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ETHIOPIA Hands Full of Harar Harar, Ethiopia A quiet childhood moment photographed inside a small shop in Harar, Ethiopia, where delicate traces of henna reflect the region’s African and Islamic traditions.

UNITED STATES Ranger by Duty, California by Spirit Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley, California, USA Ranger Adrian Boone brings a relaxed California spirit to the ancient redwood forest of Muir Woods National Monument. Uniform on, shaka ready.

CHINA She Knows Where We’re Going Waterway in the Guilin–Yangshuo karst region In the Guilin karst landscape, she knew exactly where the bamboo raft was going. I knew where to point my camera—a perfectly fair division of responsibilities.

CHINA When Tradition Spreads Its Wings Longji Rice Terraces, Longsheng County, Guangxi I photographed local performers in colourful traditional costumes as their flowing skirts spread like wings above the misty Longji Rice Terraces.

CHINA A Warrior for Life Great Wall of China, Beijing I photographed this traditional warrior at the Great Wall near Beijing, where his fierce appearance contrasted perfectly with his friendly and welcoming nature.

DOMINICA Roots of Light in the Caribbean Jungle Emerald Pool Nature Trail, Morne Trois Pitons National Park I photographed sunlight streaming through the Dominica rainforest and illuminating the monumental roots of a tropical tree near the Emerald Pool trail.

CHINA Where Dragons Sleep by the River Yulong River near Gongnong Bridge, Yangshuo, Guangxi, China At sunset, the Yulong River turned to gold beneath the karst peaks of Yangshuo. I saw no dragons, but this looked exactly like the place where they would sleep.

CHINA The Clouds Came Down to Check on the Rice Longji Rice Terraces, Longsheng County, Guangxi, China Clouds drift across the green Longji Rice Terraces near Guilin, briefly hiding the fields as if they had come down to check on the rice.

SAINT LUCIA Above the Rooftops of Soufrière Colombette Viewing Point, Soufrière I photographed Soufrière from above, with its colourful rooftops, tropical mountains and the legendary Pitons rising beside the Caribbean Sea.

ZAMBIA Two Gazes, One Story Kawaza Village, Luangwa Valley Two children, two different expressions and one brief moment of connection in Kawaza Village, Zambia. I photographed this portrait during my journey through the Luangwa Valley.

SOUTH AFRICA Zulu Warrior KwaZulu-Natal A Zulu warrior welcomes visitors to his village in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, performing to the rhythm of traditional drums and proudly presenting the colours and traditions of Zulu culture.

INDIA Between the Sari and the Sun Palolem Beach, Canacona, South Goa, India A woman wearing a colourful sari stands beside the Arabian Sea during sunset at Palolem Beach in South Goa.

EGYPT Guardians of the Desert Bedouin Village, Eastern Desert near Hurghada, Red Sea Governorate In a Bedouin village near Hurghada, I photographed a decorated camel and a Bedouin woman whose quiet presence inspired the title “Guardians of the Desert.”

UGANDA A Duet in Two Throats Kazinga Channel, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda Two hippopotamuses opened their enormous mouths almost simultaneously, creating an extraordinary duet on Uganda’s Kazinga Channel in Queen Elizabeth National Park.

NORTH MACEDONIA Medieval Silence Church of Saint John the Theologian at Kaneo, Lake Ohrid The medieval Church of Saint John the Theologian at Kaneo overlooking Lake Ohrid in North Macedonia. Photograph by Michał Sitek.

RUSSIA Moscow’s Colors Reach for the Sky Saint Basil’s Cathedral, Red Square, Moscow, Russia I photographed Saint Basil’s Cathedral from below, where its colourful domes and decorated towers appeared to climb directly into the blue Moscow sky.

JAPAN Next Stop, Another Plot Twist Tokyo Subway, near Shibuya Station, Tokyo, Japan On the Tokyo subway, one passenger disappeared into the pages of a manga while the train carried us towards Shibuya—and another plot twist.

CANADA Night Beneath the Glass Dome Biosphère de Montréal, Parc Jean-Drapeau The Montreal Biosphere at night glows above the snow of Île Sainte-Hélène like a geometric planet. I photographed this remarkable legacy of Expo 67 beneath the black winter sky.

CHINA A Window into History Mutianyu Great Wall, Huairou District, Beijing, China Through a dark opening in a Mutianyu watchtower, I photographed the Great Wall winding across forested mountains—a view from the present into centuries of history.

UNITED STATES The Pavement Remembers 400 North Point Street, San Francisco, California 94133, USA A pavement memorial outside San Francisco’s Longshoremen’s Hall commemorates Howard Sperry and Nick Bordoise, killed during Bloody Thursday in 1934.

KENYA Three Tails, No Faces Waterhole near Voi Safari Lodge, Tsavo East National Park, Kenya The red elephants of Tsavo East line up at a muddy waterhole, offering me three perfectly visible tails—and not a single cooperative face.

TANZANIA Two Are Better Than One Kendwa Beach, Zanzibar I photographed these two dromedaries on a beach in Zanzibar, where the white sand and turquoise Indian Ocean created an unexpected setting for such desert animals.

TANZANIA A Gallery Without Walls Kendwa Beach, Zanzibar, Tanzania Colourful paintings displayed directly on the white sand of Kendwa Beach created a remarkable gallery without walls, framed by the Indian Ocean and an endless blue sky.

UGANDA Mom Says – Keep Swimming Kazinga Channel, Mweya Peninsula, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda An adult hippopotamus watches from the shallows as a group moves in an almost perfect line through the waters of Uganda’s Kazinga Channel.

KENYA Landing During Rush Hour Lake Nakuru National Park, Nakuru County, Kenya A great white pelican prepares to land among a crowded colony of waterbirds on the shore of Lake Nakuru in Kenya.

GABON Living Monument Loango National Park, Atlantic Coast I photographed this solitary African elephant in Loango National Park, where dense green vegetation meets the wild Atlantic coast of Gabon.

SOUTH AFRICA Rhythm of the Ancestors Zulu village, Zululand, KwaZulu-Natal Zulu dancers fill a quiet village in KwaZulu-Natal with movement, voices and the rhythm of tradition. I captured the moment when one performer’s energy took command of the entire frame.

CAMBODIA The Stone Faces of Angkor Bayon Temple, Angkor Thom, Siem Reap Province, Cambodia The monumental stone faces of Bayon Temple in Angkor Thom, photographed during one of my earliest journeys through Asia.

CHINA On the Back of a Green Dragon Longji Rice Terraces, Longsheng County, Guangxi I photographed a woman in colourful traditional attire standing above the green curves of China’s Longji Rice Terraces.

CHINA Beneath the Roof of Heaven Seven Star Scenic Area, Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang, China A traditional stone pavilion framed by limestone karst formations and subtropical greenery in Guilin’s Seven Star Scenic Area.

SOUTH AFRICA The Savannah Can Wait Kruger National Park, South Africa A southern white rhinoceros takes a well-earned break in Kruger National Park, proving that sometimes the entire savannah simply has to wait.

BOTSWANA When Your Tooth Itches Chobe Riverfront, Chobe National Park, Botswana A hippo rests its enormous head against a rock on the Chobe River, looking as though it has finally found a way to scratch an itchy tooth.

SOUTH AFRICA Face-to-face with Jessica Jessica the Hippo, Hoedspruit, Limpopo A remarkably close encounter with Jessica, the famous hippopotamus from Hoedspruit, captured with her enormous mouth wide open.

INDIA A Busy Day on Quiet Water Chapora River near Siolim, North Goa, India Everyday work aboard small boats on the calm, tropical waters of the Chapora River in North Goa.

BOTSWANA Pool Party, Chobe Style Chobe River, Chobe National Park, Botswana I photographed this crowded group of Chobe River hippos in Botswana, where finding a free place in the water seemed almost impossible.