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A boat travels across Bartlett Cove at sunset in Glacier Bay National Park, with the Fairweather Range as backdrop.
15/08/2023

A boat travels across Bartlett Cove at sunset in Glacier Bay National Park, with the Fairweather Range as backdrop.

In Ebyeng village near Makokou, Delphine Minko nee Akoumanlo, a Bwiti master of ceremonies, prepares the first legal, fa...
15/07/2023

In Ebyeng village near Makokou, Delphine Minko nee Akoumanlo, a Bwiti master of ceremonies, prepares the first legal, fair trade harvest of iboga for shipment abroad. She and her colleagues worked through the night stripping 2.2 pounds of iboga roots of their outer layer, drying the inner layer over a fire, pulverizing it into a powder—and imbuing the sacred material with their blessings.

Mandë Holdford, professor of chemistry at Hunter College and City University of New York Graduate Center, studies the th...
05/07/2023

Mandë Holdford, professor of chemistry at Hunter College and City University of New York Graduate Center, studies the therapeutic power of snail venom. Cone snails have one of the most lethal venoms on the planet.

Incandescent streams of lava flow into the ocean, extending La Palma’s coastline. The eruption devastated marine ecosyst...
26/06/2023

Incandescent streams of lava flow into the ocean, extending La Palma’s coastline. The eruption devastated marine ecosystems nearby, but new life has already begun to flourish atop the nutrient-rich underwater rocks.

Music lovers attend the Berkshire Festival in 1969 at the Tanglewood venue in western Massachusetts. This photo appeared...
15/06/2023

Music lovers attend the Berkshire Festival in 1969 at the Tanglewood venue in western Massachusetts. This photo appeared in an August 1970 story about the life, history, and culture of the Berkshire Hills.

Adelie penguins leap off of an iceberg near Antarctica’s Paulet Island. These birds usually begin to swim on their own w...
07/06/2023

Adelie penguins leap off of an iceberg near Antarctica’s Paulet Island. These birds usually begin to swim on their own when they are only nine weeks old.

"The occasion of the Sant'Agata celebrations [in Siciliy], young women dressed as brides known as "ntuppatedde", with th...
31/05/2023

"The occasion of the Sant'Agata celebrations [in Siciliy], young women dressed as brides known as "ntuppatedde", with their veiled faces, make their appearance," writes Your Shot photographer Antonella Platania. "The ntuppatedde are a celebration of the woman, of her freedom. In a society in which the word "femicide" too often resonates, this initiative is meant to encourage all women to fight for their freedom.The flower that they carry as a trophy, is a symbol to represent love."

Founded in 1997, northern Thailand’s all-white Wat Rong Khun temple was designed and funded entirely by Thai painter Cha...
25/05/2023

Founded in 1997, northern Thailand’s all-white Wat Rong Khun temple was designed and funded entirely by Thai painter Chalermchai Kositpipat. Mirror mosaics cover the facades, and depictions of Spider Man, Michael Jackson, and Hello Kitty decorate the main temple’s colorful interior. Despite its contemporary flair, visitors are expected to dress and behave with traditional reverence.

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