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Forty-five minutes east of Ho Chi Minh City, riverside Bửu Long Pagoda features carved dragons that curve down the temple stairs and a turquoise pool reflects the temple’s white walls and golden spires. The pagoda’s ultimate Gotama Cetiya Stupa houses famous relics, including śarīra, tiny beads of pearl and crystal that are said to appear in the cremated remains of the most enlightened Buddhist teachers.

Zacharia Mutai, head keeper of Kenya’s Ol Pejeta Conservancy, greets Najin, one of the world’s last two northern white rhinos. Embryos from Najin and Fatu (seen grazing in the background) have been fertilized by now-deceased males and will soon be carried by a surrogate.

Life goes on despite the steady monsoon rain in Kolkata, India. “[The] weather is extremely hard to predict,” says Julie Mayfeng of the Indian rainy season, which typically lasts from July to September. “At the time [this photo was taken], I was eating lunch at a street café. Suddenly it started to shower. I borrowed an umbrella from a stranger and ran out into the street. Although I was wet through and through, I was able to capture this fantastic scene.”

A few years ago when I was working as a helicopter pilot for a local radio station, we were required to fly around all of Mexico City chasing news and traffic. I remember flying up to the highway that connects Mexico City with the neighboring state of Puebla, and on my way back this housing complex that seemed to go on forever caught my attention. I decided to circle around to observe from up close what I later found out was the recently built San Buenaventura complex, which is located in Ixtapaluca, on the eastern outskirts of Mexico City.

An interior shot of the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey This photo was submitted to the 2013 National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest.

King penguins crowd the shores of South Georgia Island. This remote British outpost in the far South Atlantic is a haven for millions of animals, including seabirds and seals—and some 450,000 pairs of king penguins.

Snow on Lake Bled, Slovenia, makes the scene look like something out of a fairy tale. A functioning church stands on the small island in the middle of the lake, as it has since the late 17th century.

Rafters pause along the Colorado River to see dazzling stars in the night sky.

With many amenities closed during the summer months, November through April is an ideal time to visit Torres del Paine National Park.

"My husband was putting on a show for the kids, making a big dead tree throw sparks by tossing large chunks of wood at it," writes Your Shot photographer Terra Fondriest. "The tree had caught fire during our prescribed burn that we did to open the understory up and put nutrients in the soil. Sometimes dead trees catch fire and burn over the course of a couple days."

Coulson “was as much an artist as he was a photographer," says National Geographic senior photo editor Moran. Here, a gauzy curtain separates him from a theatrical performance in Berlin in 1982.

A minor league player kisses his wife before a game. Two hundred and forty teams make up Minor League Baseball in the U.S. Only about 10 percent of the players will ever make it to the majors.

An August 1999 story documented indigenous cultures in danger of disappearing forever. Here, a Chipaya woman in Bolivia follows her sheep home through a swirl of sand.

Post-Impressionist Vincent van Gogh's ”Poppy Flowers,” also known as ”Vase and Flowers,” was stolen twice from the Mohammed Mahmoud Khalil Museum. Worth at least $50 million, it remains missing.

Two-Tone Round Nails
Why stick with one color when you can have two? This duo-toned manicure is a stylish alternative to the classic French tip and puts a modern spin on the traditional style. Choose from warm tones like red and pink or cool shades like blue and grey, and you’ll have nails worthy of showing off. Paint the nail in a lighter color and add darker shade nail polish to create this design. This style works for any season of the year.

If you haven’t seen It Follows, allow me to explain the setup: You have s*x with someone infected by the entity. The entity, which can take the shape of anyone, including people you know, starts following you. The entity follows you until it kills you or you pass it on to someone else through s*x. If the entity kills that person, it comes back for you. You can never go anywhere with only one exit, you can never trust anyone, and you can never sleep again. Basically, you are fu**ed for all eternity. Good luck! (Bonus: For a good three or four days after watching this movie, you will believe every single person you see is a s*x demon coming to murder you.)