Photos of the Week: 7/15–7/21

Highland games in Scotland, a diving jaguar in France, wildfires in California and western Canada, a wax Donald Trump, and much more.

• Alan Taylor
• Jul 21, 2017

Scenes From the 2017 World Aquatics Championships

Hundreds of athletes from 186 nations are gathered in Budapest, Hungary to compete in 75 events across six disciplines in the 17th FINA World Championships.

• Alan Taylor
• Jul 20, 2017

A Walk in the Woods: A Photo Appreciation of Trees

A collection of images of unusual, intriguing, and beautiful trees and forests around the world.

• Alan Taylor
• Jul 19, 2017

Wildfires Across Southern Europe

Recent high temperatures and dry, windy conditions in Italy, Croatia, Montenegro, France, and Portugal have resulted in thousands of small wildfires and a few large large blazes.

• Alan Taylor
• Jul 18, 2017

Swan Upping on the River Thames

The annual Swan Upping began today in London, England—a five-day census counting swans and young cygnets belonging to the Queen.

• Alan Taylor
• Jul 17, 2017

Photos of the Week: 7/8–7/14

Beer yoga in Australia, utter destruction in Mosul, Iraq, the Running of the Bulls in Spain, wildfires in California, and much more.

• Alan Taylor
• Jul 14, 2017

2017 Audubon Photography Awards

Spectacular wildlife photography: the winners and runners-up from the 2017 Audubon Photography Awards competition.

• Alan Taylor
• Jul 11, 2017

Photos of the Week: 7/1–7/7

The pagan Ivana Kupala night celebrated in Ukraine, the Wife-Carrying World Championship in Finland, G20 meetings and protests in Germany, and much more.

• Alan Taylor
• Jul 7, 2017

Mosul in Ruins

Eight months of warfare have taken an enormous toll on Iraq’s second city and its citizens.

• Alan Taylor
• Jul 6, 2017

Robots at Work and Play

Recent images of robotic technology around the world.

• Alan Taylor
• Jul 5, 2017

Celebrating the Fourth of July in 1941, in Vale, Oregon

Photographer Russell Lee, while working for the FSA/OWI visited the small town of Vale, Oregon, on the Fourth of July in 1941.

• Alan Taylor
• Jul 4, 2017

Photos of the Week: 6/24–6/30

A tiger enjoying a blood lollipop on a hot day in Rome, a massive landslide in China, a stroll through Bolivia’s Valley of the Moon, and much more.

• Alan Taylor
• Jun 30, 2017

Winners of the BigPicture Natural World Photography Competition

Some of the victors and finalists in the fourth annual contest

• Alan Taylor
• Jun 29, 2017

The Battle for Mosul Enters Its Final Stage

The Iraqi military says it has reached the final few days of the battle, having encircled an estimated 350 remaining Islamic State militants in Mosul’s Old City.

• Alan Taylor
• Jun 28, 2017

2017 National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest, Part II

The contest is still under way.

• Alan Taylor
• Jun 27, 2017

Ramadan 2017 in the USA

Images of Muslim Americans observing Eid al-Fitr and Ramadan this year in New York, Connecticut, California, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey

• Alan Taylor
• Jun 26, 2017

Photos of the Week: 6/17–6/23

A heatwave in Europe, floating solar farms in China, the America’s Cup in Bermuda, the Royal Highland Show in Scotland, and much more

• Alan Taylor
• Jun 23, 2017

Scenes From Hong Kong, 'Pearl of the Orient'

Images of the vertical cityscape, street scenes, monuments, people, and natural landscapes of Hong Kong.

• Alan Taylor
• Jun 22, 2017

Go Fly a Kite

In recognition of the warmer weather in the northern hemisphere, this is an invitation to take some time, go outside, and set a kite aloft.

• Alan Taylor
• Jun 20, 2017

Photos of the Deadly Wildfires in Portugal

Over the weekend, wildfires in central Portugal killed at least 63 people and injured 135 others.

• Alan Taylor
• Jun 19, 2017