Pucón, Chile: Villarrica -- seen here from the town of Pucón -- is one of Chile's most active volcanoes. Its last major eruption was in 2015. CNN
@min LY, cambodia, commended, open Travel and 2nd place, Cambodia National Awards, 2018 Sony World Photography Awards
Yen Sin Wong, Malaysia National Award word photo
A Maasai girl bounces on the carcass of a 52-year-old female elephant near Amboseli National Park, which is hemmed by farms. Rangers suspect the elephant was poisoned for raiding grain stores and removed her tusks. Natioanl Geographic
From "Why Poison Is a Growing Threat to Africa's Wildlife," August 2018
The bed of Bolivia's dry, salt-crusted Lake Poopó unfurls into the distance. Boats are stranded; the fish and waterfowl are gone. Fishermen who depended on the lake are moving elsewhere. It’s a diaspora born of drought. Natioanl Geographic
From "Some of the World's Biggest Lakes Are Drying Up. Here's Why," March 2018
In Khuzestan Province, Masoumeh Ahmadi, 14, holds her mother’s shotgun. After a woman marries, she receives a firearm—with the approval of her husband and her father. Many women get one as a gift from their husbands after giving birth to their first son. Natioanl Geographic
From "Why Iran’s Nomads Are Fading Away," October 2018
Laura Sermeño and her baby boy celebrate the end of her cuarentena, or quarantine. The tradition, common throughout Latin America, requires new mothers to rest under the care of their relatives for some 40 days after childbirth. The period ends with a mother-child herbal bath and a massage.
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