1. Julie, Antonio, and India Abram collect their daily allowance of bottled water from their local water resource site in Flint, Michigan.

via Wayne Lawrence / National Geographic
2. Yoina Mameria Nontsotega and her pet saddleback tamarin swim in the Yomibato River.

via Charlie Hamilton James / National Geographic
3. A Bornean orangutan climbs 100 feet into the canopy to grab some fruit.
via Tim Laman / National Geographic
4. The Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park.
via Michael Nichols / National Geographic
5. Igor Voronkin, a Ukrainian coal miner, after surfacing from working in the Barentsburg mine.
via Evgenia Arbugaeva / National Geographic
6. A group of approximately 413,000 sandhill cranes wade in the Platte River as an evening storm approaches.

via Randy Olson / National Geographic
7. Space engineer Pablo de León tests a space suit in a Mars simulator at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.
via Phillip Toledano / National Geographic
8. A 16-year-old giant panda named Ye Ye getting some R&R in China’s Wolong Nature Reserve.

via Phillip Toledano / National Geographic
9. A mother grizzly bear and her cubs cause a "bear-jam" on Park Road in Alaska.
via Aaron Huey / National Geographic
10. Workers conduct eye exams to help reduce India`s blind population.
via Brent Stirton / National Geographic
11. A baby African white-bellied tree pangolin hitches a ride on its mother.
via Joel Sartore / National Geographic
12. A day-to-night composite taken in Yosemite National Park. The photographer took 1,036 shots over 26 hours to create this one image.
via Stephen Wilkes / National Geographic
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