Hundreds of sheets of cloth create a rainbow of colours as workers lay them out to dry. A sea of red, orange, pink, purple and yellow can be seen in these aerial shots as the fabric dries in a field. Workers can also be seen in the middle of the palette of colour as they unfold each sheet. Once the cloth dries it is used to create traditional Bangladeshi women's dresses.

The icy breath of the north covered everything around with ice cover. But the Restless Barents Sea does not want to give up.

Rice terraces in Longji,China.

A Crabeater Seal (Lobodon carcinophaga) swimming by an iceberg in Antarctica on a snowy day.

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Antelope Canyon is a slot canyon in the Southwestern United States, one of the most visited and photographed in the world. The geological formation has been pierced due to the passage of water currents through an epigenetic process for thousands of years, and its walls reach 40 meters high at some points.

This photo shows the beautiful landscape of Capital Reef National Park with its amazing old orchards in foreground. Capital Reef has many old orchards of peaches, apples and apricots. The park lets you eat all you want if you eat it in the orchard.

Morning Routines at the bund. At the bund in shanghai every morning a group of old people practice Tai Chi, an ancient marital arts form in china.

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Two lama are chatting on the middle of the road

In South Asia, chillis are dried on the ground, before they are preserved or made into spices. The process requires workers (usually ladies) to lay out the chillis in the sun, and flip them every now and then to ensure a consistent drying process.

Pink flamingo greeting each other.

A wrestling contest held on the bank of the Ganges in Kolkata, India

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A sled in the Smithsonian collections marks the historic race

Tour a gallery of presidential portraits, print a 3-D model of a fossil or volunteer to transcribe historical documents

It all began when three frustrated women sought the no-bounce zone

In the hours after disaster struck Anchorage, an unexpected figure named Genie Chance came to the rescue

From virtual museum tours to space exploration, ancient worlds and natural phenomena, this hub has you covered

A century ago, Susan Pringle Frost tirelessly campaigned to save these South Carolina buildings from destruction

A museum director looks to the past to explain why 'Aloha' is as necessary as ever

The National Trust for Historic Preservation is looking for 1,000 places tied to women's history, and to share the stories of the figures behind them

The question of bulletproofing vexed physicians and public figures for years, before pioneering inventors experimented with silk

While COVID-19 has us homebound, it’s a good time to reflect on the peculiar histories of housewares we take for granted

Sketches from the workshop of French engineer Gustave Eiffel suggest a different plan for Lady Liberty’s upraised arm

The third installment in our weekly series spotlights titles that may have been lost in the news amid the COVID-19 crisis

The Beatles guitarist visited his sister in southern Illinois just months before he'd become world famous

Follow the Frenchman who remade the woods surrounding a royal estate into the world’s first nature preserve

In a nation under quarantine, chronicling a crisis demands careful strategy

Governments around the world grapple with how to deliver important guidelines on minimizing the spread of COVID-19

The institution took decades to come to grips with the trauma of the killing of four students 50 years ago

In the late 1300s, tea was introduced to Japan from mainland China, transported in delicate jars. Over the years, as drinking tea became a prized activity in Japan, so too did the jars in which it was stored

See how researchers at Smithsonian's National Zoo are trying to glean insight into elephant foraging behavior and more.

Henny Sundig is a pivotal figure in the history of WWII Danish resistance. In 1943, aged just 19, she risked it all to make a daring journey in her boat, Gerda III, to rescue as many Jews as she could.

The pilum, a vital weapon in Rome’s imperial ambitions, was a simple iron spear fixed with two bolts onto a heavy wooden post. It was remarkably effective against an attacker charging at high speed.

A trio of teenage lions are desperate to cross the shallows of the Luangwa River, in order to reunite with their pride. One problem: The river is infested with crocodiles, waiting for an easy meal.

The medieval English longbow first came to prominence during the Hundred Years War. In 1346, English forces used it to devastating effect to cut down a superior French army.

The smart tool gives users step-by-step instructions based on WHO’s handwashing protocol

The dominant bear in the swamp is fending off another challenge to his authority by an intruder. It's a clash of titans with mating rights on the line.

As spring begins, the surviving bees in the hive pick up their first task of the new year: dumping the corpses of the bees that died over winter.

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Highway 8, otherwise known as the Dempster Highway, will be closed to all traffic at 5 p.m. on Friday, according to the government of the Northwest Territories.

Veteran musher Lance Mackey has had his 21st place finish in this year's Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race vacated because of a failed drug test, race officials announced Thursday.

The remote cabin could be the difference between life and death for travellers stuck on the territory’s long winter road. It was built to remember Stella Barnaby, who would have been 55 this Saturday.

The government of the Northwest Territories has made an exemption on border restrictions for a veterinarian from Alberta to practice in the territory, after he received public and political support.