Photo of the Day : People & Culture
(265 photos)
Rainfall, Bangladesh
Photo of the Day, April 21, 2012
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Villagers along the southern coast of Bangladesh not only ...
Creole Drum Festival, Brazil
Photo of the Day, March 31, 2012
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Swirling to West African rhythms, residents of the Santa ...
Taksim Square, Istanbul
Photo of the Day, March 28, 2012
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Street Life
Istanbul, Turkey
By foot, rail, and automobile ...
Rodeo, Montana
Photo of the Day, March 24, 2012
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A calf roper warms up at the Marias 4 ...
Stream, Seoul
Photo of the Day, March 19, 2012
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Urban Renewal
Seoul, South Korea
Buried under an elevated ...
Lávut, Scandinavia
Photo of the Day, March 18, 2012
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Frames of lávut are a common sight in Sami ...
Jamuna River Dwellers, Bangladesh
Photo of the Day, March 15, 2012
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Front-yard floods are routine for fishermen and their families ...
King James Statue, England
Photo of the Day, March 10, 2012
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A life-size statue of King James dominates the most ...
High Tide, Indonesia
Photo of the Day, March 8, 2012
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As night falls and the tide rises on the ...
Esil River, Kazakhstan
Photo of the Day, March 3, 2012
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The French Riviera it isn't, but Astana makes ...
Child and Water Buffalo, Vietnam
Photo of the Day, February 18, 2012
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A young Hmong girl rides a water buffalo in Sa Pa ...
Caravanner and Camels, Mali
Photo of the Day, February 11, 2012
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A caravanner of mixed Tuareg and Arab descent leads his camels ...
Cave Painting, Papua New Guinea
Photo of the Day, January 27, 2012
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For generations people in the region have marked cave walls with ...
Reindeer, Scandinavia
Photo of the Day, January 20, 2012
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On a moonlit night, herders bring the reindeer into temporary tarp-enclosed ...
Westminster Abbey, London
Photo of the Day, January 12, 2012
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For a thousand years, music and ceremony have celebrated the Christian ...
Floating Lanterns, Thailand
Photo of the Day, January 6, 2012
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I had planned a recent trip to Thailand in November to ...
Museum of Islamic Art, Qatar
Photo of the Day, January 1, 2012
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The light gracefully filters through the complex central vault above the ...
Reindeer Herder, Siberia
Photo of the Day, December 24, 2011
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Reindeer breeding is one of the basic ...
Girl With Kite, India
Photo of the Day, December 20, 2011
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This young girl's kite soared above ...
Martial Arts Practice, India
Photo of the Day, December 18, 2011
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Kalaripayatu fighters practicing on a beach in ...
Street Scene, Paris
Photo of the Day, December 16, 2011
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Ah, Paris. What can I say? It ...
Himba Woman, Namibia
Photo of the Day, December 13, 2011
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The Himba women of northern Namibia perform ...
Soccer Player, Sierra Leone
Photo of the Day, December 6, 2011
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He was just a young boy when ...
Western Wall, Jerusalem
Photo of the Day, December 3, 2011
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Every Sabbath, the ultra-Orthodox Jews gather at ...
Geisha, Kyoto
Photo of the Day, December 1, 2011
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Within an ultramodern society Japan still maintains ...
Jack-O’-Lanterns, Massachusetts
Photo of the Day, October 31, 2011
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Grinning jack-o’-lanterns spill across a tree ...
Beltane Fire Festival, Scotland
Photo of the Day, October 17, 2011
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On the eve of the Beltane Fire ...
Folded Hands, Brunei
Photo of the Day, October 6, 2011
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Colorful shawls and flowered dresses accentuate these ...
Maasai Men, Kenya
Photo of the Day, October 2, 2011
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Maasai men perform a traditional jump dance ...
Boy With Balloons, India
Photo of the Day, September 24, 2011
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By photographing the shadow of ...
Pub, Uganda
Photo of the Day, September 22, 2011
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A successful image is often ...
Desert Crossing, Rajasthan, India
Photo of the Day, September 17, 2011
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This simple image is all ...
Ballerina, Kazakhstan
Photo of the Day, September 15, 2011
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Photographers are always trying to ...
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