A Decken's sifaka lemur sits among the limestone towers in Madagascar's Grand Tsingy. The image was taken for a story in the November 2009 issue about the labyrinth of stone.
Photograph by Stephen Alvarez, Nat Geo Image Collection
A woman sits on top of a large white anthill, some of which can rise up to 40 feet high, near Elizabethville in the former Belgian Congo. The image was taken for a story in the October 1922 issue about a navy operation in Africa during World War I.
Photograph by Frank J. Magee, Nat Geo Image Collection
Two women in traditional dresses light candles at the City Palace in Jaipur, India, in observance of Diwali. The image, published online in August 2008, marks the holiday, also called the Festival of Lights.
Photograph by Joe McNally, Nat Geo Image Collection
A man sells goldfish in baggies tied to a tree branch at the Shatila Palestinian Camp in Beirut, Lebanon. The image was published in an editor's note in the February 1983 issue about the magazine's coverage of Lebanon's civil war.
Photograph by W.E. Garrett, Nat Geo Image Collection
