Every year, National Geographic publishes the best pictures taken by photographers from all over the world, and 2016 is no exception. Without further ado, take a look at the shots that will instantly take you to far-off countries and exotic places.
A marmoset on the head of a girl bathing in the Yomybato River in the Manú National Park, Peru.
© Charlie Hamilton James
A diver and a tiger shark in the Bahamas. This predator relies on the element of surprise when hunting, so it wouldn’t attack the human looking at it.
© Brian Scarry
An orangutan climbing up a 100-foot strangler fig to fetch its fruit.
A Norwegian research vessel drifting in the ice.
© Nick Cobbing
Lightning striking across the skies above the cranes in the Platt River Shoal, Nebraska, USA.
© Randy Olson
Ye Ye, a 16-year-old giant panda in the Wolong Nature Reserve, China.
© Ami Vitale
A school of fish in the coral reefs near the shores of Cuba.
© David Doubilet and Jennifer Hayes
Tortoises trying to hide from the scorching sun — otherwise they’ll just roast in their shells.
© Thomas Peschak
An ocular examination in Sundarbans, India.
© Brent Stirton
A baby tree pangolin on the back of its mother, Florida, USA.
© Joel Sartor
The photographer had to make 1,036 shots over more than 26 hours on the side of Yosemite National Park to create this "day-night" picture.
© Stephen Wilkes
The temple of Athena Pronaia at dusk in Delphi, Greece.
© Vincent J.
Sharks waiting for the tide in the Aldabra lagoon, the Seychelles.
© Thomas P. Peschak
A grizzly mother bear with her cubs have caused a traffic jam in Alaska, USA.
© Aaron Huey
Thermophiles color the Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park: these organisms are perfectly adapted to the scalding heat.
© Michael Nichols
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