a woman dressed as a traditional clown in Tokyo, Japan
sulfur miners at the Kawah Ijen Volcano in Java, Indonesia
crop circle tourists in the United Kingdom
Mt. Fuji in Japan
sheep near the village of Lukomir in Bosnia and Herzegovina
a traveling family circus in Florence, Italy
a hallway in Ai Hotel, a love hotel, in Kawasaki, Japan
a boy riding a mechanical bull at the Cody Nite Rodeo in Wyoming
boys crossing a living root bridge in Mawlynnong in Meghalaya, India
Air Koryo Airlines in North Korea
a man sitting on the banks of Baku, Azerbaijan
the Rose Valley in Bulgaria
a shellfish platter on ice in Dubrovnik, Croatia
the clavigero, Gianni Crea, in the Vatican Museum, Vatican City
kids playing in fountains after the last day of school in Kiev, Ukraine
tequila process
crop circle tourists in the United Kingdom
kids in an underground walkway after the last day of school in Kiev, Ukraine
bridge
a healer in Mexico City, Mexico
Naftalan Petroleum Medical Center outside of Baku, Azerbaijan
a slum tour in the Baseco community in Manila, Philippines
the village of Lukomir in Bosnia and Herzegovina
blue agave field
swimmers in Lake Balaton
rider and his horse
the Palace of Revelations in Nha Trang, Vietnam
a girl playing in the Baseco community in Manila, Philippines
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JapanA woman dressed as a chondara, a traditional clown from the Japanese island of Okinawa, participates in one of Tokyo's many street festivals. This photo originally published in National Geographic Traveler magazine in the February/March 2018 issue. Subscribe to Traveler here.
Photograph by James Whitlow Delano, National Geographic

Best travel photos of 2018

Here are the year's best photos from National Geographic Travel.

ByJeff Heimsath
December 11, 2018

National Geographic has a long history of bringing the world into our readers’ homes and inspiring them to get out and explore their own. This year was no different–from smoldering volcanoes in Indonesia to intricate crop circles in England to awe-inspiring root bridges in India, we took our readers around the globe to experience unique stories in striking destinations. Here are our favorite photos captured this year.

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