JUNE 16, 2010
Diwali Festival, India
Photograph by Joe McNally, National Geographic
This Month in Photo of the Day: Travel
Two women in Jaipur hold candles to celebrate Diwali, the Festival of Lights. Observed over five days throughout India, it marks, among other things, the start of the new business year and the victory of light over dark.
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JUNE 18, 2010
Swayambhunath Stupa, Nepal
Photograph by Alison Wright
This Month in Photo of the Day: Travel
Young monks don sunglasses before dozens of butter lamps at Swayambhunath Stupa, a Buddhist temple in Kathmandu Valley. The gold-spired stupa is also known as the “Monkey Temple,” named for the population of rhesus monkeys that roam its grounds.
(Source: National Geographic)
OCTOBER 15, 2010
Empire State Building, New York
Photograph by Joe McNally, National Geographic
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OCTOBER 19, 2010
Khwaja Ghulam Farid Shrine
Photograph by Ed Kashi, National Geographic
This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features
Idol worship is what extremists call it. But Sufis call it love. Here in the town of Mithankot, women share a mystical moment at the shrine of Khwaja Ghulam Farid, a revered 19th-century poet they consider a saint.
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MAY 11, 2011
Zayed Mosque, Abu Dhabi
Photograph by Nawfal Jirjees, My Shot
(Source: National Geographic)
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AUGUST 18, 2011
Festival of Lights, Myanmar
Photograph by Chien-Chi Chang, National Geographic
This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features
Lighting a sea of candles, Burmese pay homage to their ancestors during Thadingyut, the three-day festival of lights in October marking the end of the Buddhist equivalent of Lent.
See more pictures from the August 2011 feature story ”Land of Shadows.”
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