This photo of a turkey farm in Idaho was part of a story about the state's efforts to support the USA's mission in World War II. These hefty birds would eventually be butchered for troops' MREs.
Swaddled babies take a snooze while the adults participate in a cattle roundup on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation in Oregon in the 1970s.
A 12-year-old girl poses for a portrait in front of her home in Cyprus. This colorized photo was one of 66 that accompanied a July 1928 article about the Mediterranean island.
In this photo from the December 1990 issue, a mariachi band serenades newlyweds on the way to their reception in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Mariachi bands have been around since the 1860s, when France occupied Mexico.
The skull of a sei whale appears in a tidal creek at the Katalailzar National Reserve in Patagonia, Chile. The coast is notoriously stormy, likely stirring up the skull before burying it again.
Tahira Sayyad, a Pakistani folk singer, plays the sitar in Shalimar Gardens. The gardens have existed in Lahore, Pakistan, since the 17th century, and are a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
A man rests next to a roadside chapel in Tijuana, Mexico. The chapel honors Jesus Malverde, said to have been an outlaw hanged by law enforcement over a century ago.
A Zulu couple in Durban, South Africa, enjoy team in front of their home in the early 1970s. The Zulus are the largest single ethnic group in South Africa, but lived under heavy oppression during apartheid.
A 60-year-old elephant swims in the warm waters of the Andaman Sea in India. Now retired, the elephant spent 30 years hauling timber.
The Mad Hatter's Tea Party is now an iconic ride at Disneyland, providing thrills and seasickness for children and adults alike. But when this photo appeared in the August 1963 issue, the park was less than a decade old.
A girl celebrates her 10th birthday with her friends, getting manicures at a Barbie-themed store in Shanghai, China.
Even though we spend a third of our lives sleeping, scientists don't really understand why. Here, a researcher is monitoring the sleep of a lamb fetus still inside its mother. Lamb brains develop on a similar course to human brains, so the findings could help the field understand fetal sleep.
Three million "shade balls" flot on Ivanoe Reservoir, outside of Los Angeles, California. The plastic balls deflected UV rays, which caused a carcinogen to form in the water, from 2008 to 2017.
This bionic arm was cutting-edge technology when it appeared in the January 2010 issue. Twenty motors made it work, and it included sensors that allowed the user to register touch.
Some 2,000 years ago, an ancient people known as the Nasca built these aquifers in modern-day Peru. The wells allowed them to reach water deep within the surrounding mountains.
Vestidos com palha de ouricuri, indígenas da etnia pankararu realizam o ritual do Toré em Pernambuco.
Caurê (Falco rufigularis) mostra o porquê de um dos outros nomes pelo qual é conhecido no Brasil: falcão-morcegueiro.
Um batuíra-de-esporão (Vanellus cayanus) parece fazer massagem em uma capivara encontrada próxima a Porto Jofre, no Pantanal Sul-matogrossense.
