National Geographic revealed its annual Pictures of the Year issue. The photos show wildlife, scientific innovations, and more.

The world is an incredible place, and as usual, National Geographic has the photos to prove it. The magazine’s editors have chosen the best images from the past year to showcase in their annual photo issue,

The final 20 photos were narrowed down from a pool of 2.3 million − 300,000 more than in 2023, Nat Geo Editor-in-Chief Nathan Lump said.

Emperor penguins taking the plunge, an Arkansas family experiencing a total solar eclipse, and a scientist holding a rare white rhino fetus are among the most striking and important images captured this year,

Photographers from National Geographic traveled around the world, capturing jaw-dropping images from Antarctica, Africa and everywhere in between. See the Top 20 Pictures of the Year for 2024.

Photo by Bertie Gregory for National Geographic The annual Pictures of the Year list is narrowed down from 2.3 million photographs and celebrate our spectacularly diverse planet. From the imposing sand dunes of Egypt’s Western Desert to a farmer in Romania dealing with a changing environment,

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