Steve McCurry took this photograph in June 1984. Sharbat Gula was then 12 years old and stationed in a camp for Afghan refugees in Pakistan, during the invasion of the Soviet Union. The photograph was used as cover of National Geographic magazine and...
This photograph was taken by Eddie Adams on February 1, 1968. It shows the killing of a rebel Vietcong by the chief of the police. The prisoner's hands are tied as "Colonel" is about to pull the trigger. Eddy Adams then said: "The colonel killed the prisoner,...
A female crocodile carries her young children on her head.
Photograph by G.A. KOUT
Photograph by ALEXANDER SEMENOV
Photograph by TOM DANNEMAN
Photograph by SEBASTIAN OPTIZ
Photograph by MARTIN RYCZEK
Reflection Lake, Mount Rainier, National Park Washington, United States.
The U.S. agency NASA also broadcasts pictures of our good old Earth. Here, a satellite view Rokatenda Indonesian volcano during an eruption in February 2013. (Nasa)
By Marie-Lan Nguyen
U.S. astronaut Michael Fincke, Expedition 18 commander, photographed during a maintenance operation outside the International Space Station (ISS) in 2009.
By Tuxyso
mom sleeps all the time and I can not wake her.
Sleeping with my best friend
Photograph by PEDRO SZEKELY
Photograph by JAMES BRANDON
Photograph by Solara Santoni
Photograph by MARC SZEGLAT
Photograph by LYNN SESSIONS
Between 12 and 14 May, the Sun unleashed four intense bursts of radiation, or flares. These X-class flares are the most intense type known to be released by the Sun. This picture from Nasa's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) shows the first of these on...
This large chain of volcanoes sits on the Kamchatka Peninsula, with 19 of them still active. The highest volcano is Klyuchevskaya Sopka, standing at almost 16,000 feet high.
Many people often mistake Keukenhof, also known as the Garden of Europe, as the designated space of the tulip fields. However, these majestic fields are located just outside the garden and are mostly privately owned.
New south Wales, Australia
Ile de la Réunion, photography from Tristan Shu.