a diver lit in Dos Palmas Cenote, Mexico
a Newari woman wearing makeup for the Yamari Puni festival in Kathmandu, Nepal
a rafter at the Vatnajökull glacier, Iceland
a man carrying Turkish ice cream, Turkey
Maronite nuns making candy, Beirut, Lebanon
a human tower in Vilifranca, Spain
a penguin colony, South Georgia Island
a costumed Busó man, Hungary
birds flying near Iguazu Falls, Argentina
a great white shark in the Neptune Islands, Australia
children practicing yoga, Varanasi, India
Picture a lush forest on Vancouver Island, British Columbia
a man reading on a ferry boat, Istanbul, Turkey
Alpine Lakes Wilderness, Washington, from Chikamin Peak
people throwing paper into the air, China
the Swallow's Nest at dusk, Crimea, Ukraine
the Ring of Brodgar, Scotland
a subway escalator, Stockholm, Sweden
a man drying vermicelli in Allahabad, India
the exhibits at the MUSE museum, Trentino, Italy
people playing drums at the Ghat Festival, Libya
a nun at the tomb of St. Peter, Vatican City
cliffs in Bonifacio, Corsica
the Elephant Cave, Bali, Indonesia
Sami herders and reindeer in Sweden
mural detail in Rotterdam, Netherlands
a motorcyclist ascending a mountain road, Middle Atlas Mountains, Morocco
people outside Bank of England headquarters in the City, London
a hiker in the Lofoten Islands, Norway
a man standing on the The Little Rock Bridge, Wadi Rum, Jordan
Ifugao children near a rainforest, Philippines
boulevards at night in Paris, France
calligrapher writing messages for Tet, Vietnam
visitors to the Afrikaans Language Monument in South Africa
butterflies in the Tucavaca Valley, Bolivia
waitstaff at Prague castle in the main hall, Prague
hikers at night above Capetown, South Africa
a baker in his shop, Kashmir
a Nenet child climbing a tent, Russia
a red kangaroo at Sturt National Park, Australia
a cook making hand-pulled noodles, Beijing, China
a family relaxing near Richardson’s lighthouse, Andaman Islands, India
a couple outside of Caffe Florian, Italy
a woman near a giant snow sculpture, Harbin Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, China
Vik, Iceland, at sunrise
the interior of St. Stephens Cathedral, Vienna, Austria
a snowball fight in Times Square, New York City
a person waiting at a Munich subway station, Germany
stand-up paddleboarders near an iceberg, Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska
Madain Salih, Saudi Arabia
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Cave Diving in Tulum, MexicoA diver explores a cenote in Tulum, Mexico. Ancient Maya believed that the rain god Chaak lived in these natural wells. Now they are giving archaeologists new insights into the sacred landscapes of the ancestral people.
Photograph by Patrik Gustafsson, National Geographic Your Shot

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