Plus, behind the scenes of the year’s best photos.
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How do you measure a year? Is it a recap of the songs you listened to the most? How many steps you walked? How much your kid grew?
At National Geographic, we measure a year by the photos that move and inspire us. Our annual Pictures of the Year is the culmination of going through tens of thousands of photos month after month to curate this unforgettable collection.
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Senior Photo Editor Anne Farrar helped select these images, searching for moments that would really affect the viewer.
“What continues to surprise me is how, even in a world that can be challenging to live and move in, resilience shines through everywhere,” Farrar says, “in a giant armadillo burrow serving as shelter for a jaguar, in children laughing and playing through flooded streets, in millions gathering with hope along the banks of the Ganges, and in people regenerating the soil to nurture future generations.
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From the thousands of images made by our photographers all around the world this year, we present the ones that moved and inspired us most. |
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Sixteen years ago, photographer Stephen Wilkes created a concept called "Day to Night," which uses digital photo techniques to merge time into one image. He takes us through his creative process that captures wild animals at a watering hole in Botswana. |
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From setting up camera traps to piloting high-flying drones, National Geographic photographers go to great lengths to get the perfect shot. |
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