Photos of the Week: World Cup, Skinny-Dippers, Urban Shepherd

A wee Welsh bunny, Eid al-Fitr celebrations in Indonesia, a skyscraper-scaling raccoon in Minnesota, a meeting between President Trump and Kim Jong Un in Singapore, and much more.

• Alan Taylor
• Jun 15, 2018

Photos: Soccer Fields Around the World

A look at the beautiful game in action in some small and unusual venues around the world.

• Alan Taylor
• Jun 14, 2018

Images From Ramadan 2018

A look around the world at the traditions, ceremonies, food, and community of Ramadan 2018.

• Alan Taylor
• Jun 12, 2018

A Photo Trip to the Abandoned Village of Houtouwan

Once a thriving community, the now-empty brick houses of Houtouwan stand completely covered by blankets of vegetation.

• Alan Taylor
• Jun 11, 2018

Photos of the Week: Distorted Queen, Toad King, Gladiator

The Corpus Christi festival in Spain, search and rescue operations in Guatemala, ocular exercises in China, “The Empire Strips Back” in Los Angeles, a dino-riding traffic cop in Thailand, and much more.

• Alan Taylor
• Jun 8, 2018

A Portrait of America: Watching Robert F. Kennedy's Funeral Train Pass By

On June 8, 1968, the body of Robert F. Kennedy was transported by a funeral train from New York to Washington, D.C., and thousands came out to pay their respects as it went by.

• Alan Taylor
• Jun 7, 2018

Photo Updates From Kilauea: Dozens More Homes Destroyed

Over the past week, the lava erupting from Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano fissures advanced through two residential subdivisions, wiping out nearly 100 homes.

• Alan Taylor
• Jun 6, 2018

World Environment Day 2018: ‘Beat Plastic Pollution’

June 5 is marked by the United Nations as World Environment Day, a day set aside since 1974 to promote “worldwide awareness and action for the protection of our environment.”

• Alan Taylor
• Jun 5, 2018

Photos From the Deadly Eruption of Guatemala's Fuego Volcano

On June 3, Fuego volcano erupted in Guatemala, sending hot pyroclastic flows and heavy ash down its slopes onto nearby villages, killing at least 33 residents.

• Alan Taylor
• Jun 4, 2018

Photos of the Week: Eco-Fashion, Dancing Devils, Spelling Bee

A father-child reunion in Romania, kittens in Shanghai, Dota 2 cosplay in Birmingham, the last school bell in Minsk, anti-tobacco skeletons in Kolkata, and much more.

• Alan Taylor
• Jun 1, 2018

A Month of Anti-Government Protest in Nicaragua

Widespread protests against Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega's government, which began on April 18, have devolved into deadly violence several times.

• Alan Taylor
• May 31, 2018

2018 National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest

The National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest is underway, with entries being accepted for just one more day—the competition closes at noon, EDT, on May 31.

• Alan Taylor
• May 30, 2018

Hooves in the Water: Swimming Pigs and Diving Horses

Apropos of nothing in particular, today we have a collection of images of hoofed mammals swimming and splashing about.

• Alan Taylor
• May 29, 2018

The Fading Battlefields of World War I

This year will mark the passing of a full century since the end of World War I. Much of the battle-ravaged landscape along the Western Front has been reclaimed by nature, erasing the scars of the war.

• Alan Taylor
• May 28, 2018

Photos of the Week: Jedi Academy, Small Moon, Royal Wedding

A giant glowing puppet in Australia, a cat rescued in Colombia, lava flows in Hawaii, devastation in Damascus, a balanced taxi in New York City, biking into the river in Germany, and much more.

• Alan Taylor
• May 25, 2018

Photo Updates From Kilauea: The Lava Meets the Sea

Since Kilauea volcano began its most recent eruptive activity on Hawaii's Big Island three weeks ago, the situation has evolved and worsened.

• Alan Taylor
• May 23, 2018

A Changing Way of Life for Mongolia’s Dukha Reindeer Herders

In north central Mongolia, the Dukha people have lived a nomadic life with their reindeer herds for generations—today, that way of life is under pressure.

• Alan Taylor
• May 22, 2018

Travel Monday: A Photo Trip to Southeast Alaska

Recent images from across southeast Alaska, a narrow strip of coastal islands and mountains that stretches more than 500 miles along the Pacific Ocean.

• Alan Taylor
• May 21, 2018

Photos of the Week: Kyrgyz Horsemen, Shanghai Steeplechase, Giant Bobbleheads

Participants at the Wave and Goth festival in Germany, attendees at a “Kiss-a-thon” in Mexico City, observations of Ramadan in Indonesia, and so much more.

• Alan Taylor
• May 18, 2018