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The historic city center of Brugges, Belgium—with its cobblestone streets, canals, and medieval architecture—was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2000. The network of canals that runs through the city was once used for merchant traffic and now provides passageways for boat tours.

Sunlight glances off mineral strata of different colors in Dushanzi Grand Canyon, China

Destiny Buck, of the Wanapum tribe, rides her mare, Daisy, in the yearly Indian princess competition in Pendleton, Oregon. A March 2014 story documented the enduring relationship between Native Americans and horses.

Twins share a swing at a park in Greenwich Village in New York City. This picture appeared in a January 2015 story about babies' brain development in the first year of life.

Monks at Gampo Abbey practice for an annual softball game against the local fire department in Nova Scotia, Canada. The image was taken for a story in the December 2005 issue on Buddhism in the global west.

A lone polar bear walks on Arctic pack ice in Spitsbergen, Norway.