An ice cream truck parks outside the Castle Green wing of the historic Hotel Green in Los Angeles, California. In 2021, the food truck industry is expected to grow at a faster rate than the traditional restaurant industry.
PHOTOGRAPH BY GERD LUDWIG, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
In the village of Qalahye Panjah, Afghanistan, children gather early in the morning on the Muslim high holiday of Eid al-Adha, the Feast of Sacrifice. They look forward to eating the meat of a slaughtered sheep, which will also be shared with friends and the poor.
PHOTOGRAPH BY MATTHIEU PALEY, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
Brothers hang out on Biscayne Boulevard in Miami, Florida, in the early 1990s. A January 1992 magazine story examined how many different cultures combined in Miami to create a unique community.
PHOTOGRAPH BY MAGGIE STEBER, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
A February 1993 story documented an archaeological dig for Mayan artifacts in northern Guatemala. One item found is this commemorative stone slab dated to A.D. 731, bearing the likeness of a Mayan warrior.
PHOTOGRAPH BY ENRICO FEDORELLI, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
Boats that used to haul in tons of fish every year now sit and rust near the former port of Muynoq, Uzbekistan, since the Aral Sea dried up here in the 1980s.
PHOTOGRAPH BY CAROLYN DRAKE, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
A February 1990 story looked at the lives on either side of the Canada-U.S. border. In this picture, Canadians camp out in a parking lot in Washington State before hauling back duty-free goods.
PHOTOGRAPH BY SARAH LEEN, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
A story in the February 2001 issue detailed efforts to rehabilitate the swampy marshlands of New Jersey. Here, a woman tends to a butterfly garden she planted on the site of an old metal-plating factory.
PHOTOGRAPH BY MELISSA FARLOW, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
A Bedouin woman prepares bread over a campfire in the backcountry of Petra, Jordan. A December 1998 story illustrated the iconic views and fascinating history of the ancient city.
PHOTOGRAPH BY ANNIE GRIFFITHS, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
Thousands of New York National Guard soldiers marched down Fifth Avenue in New York City in 1917 before shipping off to fight in World War I. Reports say the parade took five hours to pass.
PHOTOGRAPH BY PAUL THOMPSON, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
The December 1997 issue featured a profile of Sita, a female tiger who lived in India's Bandhavgarh National Park. Here, Sita moves a cub to keep it safe from prey before setting out to hunt.
PHOTOGRAPH BY MICHAEL NICHOLS, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
A pair of orphan chimpanzees pose together at the Tchimpounga Sanctuary in the Republic of the Congo. The sanctuary is part of the Jane Goodall Institute, and focuses on studying and rehabilitating orphaned chimps.
PHOTOGRAPH BY MICHAEL NICHOLS, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
An armed guard in Meru National Park, Kenya, protects endangered white rhinos from poachers. Rhinos have been under threat for decades, with the northern white rhino subspecies going extinct in the wild in 2018.
PHOTOGRAPH BY STEVE RAYMER, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION