Photo of the Day : People & Culture
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Machu Picchu
Photo of the Day, March 31, 2011
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Perched high in the Peruvian Andes, the royal retreat ...
Kung Fu Master, China
Photo of the Day, March 30, 2011
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Buddhist monk and kung fu master Shi Dejian (above ...
Accordionist, Crimean Peninsula
Photo of the Day, March 29, 2011
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Chords of friendship bind accordionist Olesya Kamovich and comrades ...
Sheep and Goats, Timbuktu
Photo of the Day, March 28, 2011
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After a day of grazing in the surrounding desert ...
Foam Party, Crimean Peninsula
Photo of the Day, March 21, 2011
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A young crowd breaks loose at a foam party ...
Herder, Israel
Photo of the Day, March 19, 2011
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A herder serenades his goats near Jerusalem, a few ...
Pagoda Forest, China
Photo of the Day, March 15, 2011
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"Gained merit in battle" reads the epitaph of two ...
Dinka Cattle Camp, Sudan
Photo of the Day, March 14, 2011
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The connection between a Dinka man and his cow ...
Kung Fu Students, China
Photo of the Day, March 12, 2011
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Boys at the Tagou school limber up before practicing ...
Bristol Bay, Alaska
Photo of the Day, March 10, 2011
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"We love our fish!" says Ina Bouker, a Yupik ...
Street Scene, Kolkata
Photo of the Day, March 5, 2011
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Its steaming streets crammed with vendors, pedestrians, and iconic ...
Women, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan
Photo of the Day, March 3, 2011
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“I saw two women on the side of the ...
Teenager, Timbuktu
Photo of the Day, March 2, 2011
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High heels and high hopes have become vogue among ...
Elephant Festival, India
Photo of the Day, February 3, 2011
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The Elephant Festival is one of the most popular festivals in ...
Soccer, Barcelona
Photo of the Day, January 28, 2011
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During the frenzy of the days leading up to the 2010 ...
Barrel Clown, Texas
Photo of the Day, January 25, 2011
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Barrel clown Coty Parker prays before the start of the tenth ...
Bride and Groom, Malaysia
Photo of the Day, January 17, 2011
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I wanted to capture this picture to show the viewer the ...
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Photo of the Day, January 5, 2011
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A woman is riding between the railway carriages of a local ...
New York City
Photo of the Day, January 4, 2011
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The girl looking at the lens was something I only realized ...
License Plated Road, Nagorno-Karabakh
Photo of the Day, October 30, 2010
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The license plates were taken from cars abandoned by ...
Mausoleums, Mexico
Photo of the Day, October 22, 2010
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Death is not the end of bravado for Mexican ...
Khwaja Ghulam Farid Shrine
Photo of the Day, October 19, 2010
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Idol worship is what extremists call it. But Sufis ...
Badshahi Mosque
Photo of the Day, October 17, 2010
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A quiet interlude between prayers is the best time ...
Bicyclists, Italy
Photo of the Day, October 11, 2010
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Bicyclists in Ferrara, Italy
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Cattle Rancher, Arizona
Photo of the Day, October 5, 2010
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Henry Gray, Arizona, 1970
Henry ran cattle for 50 ...
King Tutankhamen’s Funerary Mask
Photo of the Day, October 3, 2010
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Icon of ancient Egypt, the teenage pharaoh's funerary ...
Xhosa Teens
Photo of the Day, October 2, 2010
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Xhosa teens, initiated into manhood in a centuries-old circumcision ...
Muslims in Prayer
Photo of the Day, August 30, 2010
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Muslim women gather in prayer.
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