Editor's Choice Picture of the Day - May 15, 2013

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A boy carries plastics sheets to use as shelter at a Rohingya internally displaced person (IDP) camp outside of Sittwe, May 15, 2013. Authorities in Myanmar struggled on Wednesday to evacuate tens of thousands of people, most of them Rohingya Muslims, before Cyclone Mahasen reaches camps in low-lying regions that have been their home since ethnic and religious unrest last year.

 

Highlights from the 2013 National Geographic Traveler photo contest

The winners have been announced for the 25th annual National Geographic Traveler photo contest — featuring some stunning pictures of people, places and things from around the globe. They're still taking submissions, for all you globe-trotting photographers. Here is a selection of our favourites that have already been entered:

 

 

A fisherman casts his net on Bira Beach in Indonesia. Dody Kusuma photo

 

Mikael Ande, a child of Sami reindeer herders, takes a break indoors after a long, cold day of rounding up the animals for vaccinations and slaughter. Children of reindeer herders learn to handle these animals and the land they thrive in from infancy — young Mikael here knew far more about the ways of nature than I could ever hope to learn. Michelle Schantz photo

 

 

I found this girl in a monastery in Jakar, posing at the door of the main entrance to the chapel. Juan Abal Lopez photo

 

A scientist climbs out of an ice cave formed by volcanic vents near the summit of Mt. Erebus, Antarctica. Alasdair Turner photo

 

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I'm a photo editor. I'm a runner. I have loved ones. And I'm haunted by an image.

The image is of Jeff Bauman in a wheelchair being whisked away from the recent bombing scene at the Boston Marathon.  An image that has been looping in my mind for days.  I have seen many gut-wrenching photos in my career, but none that has hit closer to home or has kept me up at night or has made me cry.

AP Photo/Charles Krupa

An emergency responder and volunteers, including Carlos Arredondo, in the cowboy hat, push Jeff Bauman in a wheelchair after he was injured in an explosion near the finish line of the Boston Marathon.

Jeff was there waiting for his girlfriend, Erin Hurley to cross the finish line, just as my partner Bernard and many friends have done for me. Some have even joined me at the last mile to "run me into the finish line."  It's so special and important to know that your support team is waiting for you.  I still can't get the image of Jeff Bauman out of my mind. I can't help but see my loved ones faces in that image.  It's beyond anyone's comprehension that such a joyous milestone could mutate into such a tragedy.  Any runner will tell you how integral spectators are along the grueling 26-mile journey we call a marathon.  Bauman no doubt was like many of the spectators I've encountered cheering us on, handing us cups of water, calling out our names, playing music, and banging drums to keep us strong.  "You're looking good! " "Looking strong Wanda!"  "Keep it going!"  "Almost there!"

Julian Edelman Twitter

A  Twitter  photo posted on Julian Edelman's Twitter page shows Jeff smiling and holding his thumb up when he got a visit from New England Patriots' receiver Julian Edelman and actor Bradley Cooper.

I love this photo of Jeff as it speaks to his strength and courage and resilience.  Bauman not only survived the attack, but was also able to assist the police in helping to identify the two bombing suspects.

I'm sure in the days and weeks to come we will hear more about you and your progress.

This one's for you Jeff Bauman.  I'm banging the drum, playing the music, yelling " You are looking strong Jeff!" 

A online donation site has been set up to help Jeff with his medical costs here.

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Editor's Choice Picture of the Day - April 20, 2013

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An aerial infrared image shows the outline of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in a boat during the manhunt in Watertown, Massachusetts, April 19, 2013, courtesy of the Massachusetts State Police. A telephone call from a resident led police to the boat where the suspect, identified as Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, was hiding and a police helicopter detected a heat signal that confirmed his presence there, said Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis. 

Editor's Choice Picture of the Day - April 17, 2013

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Guests take their seats during the Ceremonial funeral of former British Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher at St Paul's Cathedral  on April 17, 2013 in London, England. Dignitaries from around the world today join Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh as the United Kingdom pays tribute to former Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher during a Ceremonial funeral with military honours at St Paul's Cathedral. Lady Thatcher, who died last week, was the first British female Prime Minister and served from 1979 to 1990.

Editor's Choice Picture of Day - April 13, 2013

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AP Photo/National Rescue Team

This photo released by Indonesia's National Rescue Team shows rescuers at the crash site of a Lion Air plane in Bali, Indonesia on April 13, 2013. The plane carrying more than 100 passengers and crew overshot a runway on the Indonesian resort island of Bali and crashed into the sea, injuring nearly two dozen people, officials said.

Editor's Choice Picture of the Day - April 7, 2013

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REUTERS/Haleem Al-Halabi

REUTERS/Haleem Al-HalabiA man drinks water as he searches for survivors in the rubble of a damaged area, what activists said was a result of an airstrike by the Syrian regime, in Al-Sukkari neighborhood in Aleppo April 7, 2013. REUTERS/Haleem Al-Halabi

Cherry blossoms bloom in Kyoto, Japan

Cherry blossoms are in full bloom in Kyoto, Japan — the blooming period runs from the end of March to the beginning of April. Getty photographer Buddhika Weerasinghe captured these beauties on April 5, 2013 in Kyoto, Japan.

 

Maruyama Park

On the Okazaki canal

Imperial Palace Park

A bee buzzes at the Imperial Palace

On the Okazaki canal

 

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Art-like patterns in sandstone at the ruins in Petra, Jordan

Adam Pretty of Getty Images captured these intricate, art-like detailed views the sandstone inside the ruins at Petra in Jordan. Photographed on March 29, 2013.

 

 

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Split view from top of One World Trade Center - Editor's Choice - Picture of the Day - April 2, 2013

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Members of the media are reflected in the windows of the 100th floor observation deck in the One World Trade Center in New York, April 2, 2013. Port Authority officials unveiled Tuesday the stunning view from the top of One World Trade Center, a 360-degree eagle’s eye panorama that will instantly become one of the city’s premiere tourist attractions when it is completed in 2015.

 

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