Holy Week Procession, Guatemala

Photograph by Chantal Levesque

This photo was taken during a procession in Antigua Guatemala during Holy Week.

Zebra, Serengeti

Photograph by Giulio Zanni

Image taken in the Serengeti in Tanzania during the migration period. Zebras and wildebeest were gathering on the edge of the river, waiting for the right moment to cross.

Whirling Dervishes Ankara, Turkey

Photograph by Sukri Celil Advan

Whirling dervishes perform the ritual dance of the Sufi sect in a showroom in Ankara. Practitioners believe the act of repeatedly spinning allows them to forget their earthly body and move closer to God.

Gray Wolf, Washington

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Photograph by Mukul Soman

A gray wolf rests at Wolf Haven International, a wolf sanctuary in Washington State.

Foxes, New Jersey

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Photograph by Jack Fusco

This photo was taken in Island Beach State Park, New Jersey.

Zebras, Zambia

Photograph by Craig Arnold

A three-week-old zebra plays with an older zebra.

Llamas, Peru

Photograph by Antoine Bruneau

After a couple of days trekking across the Peruvian Andes, our group had an unusual encounter at 4,600 meters, on top of the narrow, windy, and freezing Huacahuasi Pass. While we had not run into a single soul for days, we had to give way to a flock of llamas and their herder, basically coming out of nowhere: a real culture shock between us Occidental folks in search of adventure and the local Quechua mountain people going about their daily business. —Antoine Bruneau

Fishers, Haiti

Photograph by Guy Mokia

This long-exposure photo was taken in Jeremie, Haiti, as local fishermen tried to salvage a ship that got stuck, using the waves to bring pieces of the ship back to shore.

Hagia Sophia, Istanbul

Photograph by Melih Sular

An interior shot of the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey.

Tokyo, Japan

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Photograph by Danilo Dungo.

One cold silent night on Oshiage in Sumida, there stood the tallest structure in Japan.

Caucasus Mountain, Russia

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Photograph by Vittorio Sella

Two men look toward mountain peaks in the Caucasus in this photo by Vittorio Sella that dates to around 1896.
Sella was a mountaineer and a pioneering high-altitude photographer who captured images from many of the world’s great mountain ranges.

Great Sphinx and Pyramid, Egypt

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Photograph by Donald McLeish

In 1928 National Geographic Editor Gilbert H. Grosvenor wanted "outdated" photographs of the Great Sphinx of Giza—images made prior to excavation—removed from the archive. This 1921 photo by Donald McLeish survived and has been in the image collection for over 90 years.

Mall of Asia, Manila

Photograph by Dr. Akira Takaue

Structural engineer and Your Shot community member Akira Takaue captured this shot at the Mall of Asia while on a business trip in Manila, Philippines. The city "has a lot of interesting and characteristic architecture," says Takaue.