"For me, these images serve as a reminder of just how incredible our world is, and how much we need to cherish and preserve it." See: National Geographic's 'Pictures of the Year' 2024 ...

Meanwhile, 14-year-old Caden Shepard Choi won the Young Travel Photographer of the Year award for her black-and-white series of photos depicting the Navajo people of Chinle, Arizona herding sheep ...