December 7 marks the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. Dick Fiske, pictured, was on the U.S.S. West Virginia during the attack. Here, he plays "Taps" in remembrance.
PHOTOGRAPH BY DAVID DOUBILET, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
Civil rights leader Albert A. Raby sits for a portrait in the offices of the Coordinating Council of Community Organizations in Chicago in 1967. Chief among the CCCO's goals was the desegregation of Chicago schools.
PHOTOGRAPH BY JAMES L. STANFIELD, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
A woman prays at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. Millions of pilgrims visit the holy site each year, and some leave little notes of prayer in the crevices of the wall.
PHOTOGRAPH BY LYNN JOHNSON, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
In this picture from the October 1973 issue, young boys play the violin and tambourine along Istanbul's Flower Passage—a street lined with bars and restaurants—in an effort to earn some money.
PHOTOGRAPH BY WINFIELD PARKS, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
When Sudan achieved independence in 1956, 96 percent of women were illiterate. This picture from the March 1982 issue shows a classroom full of women eager to learn. And the efforts for equality continue—in 2019, the Sudanese government repealed a restrictive law that governed how women were to look and act in public.
PHOTOGRAPH BY ROBERT CAPUTO, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
Men attend a service at a synagogue in Kiev, Ukraine. When this photo was published in 1987, it was the only remaining synagogue in the city and did not have a rabbi. Now, there are some 20,000 Jews in Kiev, and two synagogues.
PHOTOGRAPH BY STEVE RAYMER, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
In this picture from the January 1938 issue, young boys dress as wise men, prophets, and shepherds to sing Christmas carols across the countryside in northern Hungary.
PHOTOGRAPH BY JOHN PATRIC, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION