Photo of the Day : People & Culture
(346 photos)
Signal Hill, California
Photo of the Day, December 22, 2012
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A forest of oil derricks makes a ghostly backdrop ...
Coal Miner, West Virginia
Photo of the Day, December 21, 2012
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A woman stands with a coal miner in Holden ...
Parade, London
Photo of the Day, December 20, 2012
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Raising mirrors—or what photographer Maynard Owen Williams called ...
Seesaw, Korea
Photo of the Day, December 18, 2012
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Young women play on a seesaw in Korea in ...
Art Student, Jerusalem
Photo of the Day, December 12, 2012
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Sunlight falls on a student at Jerusalem’s Bezalel ...
Oak Tree, Louisiana
Photo of the Day, December 11, 2012
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Children play on an oak tree near St. Francisville ...
Bathers, Japan
Photo of the Day, December 10, 2012
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Japanese students await a turn in the water for ...
Artists, Dordogne River
Photo of the Day, December 9, 2012
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Artists paint on the banks of the Dordogne River ...
Musician, Spain
Photo of the Day, December 7, 2012
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A man plays his guitar for a young girl ...
M'Sila, Algeria
Photo of the Day, December 5, 2012
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A circa 1926 autochrome image by Franklin Price Knott ...
Women With Cherry Blossoms, Japan
Photo of the Day, December 3, 2012
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In a tinted black-and-white photograph dating to around the ...
Tour Guide, Vietnam
Photo of the Day, November 27, 2012
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A Vietnamese lady waits for passengers for ...
Skier, Afghanistan
Photo of the Day, November 24, 2012
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A young Afghan skier in the province ...
Cyclists, India
Photo of the Day, November 17, 2012
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I was traveling in Mumbai. I noticed ...
Grand Palais, Paris
Photo of the Day, November 13, 2012
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Daniel Buren’s work, "Excentrique(s)," fills ...
Hamar Portrait, Ethiopia
Photo of the Day, November 9, 2012
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The Hamars are a people of East ...
Kocatepe Mosque, Turkey
Photo of the Day, November 5, 2012
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Kocatepe Mosque, one of the largest in ...
Night Workers, Japan
Photo of the Day, November 2, 2012
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Night workers prepare to board a ferry ...
Parrandas Festival, Cuba
Photo of the Day, October 31, 2012
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A plume of fireworks surrounds a reveler at the ...
Buzescu, Romania
Photo of the Day, October 30, 2012
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A fantasia of styles, from villa to temple to ...
Moai, Easter Island
Photo of the Day, October 23, 2012
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Their backs to the Pacific, 15 restored moai stand ...
Mong Kok District, Hong Kong
Photo of the Day, October 22, 2012
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A neon-soaked district beloved by Hong Kong film directors ...
Midsummer Night, Russia
Photo of the Day, October 12, 2012
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Midsummer Night, known as the festival of Ivan Kupala ...
Monk, China
Photo of the Day, October 9, 2012
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A monk seeks shelter from a snow shower in ...
Beachgoer, Rio de Janeiro
Photo of the Day, October 5, 2012
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On sunny days a million people with their sea ...
Prayer Flags, Wyoming
Photo of the Day, October 1, 2012
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Nine-year-old Wakinyan Two Bulls places prayer flags in a ...
Water Park, Peru
Photo of the Day, August 28, 2012
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El Circuito Mágico del Agua in Lima, Peru, South America, is ...
Circle of Sparks
Photo of the Day, August 25, 2012
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Used burning steel wool combined with a moon-filled night to create ...
Woman, Train Platform
Photo of the Day, August 22, 2012
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"Be sincere: it never crossed your mind to want to see ...
New Year Celebration, Thailand
Photo of the Day, August 20, 2012
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In Thailand, people celebrate Songkran as the traditional New Year’s ...
Goatherd, Somalia
Photo of the Day, August 11, 2012
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Picture taken during my trip to Somaliland of a little girl ...
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Photo of the Day, August 9, 2012
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A couple adores Monet's "Water Lilies" at the Museum of ...
Children at Play
Photo of the Day, August 7, 2012
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They are brothers and with a limitless spirit they roam the ...
Cricket Game, India
Photo of the Day, August 1, 2012
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Cricket is the passion and preferred pastime of almost every Indian ...
Monk With Dogs, Myanmar (Burma)
Photo of the Day, July 29, 2012
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A monk having a stroll with three dogs at a beautiful ...
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