In northern Kenya, Gabra women spend five hours a day hauling water in heavy jerry cans. The entire April 2010 issue was dedicated to water, with this specific story focusing on what women could achieve in their communities if they had easy and immediate access to water.
PHOTOGRAPH BY LYNN JOHNSON, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
A man serenades his neighbors in the town of Juazeiro do Norte in northeastern Brazil. When this picture was published in March 1987, the impoverished area had a per capita income of half the national average.
PHOTOGRAPH BY STEPHANIE MAZE, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower places a Medal of Honor on the coffin of an unknown soldier during a ceremony on May 30, 1958, at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. Two unknown soldiers were honored and buried that day—one from World War II and one from the Korean War. They represent all those who died in combat but could not be identified.
PHOTOGRAPH BY JACK FLETCHER, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
A grandmother plays with her grandchildren in a dera in Kolkata, India. Behind her are extra wheels for repairing rickshaws, a mode of transportation fading from practice.
PHOTOGRAPH BY AMI VITALE, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
Women take a break from their work at a salmon-canning factory in Poronaysk, Sakhalin Island, Russia. The July 1990 issue told the story of salmon, from catch to can.
PHOTOGRAPH BY NATALIE B. FOBES, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
A widow in Bangladesh stands in her family's home, which she paid for with money from a special bank for the poor. Her story was told in the October 1998 issue, and explained that the loan allowed her the freedom to start a business to provide for her family—without resorting to another marriage.
PHOTOGRAPH BY KAREN KASMAUSKI, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
Mahouts pose with their elephants in the Mahaweli River in Sri Lanka—known as Ceylon when this picture was published in March 1921. To work as a mahout—a caretaker and trainer of elephants—is often a family tradition, but in recent years the practice has been met with controversy.
PHOTOGRAPH BY HELEN MESSINGER MURDOCH, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
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