunlight sparkles along the river’s banks and its tidal flats. —Photograph and caption from the National Geographic book  Through the E...

Iniskin Bay, Alaska

The Iniskin River resembles a reflective ribbon of glass as it flows into its namesake bay.

Danube Delta, Romania

From April to September, millions of migrating birds visit the Danube Delta’s sandy islands, floating reed beds, cane fields, forests, and ...

Covered Bridge

This classic American moment—a boy and his dog—is made more delightful by the setting. Photographer Bruce Dale wisely chose to stand back...

African Lion Mother and Cub, Tanzania

Everything about this photographic moment is tender. The light, the gesture, the color are perfect. But there is also a small detail that...

Victoria Falls, Zambia

In situations that are active and thrilling, surprisingly quiet moments can take place. These moments feel even more powerful because of ...

Ballerina, Cuba

Some of the best moments happen behind the scenes, before or after the main event. These are the times when people are unguarded because ...

Silverback Gorilla, Africa

Some photographic moments are memorable because they are so unlikely. It is impossible to look at this wonderful image by Ian Nichols and...

Festival of Colors

Clouds of neon-colored powder enveloped villages across northern India last week as the spring  Holi Festival  began, coating people in a...

Cemetery Shelter

Bratislav Stojanovic, a homeless construction worker, holds a candle as he sits in a tomb in the southern Serbian town of Nis on February...

Training Day

A lone dog looks on as  kushti  wrestlers attend a daily training session at a club in  Lahore, Pakistan (map) , on February 26. Also kno...

Driver Deluged

A man rescues a woman trapped by floodwaters from her car in a suburb of Athens, Greece, on February 22, when the capital city suffered i...

Pictures We Love February

Do Pet the Dinos A young audience reacts with varying amounts of credulity to a carnivorous dinosaur on the prowl in London on Febru...