List of photo sites. The best photos in the world

Lots of professionals – graphic designers, creative freelancers, and bloggers – are looking for high-quality photos to use in their projects, but not everyone has the budget to buy stock images from large, well-known photography sites. Therefore, everyone should have a couple of saved links to sites where you can find many photos of all types in high resolution and completely free to use.

A great site where we can find over 3800 free photos in excellent quality, and the best thing is that all the photos on the site are licensed under a Creative Commons Zero (CC0) license, so the photos are completely free to use in personal and commercial projects without any indication source.

Unlike the previous site, we can also find many high quality images on this one, but some of them are duly licensed and others are CC0 licensed. The site contains many very useful photos, and more are added every day.

All photos published on Unsplash are licensed under Creative Commons Zero, which means that you can copy, modify, distribute and use the photos for free, including for commercial purposes, without permission or attribution of the photographer or the Unsplash site.

This site contains an amazing collection of high quality photos and 10 new photos are added every ten days.

The site has a fairly large collection of free high-resolution photos without copyright restrictions, all images are positioned as public domain. New photos are added weekly.

Splashbase is a search engine for over 15 free photo sites and on the plus side, some of them are also stock video. The presence of videos in the sample makes the site really huge and full of options.

These resources are some of the more popular free image sites, and for good reason.

In addition to free images, these sites host forums, file sharing services, and other useful functionality.

The following resources are in demand among photographers, designers and other creative people.

The fact that the sites listed in this section are not as well known as some of the others on our list does not mean that they should not be taken into account. Sometimes, less can mean more, especially when it comes to narrowing your search or finding rare photographs.

The sites featured in this section are more than your typical photo resources. They offer advanced functionality that makes it easier to find and use stock images.

These resources provide many opportunities for content publishers.

These image sites cover a wide variety of topics.

The best photos for inspiration. Many popular sites have special sections where photos of professionals from all over the world are published.

Educational materials. Lessons, ideas, advice – as in any field, anyone who is willing to learn can become a professional in photography. You should also not be afraid of English-language resources: there are not so many terms in the field of photography, besides, the meanings of most of them are intuitive.

Processing pictures on a smartphone. In fact, there are many alternatives to the popular Instagram that allow you to process photos using built-in filters.

Software for processing on PC. Ideal photographs must undergo at least a little touch-up. For these purposes, there are a number of more or less popular paid and free programs.

Online processing. You can carry out many basic photo processing operations directly in your browser, for free and without installation. The difference in resources is only in the offered filter sets.

Publishing to your blog. A number of resources provide an opportunity to publish your photos to the public. Paid resources often allow you to create a real portfolio and attract viewers quickly and easily. But you shouldn't neglect free ones either.

Publication within the framework of competitions. Anyone, professional or amateur, can submit photos. After selection, the best are published on sites with a wide audience.

Storing pictures. In order not to regret the lost pictures, it is better to regularly backup your photo collection. Clouds for personal use provide:

Sale of pictures. It is difficult to recoup the purchase of expensive photographic equipment, but you can learn how to sell photos on photo stocks.

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Every year National Geographic publishes the 100 best photographs of the year on its online pages. Today, we want to share these works with you. Each photo has its own story. To create some of the pictures, photographers have to not only show endurance and fortitude, but sometimes seriously spoil their health, and also have to risk their lives. This is how the incredible photographs of National Geographic magazine are created.

Here are just some of the stories behind the impressive shots:
“He put the camera in the carcass, hid and waited for the wolves to come,” shared one of the photos, Whitney Johnson, the magazine's visual director.

There are many moments like this, from military exercises in the Arctic and Rwandan schoolgirls, to the frozen body of Susan Potter, a woman who decided to sacrifice herself for medical education, and a heartbreaking photograph of the last male northern white rhinoceros at the time of her passing.

However, in the top 100 photographs, not all photographs are about death, there are also very cute photos, such as the image of a young orphaned giraffe, whose long neck wraps around a person, and does it with real love. All these works will not leave you indifferent!

Photo: PAOLO WOODS / GABRIELE GALIMBERTI

Mona Lisa by Leonardo is believed to depict Lisa Gerardini, wife of Francesco del Giocondo, a Florentine silk merchant. Every year millions of visitors compete to visit the Louvre in Paris. The painting, protected by a thick layer of glass, which must be cleaned regularly, according to the museum workers, has never been restored. PHOTO OF PAULO WOOD AND GABRIELLE GALIMBERTI

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Photo: JIMMY CHIN

Ascent of Alex Honnold without ropes and protective equipment to a rock at an altitude of 914 meters on the southwestern slope of El Capitan. Before committing this feat on June 3, 2017, Honnold spent nearly ten years contemplating climbing and planning and training for over a year and a half. PHOTO JIMMY CHIN

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Photo: AMI VITALE

An orphaned giraffe sniffs a caregiver at the Sarara camp in northern Kenya. The Samburu shepherds found the abandoned calf and warned Sarara, known for raising orphaned mammals and returning them to their habitat. Now the young giraffe lives in a wild herd. PHOTO AMI VITALE

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Photo: BRENT STIRTON

Petronella Chigumbura, a member of Akashinga, a non-profit, all-female anti-poaching unit, practices exploration techniques in the Zimbabwean bush. PHOTO BY BRENT STEERTON

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Photo: CHARLIE HAMILTON JAMES

A male elephant grabs an evening snack in Mozambique's Gorongos National Park. Most of the park's elephants were killed for the ivory used to buy weapons during the country's 15-year civil war that ended in 1992. Population recovers under the control of poaching. PHOTO OF CHARLIE HAMILTON JAMES

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Photo: AITOR LARA

Issa Diakite, 50, built his barbell and his home, one of dozens of tapestries grouped near the agricultural region of Andalusia in Spain. Originally from Mali, he settled as a permanent field worker and now helps other migrants build shacks. PHOTO BY AITOR LAR

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Cynthia Ikirezi (center) works with her fellow prefects, student leaders at the Gashora Girls' Academy in Rwanda. Educating girls and preparing them for leadership roles are government priorities for the empowerment of women. PHOTOS YAGAZI EMEZI

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Photo: LYNSEY ADDARIO

The Marines must be able to carry each other when needed. USMC Cpl. Gabrielle Greene raises a fellow Marine in preparation for deployment on a Navy ship at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Of the 38,000 recruits who enter the Corps each year, about 3,500 are women – or, as the USMC puts it, “female Marines.” PHOTO LINCI ADDARIO

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Photo: LYNN JOHNSON

Encased in polyvinyl alcohol, Susan Potter's body is awaiting freezing after she donated her body to science. The body was frozen, cut into four blocks, cut 27,000 times, and photographed after each cut. Result: a virtual corpse for medical students to study. PHOTO BY LYNN JONSON

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Photo: LOUIE PALU

Canadian soldiers climb the wreckage of an aircraft about a thousand miles south of the North Pole to explore the area during an Arctic survival course on Cornwallis Island. As the “degree” in the Arctic rises and tensions increase over its future, the military forces of Canada and the United States intensify operations in the region. PHOTO OF LOUIS PALO. THE PHOTO FOR THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN SUPPORTED BY GRANTS FROM THE JOHN SIMON GUGENHEIM FOUNDATION AND THE PULITZER CENTER.

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Photo: LOUIE PALU

About 400 US soldiers practice parachuting near Fort Greeley in Alaska. The multinational exercise, which includes Canadian troops, prepares troops for the harsh conditions of large-scale coordinated operations in extreme cold conditions. PHOTO OF LOUIS PALO. THE PHOTO FOR THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN SUPPORTED BY GRANTS FROM THE JOHN SIMON GUGENHEIM FOUNDATION AND THE PULITZER CENTER.

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Photo: LOUIE PALU

Canadian soldiers build igloos during Arctic military training to become advisers on Arctic operations. In this part of the program, they learn to travel, survive, and build shelters. PHOTO OF LOUIS PALO. THE PHOTO FOR THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN SUPPORTED BY GRANTS FROM THE JOHN SIMON GUGENHEIM FOUNDATION AND THE PULITZER CENTER.

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Photo: PASCAL MAITER

Buyers select animals at a livestock market and send them to a slaughterhouse in Agadez, Niger, where camels, goats, sheep and other animals are killed and then sent to butchers who sell the meat. PHOTO PASCAL MAITRE

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Photo: PASCAL MAITER

In Agadez, Niger, about 1,300 students study at Izala School. Izala is an Islamic “backward” reform movement that adheres to conservative practices such as women covering their faces, but also values ​​education. PHOTO PASCAL MAITRE

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Photo: PASCAL MAITER

Teenager in the mine. He is one of many Nigerians to join the gold miners in the north, the last hope for the unemployed after the disappearance of tourism, the decline in uranium mining and the passage of the law to make migrants a crime. PHOTO PASCAL MAITRE

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Photo: PASCAL MAITER

Trapped in the desert beyond Agadez, Niger, after their truck breaks down, these migrants, hoping to reach Libya, burn a wheel to keep warm. PHOTO PASCAL MAITRE

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Photo: LYNSEY ADDARIO

Kurdish militants surround a surrendering woman as ISIS leaves Baghouz, Syria, in March. Women who have joined or were forced to join ISIS need support from a repressive version of Islam, says a Kurdish female fighter. “They misunderstand religion.” PHOTO LINCI ADDARIO

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Photo: NORA LOREK

Knight Mai (left) and Florence Stima (right) from South Sudan work in a salon at the Bidibidi refugee camp in Uganda. Everyone earns less than five dollars a week. Small businesses filled the marketplaces, but few private companies tapped into the camp's labor potential. PHOTO NORA LOREK

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Photo: NADIA SHIRA COHEN

In Tinuna, Mexico, 18-year-old Beatrice brushes her son Andre's hair after a bath. Beatrice is a beekeeper and learned the craft from her grandfather Anastasio Balan Osalde, who had passed away two days earlier. PHOTO NADIA SHIRA COHEN

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Photo: LYNSEY ADDARIO

Feeling dizzy and weak six months after giving birth, 35-year-old Zamzam Yusuf went to a clinic in the village of Habaswein, Somaliland, run by Edna Adan University Hospital. Her blood pressure was extremely high. Yusufa was treated by 22-year-old student midwife Farduus Mubarak under the close supervision of the hospital's founder, Edna Adan Ismail, 81 years old. PHOTO LINSE ADDARIO

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Photo: JOHN STANMEYER

Aisha Barca and her daughter Mariam did not eat on the days they arrived at the Eritrean refugee camp in 2008 due to a drought that killed all of their animals. After the Eritrean military began kidnapping young people, people fled to safety across the border into Ethiopia. PHOTO BY JOHN STANMEYER

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Photo: MATTHIEU PALEY

Children sleep in a kindergarten in the Mongolian district of Bayanzurkh. Each room is equipped with an air purifier to reduce indoor air pollution. Children are especially vulnerable to poor air quality. PHOTO BY MATTHEW PALEY

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Photo: DAVID GUTTENFELDER

Pedestrians, shoppers and observers stroll through Chu-dori in Ginza, one of Tokyo's busiest spots. Cars drive down the street on weekdays, but on weekends, the one-mile lane is closed to traffic and becomes an embankment. Cafes, high-end boutiques and street performers attract locals and visitors alike. PHOTO BY DAVID GUTTENFELDER

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Photo: PASCAL MAITER

Young people from Niger and other countries are waiting in the “ghetto” for migrants in Agadez, Niger, for a caravan to Libya. Given its low life expectancy, limited educational opportunities and high levels of poverty, Niger ranks first in the UN Human Development Index. PHOTO PASCAL MAITRE

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Photo: ACKERMAN / GRUBER

Sal Tegal dressed as a hot dog at the Minnesota State Fair on Friday, August 23, 2019. PHOTO OF AKKERMAN + GRUBER

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Photo: JENNIFER EMERLING

Jorge Castellon, an employee at the Saguaro Hotel in Palm Springs, California, poses with a fan in May 2019. When not working for Saguaro, Castellón is a professional dancer and dance teacher. “Palm Springs is like heaven – it's heaven on earth,” says Castellón. “The people who come here are unique and visit it for fun. We're here to play! ” PHOTO BY JENNIFER EMERLING

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Photo: ELIAS WILLIAMS

Patricia Fraser carries the flag of Benin, a modern nation once ruled by the King of Dahomey, who sold 110 captives to Captain Clotilde, the last known ship that brought enslaved Africans to American shores. “If they find this ship, I think it will make people more aware of our history,” Fraser said before the ship was found. “Sometimes you need something tangible to stimulate those memories.” PHOTO BY ELIAS WILLIAMS

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Photo: ROBIN HAMMOND

Malaysia, 40, poses for a story about the 1969 Stonewall riots that sparked the riots and 50 years of the national LGBT civil rights movement. “In life, things tend to show you not your desires, but your needs. And moving to Malaysia … opened up a new world for me. Because now I am comfortable, and I have never been so comfortable in my life. ” PHOTO ROBIN HUMMOND

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Photo: AMI VITALE

Joseph Wachira, curator of the Ol Peeta Conservatory in Kenya, says goodbye to Sudan, the last male northern white rhino. Sudan died in 2018. Two females of the subspecies remained. PHOTO AMI VITALE

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Photo: BRENT STIRTON

A hunter from a village in Indonesia says he delivers lizards to the city of Surabaya on a weekly basis. Pangolins are protected by the national laws of the countries in which they are located and international commercial trade is prohibited. However, poaching and human trafficking are major threats to the survival of the dinosaurs. PHOTO BY BRENT STEERTON

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Photo: BRENT STIRTON

A terrestrial Temminck pangolin named Tamuda is looking for ants or termites at a rehabilitation center in Zimbabwe. It was rescued from illegal wildlife traders, who would probably ship it to Asia for use in traditional medicine. PHOTO BY BRENT STEERTON

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Photo: CHARLIE HAMILTON JAMES

At the end of the dry season, a remnant pool in the Mussikadzi River bed attracts a crowd of hungry birds, including storks, herons and hammers, as well as a couple of thirsty water bugs in Moronbos Moronzik National Park. The bird wealth of Gorongosa is enhanced during the rainy season when nomads arrive to feed. PHOTO OF CHARLIE HAMILTON JAMES

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Photo: HAMILTON JAMES

A crocodile rests in Mozambique's Gorongosa National Park, where the future of wildlife depends on people's livelihoods. PHOTO OF CHARLIE HAMILTON JAMES

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Photo: THOMAS P. PESCHAK

Once or twice a month during the rainy season in Costa Rica, tens of thousands of Ridley sea turtles come ashore and lay their eggs during a mass nesting known as arribada. Chicks begin to hatch after about 45 days. PHOTO by Thomas P. Peschak

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Photo: RONAN DONOVAN

Wolves in the Canadian Arctic are lured to the remains of a Maskox. To capture this image, photographer Ronan Donovan placed a camera trap in a meat carcass. The flock returned to feed and sleep here for a month. PHOTO RONAN DONOVAN

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Photo: CHARLIE HAMILTON JAMES

All is clear? A rat from New York looks out from the drainage basin. PHOTO OF CHARLIE HAMILTON JAMES

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Photo: CHARLIE HAMILTON JAMES

Two rats fight in the Indian temple of Karni Mata to determine which one is dominant. Rats are social animals that take care of their offspring. Research shows that they will free the rat friend from the small cage, even if that means giving up the treat. This suggests that some researchers have empathy for rats. PHOTO OF CHARLIE HAMILTON JAMES

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Photo: KIRSTEN LUCE

Behind a net, a polar bear dances in a circus on ice in Kazan, Russia. Polar bears are extremely rare. Show of four polar bears in metal muzzles, and trainer Yulia Denisenko carries a metal rod. Between tricks, bears lie down and rub on the ice. PHOTO OF KIRSTEN LUS

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Photo: KARINE AIGNER

The confiscated songbirds, which were confiscated from illegal owners, were released into a rehabilitation enclosure a few weeks later, where they strengthened their wings and learned to fly again. PHOTO BY CARINE LIGNER

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Photo: MOISES SAMAN

Inmates at San Francisco Gothera Prison, who have abandoned their gang ties, pray together. Prisoned evangelical churches in El Salvador are growing every year. PHOTO OF SAMAN'S MUSE

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Photo: KARINE AIGNER

Thousands of migratory songbirds are caught annually around Florida to provide a thriving illegal market. Before law enforcement releases captured birds back into the wild, they are placed in an aviary for several weeks, where they learn to fly again and also “find” new food. PHOTO BY CARINE LIGNER

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Photo: STEVE WINTER

Clay, Daniel and Enzo, three of 39 tigers rescued from an animal park in Oklahoma, gather in a pool at a wildlife sanctuary in Kinesburg, Colorado. These cats will live here with proper nutrition and veterinary care. PHOTO STEVE WINTER

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Photo: AMI VITALE

Nine of the 24 lions were dropped and transported from the Tembe and Mkuse reserves in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, to Mozambique in June 2018. Wild lions will be released into the Zambese Delta. This crossing is the largest wild lion conservation transport across an international border in history. More than 200,000 wild lions lived in Africa a century ago. PHOTO AMI VITALE

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Photo: AMI VITALE

Lions that were released and cordoned off in a remote area of ​​the 4,500 square kilometers Zambese Delta zone in Mozambique's living room in the morning fog. The wildlife of Mozambique has been destroyed by the country's civil war and subsequent poaching over the past 20 years. Today, leading researchers estimate the lion population in Africa to be 20,000 or less, with lions now extinct in 26 African countries. Mozambique's ecosystem has made a remarkable recovery – apart from its lions. PHOTO AMI VITALE

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Photo: MATHIAS SVOLD

Shadows form over Desurst Motor Lodge in Ely, Nevada. Before it was known as the Loneliest Road in America, Road 50 was through during the gold rush of the 1850s. PHOTO BY MATHIAS SWOLD

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Photo: GENA STEFFENS

In northwestern Colombia, hunters have long used their own form of camouflage: masks made from broad and sturdy leaves known as hoiancha. These masks are used to sneak up on turtles and other game animals such as wading and migratory birds. Hunting continues to be a vital activity for subsistence farmers in the region. PHOTO OF GENE STEFFENS

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Photo: ACACIA JOHNSON

Dressed in her parka, sewn by her mother, Ashley Hughes spent her 10th birthday camping with friends and family at Ikpikittuarjuk Bay on Baffin Island in Canada. Hughes took part in the annual Inuit Ice Fishing Competition. PHOTO OF ACACIA JONSON

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Photo: DAVID GUTTENFELDER

Outside a Tokyo drugstore, a geisha apprentice in a traditional costume stands on a booth waiting for someone to fill in her cutout. PHOTO BY DAVID GUTTENFELDER

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Photo: DAVID GUTTENFELDER

Japan's obsession with all things kawaii (which can mean cute, cuddly, or cuddly) is on display at Tokyo's Ueno Park as owners line up their pets for portrait photography. The aesthetics of kawaii cute culture has been one of the most successful experiments in Japan, driving pop culture trends in fashion, technology, video games, and cartoons. PHOTO BY DAVID GUTTENFELDER

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Photo: DAVID GUTTENFELDER

A group of climbers walk the trail of Mount Fuji Yoshida in Japan. PHOTO BY DAVID GUTTENFELDER

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Photo: LYNSEY ADDARIO

At 34 weeks pregnant, Brittany Capers, 28, and Deandre Price, 25, shower in Washington DC. Capers is a perinatal community health worker at Mamatoto Village, a family support center for pregnancy and the first six months of a baby's life. She safely gave birth to a boy in June last year. PHOTO OF LINCI ADDARIO

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Photo: DAVID LIITTSCHWAGER

The blue glove hasn't been in the water long enough to endure the fate of most ocean plastics, which must be ripped into tiny pieces or microplastics by waves and sunlight. The larva at the thumb is a drift fish; striped at the base of the index finger – mahi-mahi. PHOTO BY DAVID LITZHWAGER.

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Photo: MAX AGUILERA-HELLWEG

On a stem cell assignment that prompted him to reconsider his life choices, Max Aguilera-Hellweg snapped this photograph of pathological specimens in Berlin. PHOTO BY MAX AGUILER-HELWEG

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Photo: LUJÁN AGUSTI

Andres Pedro Osmolski, who works for El Gaucho, organizes beaver tours on the ground behind his home in Argentina. He agreed with the government to spare the beavers on his property for now so that he can continue to show them to tourists. PHOTO OF LUKHAN AGUSTI

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Photo: REBECCA HALE, NGM STAFF

A macaw headdress adorns the skull of a victim who had shoulder-length hair. Researchers say the headgear indicates the youth may have been from an elite family of Chimu culture – now Peru. PHOTO BY REBECCA HALE, NGM STAFF

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Photo: MARTIN OEGGERLI

This image looks almost abstract. Perhaps this is part of a sculpture by Alexander Calder? No, it's the bright red brand of the saffron flower, Crocus sativus. It takes about 170,000 flowers to produce one kilogram of saffron. As a result, it is one of the most expensive spices in the world. PHOTO BY MARTIN OGGERLY

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Photo: CÉDRIC GERBEHAYE

Incahuasi, “House of the Incas” in Quechua, was an island when the Salar de Uyuni salt marsh in Bolivia was a lake in prehistoric times. The remnant of a volcano, it is covered with cacti, about 40 feet tall, and fossilized algae. Extracting lithium from under the salt marsh is sure to change the spectacular landscape. PHOTO OF CEDRIK GERBEIKH

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Photo: CÉDRIC GERBEHAYE

The indigenous Aymara population collects and sells salt that is crusted on the surface of the Salar de Uyuni salt plain in Bolivia, and lithium, a profitable resource, dissolves in brine found deep underground. PHOTO OF CEDRIK GERBEIKH

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Photo: KATIE ORLINSKY

The village of Newtok, Alaska, population 380, is drowning as the permafrost melts beneath them. During a summer bird hunt, four Yupik boys – left, Kenyon Cassayuli, Jonah Andy, Larry Charles, and Reese John – cross the flooded passage. PHOTO KATI ORLINSKAYA

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Photo: KATIE ORLINSKY

A polar bear inspects a car near Kaktovik, Alaska. The melting sea ice is causing more bears to settle on land in search of food, just as the melting and flooding of ice cellars is forcing more Alaskans to store fish and meat outdoors. PHOTO KATI ORLINSKAYA

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Photo: ACACIA JOHNSON

As the sea ice ages, the salt sinks into the ocean, leaving fresh drinking water on top. Charlotte Nakitakvik collects a kettle of water at her family's hunting camp in Nuvukutaak, near the Arctic Gulf community in northern Canada. PHOTO OF ACACIA JONSON

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Photo: KATIE ORLINSKY

Josia Olemon, a young Inupiat whaler in Utkiawick (Barrow), Alaska, takes a break by laying whale meat in his family's permafrost cellar. PHOTO KATI ORLINSKAYA

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Photo: AITOR LARA

After driving from Senegal to the agricultural belt of southern Spain in 2016, Mbay Tune began seasonal work on tangerine and other fruit farms. Now 25 years old, he has received a legal residence and rents an apartment, which he shares with other Senegalese. PHOTO BY AITOR LAR

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Photo: CÉDRIC GERBEHAYE

Angelo Martin Flores Chambi takes a snack break in his family's pickup truck while his parents and siblings mine salt from the Salar de Uyuni salt house in Bolivia. Children go to school during the week and help their parents on weekends. PHOTO OF CEDRIK GERBEIKH

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Photo: NADIA SHIRA COHEN

Ana Ham cleans a pig's head at a Mennonite makeshift camp in Mexico. The family gives the pig head and internals to their Mexican employees as they do not eat these parts. Mennonites believe that when pigs are slaughtered during a small moon, the meat becomes drier and therefore easier to handle when cutting meat. PHOTO NADIA SHIRA COHEN

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Photo: NADIA SHIRA COHEN

A group of beekeepers in Tinuna, Mexico, collects honey from hives during the off-season. The flowers are just starting to bloom and the bees are getting ready to start pollinating. PHOTO NADIA SHIRA COHEN

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Photo: NADIA SHIRA COHEN

Peter, 10, drives his father's soy truck at the Nuevo Durango Mennonite camp in Campeche, Mexico. The seasonal soybean crop is ready to be weighed and stored in the silo where his father David Peter works. PHOTO NADIA SHIRA COHEN

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Photo: CÉDRIC GERBEHAYE

Wilmer Flores, whose face is protected from sunburn, collects salt outside the Salar de Uyuni salt flat in Bolivia. PHOTO OF CEDRIK GERBEIKH

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Photo: MARK THIESSEN, NGM STAFF

Spencer Robertson pauses after shooting down Fire 323 caused by a lightning strike near Bettles, Alaska. About 10 of over 100 applicants are selected to study in Alaska every year. Applicants should already have experience in dealing with wildfire. PHOTO BY MARK THISSEN, NM STAFF

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Photo: MARK THIESSEN, NGM STAFF

Matt Oakliffe, with a camera mounted on his gear bag, falls behind the rest of his team onto a landing pad near a smoldering boreal forest in Alaska. Smokejumpers can deliver 100 pounds of tackle and board the plane in minutes. Their mission is to put out fires before they get out of control. PHOTO BY MARK THISSEN, NM STAFF

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Photo: CARSTEN PETER

At dusk, a swarm of bats scatters to hunt in the rainforest surrounding Deer Cave in Borneo. One of the largest underground passages on the planet, it contains more than two million bats. PHOTO KARSTEN PETER

Photo: CARSTEN PETER

Thick risers of stalagmites rise from the pale lunar shores of sediment in Drunken Forest, a cave in Borneo named for formations that tilt at unusual angles. PHOTOGRAPHY OF KARSTEN PETER

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Photo: CARSTEN PETER

The Borneo deer cave is home to more than two million bats of several species, which usually fly out in the evenings to hunt. PHOTO KARSTEN PETER

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Photo: NICHOLE SOBECKI

A World Health Organization team checks the temperature at 7-year-old Confirm Masik Muganir in Wayana, a small village two hours from Butembo in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Confirm that you have lost both parents, an older brother and a younger sister to Ebola. As the only survivor in her family, she is now in the care of relatives. PHOTO NICHOL SOBETSKI

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Photo: NICHOLE SOBECKI

Kawugho Mukoni Romeli, 16, is receiving treatment for Ebola at the Alliance International Health Action Center in Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo. PHOTO NICHOL SOBETSKI

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Photo: NICHOLE SOBECKI

Friends and family of Taboo police officer Amuli Emmanuel mourn as he is buried at Kitatumba Cemetery in Butembo, Democratic Republic of the Congo. A police officer and father of six, he was killed by gunmen while defending an Ebola treatment center run by Médecins Sans Frontières. PHOTO NICHOL SOBETSKI

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Photo: NICHOLE SOBECKI

A woman stops washing her hands with a chlorine solution as she leaves a hospital in Kondo, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The World Health Organization has set up several Ebola response camps in areas such as Kondo outside of major cities where small populations of Ebola patients have been found. PHOTO NICHOL SOBETSKI

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Photo: ROBERT CLARK

Fourteen-year-old Danila keeps a small alpaca near Huylillas in the highlands of northern Peru. PHOTO BY ROBERT CLARK

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Photo: MOISES SAMAN

Fisherman Arnovis Guidos Portillo watches his daughter and son at their home in El Salvador. After arriving in the United States together in May 2018, immigration authorities detained a father and daughter and held them in various institutions for more than a month, after which they were separately deported to El Salvador, where they were reunited. PHOTO OF SAMAN'S MUSE

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Photo: JENNIFER EMERLING

The pool scene gets chaotic at the Caliente Tropics Resort in Palm Springs, California during Tiki Caliente in May 2019. The annual event celebrates the love of life on a tropical island as Tiki enthusiasts and collectors take over the resort for the weekend to immerse themselves in a sensory, escapist world renowned for music, art, clothing, and cocktails of Tiki culture. PHOTO BY JENNIFER EMERLING

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Photo: WILLIAM DANIELS

The Zeitoun family (Thierry, Nathanael, Gabriel and Yael) enjoy the view from the rooftop of their new building in Jerusalem. PHOTO BY WILLIAM DANIELS

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Photo: STEVE WINTER

Bhagavan “Doc” Antle (far right) poses (left to right), Cody Antlom, Moksha Beebe and China York, in a pool that was used for his tiger show at the Myrtle Beach Safari in South Carolina. Young cubs are a big part of the business; services – games and photography with kittens cost from $ 339 to $ 689 per person. At about 12 weeks old, the cubs are considered too large and dangerous for tourists to pet. PHOTO STEVE WINTER

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Photo: SPENCER LOWELL

Lawrence Doyle of Principle College and SETI is in contact with some “alien” scouts in the Kingdom of the Sixth Flags in Vallejo, California. Doyle's research on dolphin-whale communication systems could help scientists decipher patterns in foreign languages. PHOTO BY SPENCER LOWELL

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Photo: DAN WINTERS

Using old but still reliable technologies, Russia launches a Soyuz rocket in March from its Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. PHOTO BY DAN WINTERS

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Photo: FRITZ HOFFMANN

During a fire treatment session in Chengdu, China, an alcohol-soaked cloth is draped over the patient and ignited to warm the skin and open the pores; then herbal oil is added. The therapy is aimed at treating joint pain and other conditions, but research has yet to prove that therapy actually helps. PHOTO FRITZ HOFFMANN

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Photo: FRITZ HOFFMANN

At a clinic in Beckley, West Virginia, Jeff Hendrix receives acupuncture and a plant-burning technique called moxibustion to ease the pain associated with four years of military service. He suffers from brain trauma, bulging discs in his neck, bone extensions, headaches, numbness in his hands, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Treatment approved by the Veterans Administration reduces the need for conventional drugs. PHOTO FRITZ HOFFMANN

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Photo: FRITZ HOFFMANN

At the Chengdu Chinese Hospital of the University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, twin sisters Zheng Yue and Zheng Hao wear medicated patches containing a herbal medicine formula that is used as a seasonal remedy to remove heat from the body in the summer. PHOTO FRITZ HOFFMANN

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Photo: LYNSEY ADDARIO

This book is a romantic novel, but the commander of the National Liberation Front (ELN), Commander Yesenia, also reads aloud to his compatriot river outposts the ideology and history of ELN. At 36, she spent more than half of her life as a guerrilla fighter in Colombia; her two children live with civilian relatives. PHOTO OF LINCI ADDARIO

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Photo: NORA LOREK

In South Sudan, Rose Asha Silla, shown with her daughter, helped found a timber company that grew to 35 people. In the Ugandan refugee camp of Bidibidi, she has opened a women's center that trains about 400 women in embroidery and farming skills. Without financial institutions, even innovative entrepreneurs struggle, but Silla believes it's worth it. “Will we cry for South Sudan for another 10 years?” She asks. “We need to look ahead.” PHOTO NORA LOREK

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Photo: ROBIN HAMMOND

Robert Waldron, 79 (left) and his husband, Vernon May, 79, were interviewed for the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising: “The LGBT community has come a very, very long way.” PHOTO BY ROBIN HUMMOND

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Photo: EMIN ÖZMEN

Fourteen-year-old twins Sidra (left) and Shahed remember the bombs in Aleppo, Syria that forced them to flee their homes in 2013. “We were happy to leave bombs and warplanes in the past,” says Sidra. PHOTO Emin EZMEN

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Photo: NORA LOREK

Most of the residents of the Ugandan Bidibidi refugee camp are children, many of whom also work to help their families. In a small shop near his home in Site 5, 13-year-old Steven Ladu sells candy. PHOTO NORA LOREK

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Photo: NORA LOREK

Susan Meneno holds her one-year-old daughter in front of her family's sunflower field at the Bidibidi refugee camp in Uganda. No one in her family has a job, but some earn money from harvesting, and she dreams of starting a clothing business. PHOTO NORA LOREK

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Photo: MARTIN OEGGERLI

Lavender (Lavandula spp.) Has long been used for home perfumes, food and drinks. Lavender offers a feeling of warmth, a kind of aromatic greeting. Close up is something completely different, a desolate scene with spiny, cactus-like hairs designed to ward off herbivores and retain water. PHOTO BY MARTIN OGGERLY

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Photo: MOISES SAMAN

Former gang members hang in hammocks at the San Francisco Gotera prison in El Salvador. PHOTO MUSES SAMAN

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Photo: MOISES SAMAN

Starting at 5 a.m., migrants line up at the border in Guatemala, waiting for officials to allow them to enter Mexico. When it turned out that they would not be allowed by law, hundreds of people passed through the shallow section of the river into Mexico. PHOTO MUSES SAMAN

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Photo: MOISES SAMAN

Hundreds of Central American migrants cool down, wash and clean their clothes in the Novillero River in the city of San Pedro Tapanatepec in Oaxaca, Mexico. The migrants stayed in San Pedro for two nights before continuing north towards the US border. PHOTO MUSES SAMAN

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Photo: PASCAL MAITER

A convoy of pick-up trucks filled with Nigerians and other Africans begins a three-day journey from Agadez, Niger, across the Sahara to Libya. Many migrants intend to work there; others hope to reach Europe. PHOTO PASCAL MAITRE

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Photo: MATTHIEU PALEY

A local street coal vendor stands in Bayankhoshuu, one of the most polluted areas in Mongolia's capital, Ulaanbaatar. PHOTO BY MATTHEW PALEY

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Photo: MATTHIEU PALEY

Polluted air in the Dari Eh Ger area of ​​the Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar. The city's rapid, unplanned urbanization has contributed to the uncontrolled burning of coal used for cooking and heating.

In free fall when there is such a wave overhead.

The moment is already the married life of the couple.

A girl named Jenna and a python that she was asked to look after.

Hot Australian fires, aluminum leaking from a burning car.

And octopuses are athletes, for example in Naples.

An incredibly beautiful selection of photos of animals and nature. In it, I have collected only the best (in my opinion) pictures of mountains, islands, seas and oceans, animals and birds. It is with this beauty that I end my work week. I wish all visitors of the site peace and good, and also have a good time on the weekend. Take care of our common home so that our children and grandchildren also have something to see.

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