Cow, Romania

Photograph by Guy Cohen , National Geographic Your Shot

This picture was taken in a small village in central Romania. It was the end of the day and we had a short time to wander around the streets to find interesting people for portrait shoots. Suddenly we heard some bells ringing from the end of the street, and we saw a big herd of cows walking toward us. The herd had just come back from the fields outside town to go back to the cowshed in the village. I saw that one cow was about to cross the local bar and I ran fast to catch it. I finished the visit in the village without any portrait shoots, but I was lucky to get this single special moment.

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Hindu Ritual, India

Photograph by Arun Saji , National Geographic Your Shot

This image was taken during the Hindu religious ritual known as Theyyam.

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Bagpiper, Scotland

Photograph by Kaitlyn Campbell

While on a 20-day tour through England, Wales, Ireland, and Scotland, one of my favorite pictures out of the 1,500 I had taken was this one. There was a bagpiper at the tourist pull-off area playing for tips. When I showed this picture to my family, they said it looked like the piper was playing to the mountains, and that's how we like to think of it.

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Fennec Fox, Morocco

Photograph by Francisco Mingorance

The fennec, or desert fox, is a canine mammal species of the genus Vulpes, which inhabits the Sahara Desert and Arabia. This is the smallest species of the family Canidae.

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Fishermen, United Arab Emirates

Photograph by Shoayb Khattab

A special technique used for fishing in Fujairah, UAE, is called dhagwa. The net consists of two parts: a red part where fish are trying to escape and an open part near the coast with which they collect the fish. The white dots are birds waiting to collect some fish.

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Summer Palace, China

Photograph by Shen Xinhang, National Geographic Your Shot

Marble 17-arch bridge at the Summer Palace, China

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Reflection, Reykjav k

Photograph by Dana Clemons

I was photographing the sunset over Reykjav k Harbor, Iceland, near sunset (around 11:30 p.m.). While sitting there with my tripod waiting, I turned around and saw this beautiful abstract reflection in the windows of the office building behind me.

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Cherry Blossoms, Japan

Photograph by Hideyuki Katagiri

Cherry blossom is called sakura in Japanese. It is a Japanese symbolic flower. There are various kinds of cherry trees, and an especially old cherry tree is called edo-higan.

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Tallinn, Estonia

Photograph by Tarik labrighli , National Geographic Your Shot

I love this shot because it is telling different stories, but I like the story that is saying, "Together stronger."

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Crinoid Shrimp, Philippines

Photograph by Fabio Strazzi , National Geographic Your Shot

A wonderful crinoid shrimp photographed during a dive in Moalboal, Philippines. Very hard to find because this shrimp perfectly mimics the crinoid.

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Night Sky, Patagonia

Photograph by Max Seigal

I hiked several hours through the night in Patagonia to find a tree I had seen a few days earlier and photograph it with the night sky.

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Correfoc, Barcelona

Photograph by Carlos Rodriguez Pacheco, National Geographic Your Shot

Typical Catalan culture, the correfoc are simple parades using fireworks and effigies of the devil.

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Moscow, Russia

Photograph by Dara Pilugina , National Geographic Your Shot

On the day that I made this photo, it was really cold. It was the beginning of March, but in Russia it seemed like it was the middle of winter. I was lucky and unlucky with the weather at the same time. I was standing on the Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge, and a cold strong wind was blowing, but the same wind drove the clouds in the sky and the ice on the river.

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Bira Beach, Indonesia

Photograph by Dody Kusuma

A fisherman at Bira Beach

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Bamboo Forest, Japan

Photograph by Teruo Araya

In the Muromachi period, Sesson Shukei (1504-1589), a painting priest, used this hermitage as the foothold for his activities during his old age. No sound except the murmur of the wind can be heard. Tomb of natural stone, countless bamboos all quietly breathing.

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Cafe Patron, Paris

Photograph by Christophe Debon , National Geographic Your Shot

I don't claim the status of a photographer, I just take the pictures. When a subject catches my attention there's no time for analysis or composition. My work is instinctual.

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Evening Walk, Sydney

Photograph by Joel Ford

People pictured enjoying a warm evening near the Sydney Opera House

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Hawa Mahal, India

Photograph by Edward Graham

I thought this would be a good place for pictures, so I returned during the evening on my second night in Jaipur. I got lucky with the rain because it made for interesting reflections, and I had a good time trying to capture the chaotic motion on the streets of Jaipur. Hawa Mahal (The Palace of Winds) is pictured in the background.

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Waves, Iceland

Photograph by Sophie Carr

This is a one-second exposure of the trails left by a crashing wave over small icebergs on J kuls rl n beach; I think it looks a bit like an octopus.

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Tokyo, Japan

Photograph by Danilo Dungo

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

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Eastern Screech Owl, Georgia

Photograph by Graham McGeorge

Masters of disguise. The eastern screech owl is seen here doing what they do best. You better have a sharp eye to spot these little birds of prey. Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia, U.S.A.

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Bathers, India

Photograph by Santu Mondal , National Geographic Your Shot

This shot was taken from a bridge. I found them bathing in the Mayurakshi River in West Bengal, India.

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Musicians, New Orleans

Photograph by Robert Davies

On our last walk around the French Quarter before heading home we came across this band setting up on Royal Street. We were able to hear a few songs and snap a few shots before rushing off to the airport.

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Bixby Bridge, Big Sur

Photograph by Douglas Croft

The Bixby Bridge has been an icon on the Big Sur coastline since 1932. It is amazing that something man-made could blend so well into such an incredible environment.

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Orda Cave, Russia

Photograph by Viktor Lyagushkin

A diver swims through Orda Cave in Russia.

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Citroen, Vietnam

Photograph by Loren Klein

French Citroen car in the beautiful mountain town of Dalat, Vietnam

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Rooftop, Edinburgh

Photograph by Rachel Seago , National Geographic Your Shot

Sitting on the rooftop looking out over Edinburgh

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Hagia Sophia, Istanbul

Photograph by Melih Sular

An interior shot of the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey

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Swifts, Iguazu Falls

Photograph by Francesco Filippo Pellegrini

This picture was taken at the majestic Iguazu Falls. The flight of this flock of swifts across the huge waterfalls portrays the sense of freedom and wildness that belongs to this fantastic world wonder.

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Booth Island, Antarctica

Photograph by Nancy Dowling

Taken at Booth Island in Antarctica

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