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CAIRO: The angle of this dramatic shot gives the viewer a peek into the hand of one of the players in what seems to be a serious game of café dominoes. PHOTOGRAPH BY SHADY ESSAM, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

CAIRO: In this colorful image, the street vendor seems to disappear into his large bounty of bananas, whose yellow shades are pleasingly reflected by the windows. PHOTOGRAPH BY MARIANITA GEORGOULA, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

CAIRO: Osam explains that the pottery workshop’s owner could not afford to hire workers or to send his young son to school. So now they work in the shop together. PHOTOGRAPH BY MOHAMED OSAM, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

GIZA: The Great Sphinx of Giza is an image that is famous the world over. The photographer's creative framing offers a new perspective on a familiar sight. PHOTOGRAPH BY AGE FOTO, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

WESTERN DESERT: This silhouetted Arabian horse rearing against a sunset—bigger than, but restrained by, its handler—paints a picture of what Jacobs calls the relationship between man and horse in the desert. PHOTOGRAPH BY GLENN JACOBS, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

GIZA: The Pyramids at Giza form a backdrop to this tender moment between a camel and its handler. Al Zaabi explains that the two have developed a bond through their long history of working together. PHOTOGRAPH BY MAJED AL ZAABI, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR S

SHARM EL SHEIKH: A low sun casts elongated shadows as camels walk in formation through the Sinai desert near Sharm El Sheik. PHOTOGRAPH BY DR-MAHER EL-SEBAEY, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

WHITE DESERT: Egypt’s White Desert is filled with chalk-rock formations carved by sandstorms and erosion. As dawn’s light glows over the alien landscape, you might believe yourself to have landed on another planet. PHOTOGRAPH BY ALBERTO MATEO, NATIONAL GE

CAIRO: Mateo’s use of motion blur captures the city’s energy as two men dressed in traditional galabia walk past carpets in Islamic Cairo, a historic part of the city filled with mosques and madrasas. PHOTOGRAPH BY ALBERTO MATEO, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR

CAIRO: Beneath the minarets of Al Azhar university, as clouds soften Cairo's famously strong sun, Mateo captured a taxi passenger’s spontaneous smile outside the Khan el-Khalili souk. PHOTOGRAPH BY ALBERTO MATEO, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

CAIRO: In hectic downtown Cairo, cyclists must carefully maneuver through traffic-choked streets—particularly when loaded with such fragile, though eye-catching, cargo. PHOTOGRAPH BY NOUR EL REFAI, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

CAIRO: While photographing a wedding ceremony, Shakweer waited for the perfect moment. He found it when “the man took his place right in the middle of the frame; almost all eyes looking at him, including the paintings”. PHOTOGRAPH BY M. SHAKWEER, NATIONAL

ASWAN: Mud-brick houses are a common sight around the southern city of Aswan. Nusair explains that this house, on an island in the Nile River, belonged to the man’s grandfather. PHOTOGRAPH BY ABDULRHMAN NUSAIR, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

GIZA: Shereen explains that this young man traveled nearly 400 miles north from Qena to Giza to sell his camels at the biggest market in Egypt, held before the Eid al-Adha feast. PHOTOGRAPH BY RANIA SHEREEN, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

CAIRO: Cairo’s Al-Azhar Park offers an attractive oasis in Cairo, with lawn areas, fountains, courtyards and excellent views of the Citadel—especially scenic at sunset. PHOTOGRAPH BY AMR RAHMAN, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

ALEXANDRIA: Backlit by the sun, these young street vendors’ colorful bunches of balloons provide a striking contrast to the earth-toned Alexandria cityscape in the background. PHOTOGRAPH BY ESSAM HIGAZI, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

GIZA: Classic images are classic for good reason. With a single camel dwarfed by the sheer scale of the pyramids, this precisely composed shot evokes a sense of romance and nostalgia for travel’s golden age. PHOTOGRAPH BY ALI AL-EZZI, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

WESTERN DESERT: Capturing the vastness of Egypt’s elemental Western Desert is a tricky task. So Eid focused on a cave, which gives a sense of the shelter it offers from a burning sun. PHOTOGRAPH BY DANY EID, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

CAIRO: Cairo is a buzzing, noisy city, but this muted image reveals the calm that can be found down a quiet alley. To know a place, you must explore it “completely”, writes Mullapudi. PHOTOGRAPH BY SURYA PRAKASH MULLAPUDI, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

DAHAB: “Diving changed my perception of many things”, writes Grey. “Everything on the surface stops existing. There’s only you, the infinite blue and concentration on what you see, here and now”. PHOTOGRAPH BY ELEANNE GREY, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

ALEXANDRIA: Two bunches of balloons, elegantly balanced at either side of the frame, add pops of color to this low-lit Alexandria street scene. PHOTOGRAPH BY ESSAM HIGAZI, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

DAHAB: The Red Sea resort town of Dahab is famous for its diving spots. In this image, Timmermans, who co-organizes diving competitions there, pulls the viewer into the deep to accompany this ascending freediver. PHOTOGRAPH BY WENDY TIMMERMANS, NATIONAL G

DAHAB: As coral reefs are threatened around the world, artificial reefs can benefit underwater ecosystems, even artistic ones like this full-scale elephant under the Red Sea. “In addition to being useful”, writes Bihet, “it is a beautiful playground for f

SHARM EL SHEIK: An unusual perspective provides a glimpse of a colorful underwater world, teeming with life, beneath a jetty in the resort town of Sharm El Sheik. PHOTOGRAPH BY JOSEF LITT, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

CAIRO: O’Connell caught a warm patch of sunlight falling on this man just at the moment when he slipped off his shoes and entered a mosque. PHOTOGRAPH BY CLARE O'CONNELL, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

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CAIRO: The angle of this dramatic shot gives the viewer a peek into the hand of one of the players in what seems to be a serious game of café dominoes. PHOTOGRAPH BY SHADY ESSAM, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

CAIRO: In this colorful image, the street vendor seems to disappear into his large bounty of bananas, whose yellow shades are pleasingly reflected by the windows. PHOTOGRAPH BY MARIANITA GEORGOULA, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

CAIRO: Osam explains that the pottery workshop’s owner could not afford to hire workers or to send his young son to school. So now they work in the shop together. PHOTOGRAPH BY MOHAMED OSAM, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

GIZA: The Great Sphinx of Giza is an image that is famous the world over. The photographer's creative framing offers a new perspective on a familiar sight. PHOTOGRAPH BY AGE FOTO, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

WESTERN DESERT: This silhouetted Arabian horse rearing against a sunset—bigger than, but restrained by, its handler—paints a picture of what Jacobs calls the relationship between man and horse in the desert. PHOTOGRAPH BY GLENN JACOBS, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

GIZA: The Pyramids at Giza form a backdrop to this tender moment between a camel and its handler. Al Zaabi explains that the two have developed a bond through their long history of working together. PHOTOGRAPH BY MAJED AL ZAABI, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR S

SHARM EL SHEIKH: A low sun casts elongated shadows as camels walk in formation through the Sinai desert near Sharm El Sheik. PHOTOGRAPH BY DR-MAHER EL-SEBAEY, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

WHITE DESERT: Egypt’s White Desert is filled with chalk-rock formations carved by sandstorms and erosion. As dawn’s light glows over the alien landscape, you might believe yourself to have landed on another planet. PHOTOGRAPH BY ALBERTO MATEO, NATIONAL GE

CAIRO: Mateo’s use of motion blur captures the city’s energy as two men dressed in traditional galabia walk past carpets in Islamic Cairo, a historic part of the city filled with mosques and madrasas. PHOTOGRAPH BY ALBERTO MATEO, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR

CAIRO: Beneath the minarets of Al Azhar university, as clouds soften Cairo's famously strong sun, Mateo captured a taxi passenger’s spontaneous smile outside the Khan el-Khalili souk. PHOTOGRAPH BY ALBERTO MATEO, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

CAIRO: In hectic downtown Cairo, cyclists must carefully maneuver through traffic-choked streets—particularly when loaded with such fragile, though eye-catching, cargo. PHOTOGRAPH BY NOUR EL REFAI, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

CAIRO: While photographing a wedding ceremony, Shakweer waited for the perfect moment. He found it when “the man took his place right in the middle of the frame; almost all eyes looking at him, including the paintings”. PHOTOGRAPH BY M. SHAKWEER, NATIONAL

ASWAN: Mud-brick houses are a common sight around the southern city of Aswan. Nusair explains that this house, on an island in the Nile River, belonged to the man’s grandfather. PHOTOGRAPH BY ABDULRHMAN NUSAIR, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

GIZA: Shereen explains that this young man traveled nearly 400 miles north from Qena to Giza to sell his camels at the biggest market in Egypt, held before the Eid al-Adha feast. PHOTOGRAPH BY RANIA SHEREEN, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

CAIRO: Cairo’s Al-Azhar Park offers an attractive oasis in Cairo, with lawn areas, fountains, courtyards and excellent views of the Citadel—especially scenic at sunset. PHOTOGRAPH BY AMR RAHMAN, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

ALEXANDRIA: Backlit by the sun, these young street vendors’ colorful bunches of balloons provide a striking contrast to the earth-toned Alexandria cityscape in the background. PHOTOGRAPH BY ESSAM HIGAZI, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

GIZA: Classic images are classic for good reason. With a single camel dwarfed by the sheer scale of the pyramids, this precisely composed shot evokes a sense of romance and nostalgia for travel’s golden age. PHOTOGRAPH BY ALI AL-EZZI, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

WESTERN DESERT: Capturing the vastness of Egypt’s elemental Western Desert is a tricky task. So Eid focused on a cave, which gives a sense of the shelter it offers from a burning sun. PHOTOGRAPH BY DANY EID, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

CAIRO: Cairo is a buzzing, noisy city, but this muted image reveals the calm that can be found down a quiet alley. To know a place, you must explore it “completely”, writes Mullapudi. PHOTOGRAPH BY SURYA PRAKASH MULLAPUDI, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

DAHAB: “Diving changed my perception of many things”, writes Grey. “Everything on the surface stops existing. There’s only you, the infinite blue and concentration on what you see, here and now”. PHOTOGRAPH BY ELEANNE GREY, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

ALEXANDRIA: Two bunches of balloons, elegantly balanced at either side of the frame, add pops of color to this low-lit Alexandria street scene. PHOTOGRAPH BY ESSAM HIGAZI, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

DAHAB: The Red Sea resort town of Dahab is famous for its diving spots. In this image, Timmermans, who co-organizes diving competitions there, pulls the viewer into the deep to accompany this ascending freediver. PHOTOGRAPH BY WENDY TIMMERMANS, NATIONAL G

DAHAB: As coral reefs are threatened around the world, artificial reefs can benefit underwater ecosystems, even artistic ones like this full-scale elephant under the Red Sea. “In addition to being useful”, writes Bihet, “it is a beautiful playground for f

SHARM EL SHEIK: An unusual perspective provides a glimpse of a colorful underwater world, teeming with life, beneath a jetty in the resort town of Sharm El Sheik. PHOTOGRAPH BY JOSEF LITT, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

CAIRO: O’Connell caught a warm patch of sunlight falling on this man just at the moment when he slipped off his shoes and entered a mosque. PHOTOGRAPH BY CLARE O'CONNELL, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

25 Captivating Photos of Egypt

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CAIRO: The angle of this dramatic shot gives the viewer a peek into the hand of one of the players in what seems to be a serious game of café dominoes. PHOTOGRAPH BY SHADY ESSAM, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

CAIRO: In this colorful image, the street vendor seems to disappear into his large bounty of bananas, whose yellow shades are pleasingly reflected by the windows. PHOTOGRAPH BY MARIANITA GEORGOULA, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

CAIRO: Osam explains that the pottery workshop’s owner could not afford to hire workers or to send his young son to school. So now they work in the shop together. PHOTOGRAPH BY MOHAMED OSAM, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

GIZA: The Great Sphinx of Giza is an image that is famous the world over. The photographer's creative framing offers a new perspective on a familiar sight. PHOTOGRAPH BY AGE FOTO, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

WESTERN DESERT: This silhouetted Arabian horse rearing against a sunset—bigger than, but restrained by, its handler—paints a picture of what Jacobs calls the relationship between man and horse in the desert. PHOTOGRAPH BY GLENN JACOBS, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

GIZA: The Pyramids at Giza form a backdrop to this tender moment between a camel and its handler. Al Zaabi explains that the two have developed a bond through their long history of working together. PHOTOGRAPH BY MAJED AL ZAABI, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR S

SHARM EL SHEIKH: A low sun casts elongated shadows as camels walk in formation through the Sinai desert near Sharm El Sheik. PHOTOGRAPH BY DR-MAHER EL-SEBAEY, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

WHITE DESERT: Egypt’s White Desert is filled with chalk-rock formations carved by sandstorms and erosion. As dawn’s light glows over the alien landscape, you might believe yourself to have landed on another planet. PHOTOGRAPH BY ALBERTO MATEO, NATIONAL GE

CAIRO: Mateo’s use of motion blur captures the city’s energy as two men dressed in traditional galabia walk past carpets in Islamic Cairo, a historic part of the city filled with mosques and madrasas. PHOTOGRAPH BY ALBERTO MATEO, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR

CAIRO: Beneath the minarets of Al Azhar university, as clouds soften Cairo's famously strong sun, Mateo captured a taxi passenger’s spontaneous smile outside the Khan el-Khalili souk. PHOTOGRAPH BY ALBERTO MATEO, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

CAIRO: In hectic downtown Cairo, cyclists must carefully maneuver through traffic-choked streets—particularly when loaded with such fragile, though eye-catching, cargo. PHOTOGRAPH BY NOUR EL REFAI, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

CAIRO: While photographing a wedding ceremony, Shakweer waited for the perfect moment. He found it when “the man took his place right in the middle of the frame; almost all eyes looking at him, including the paintings”. PHOTOGRAPH BY M. SHAKWEER, NATIONAL

ASWAN: Mud-brick houses are a common sight around the southern city of Aswan. Nusair explains that this house, on an island in the Nile River, belonged to the man’s grandfather. PHOTOGRAPH BY ABDULRHMAN NUSAIR, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

GIZA: Shereen explains that this young man traveled nearly 400 miles north from Qena to Giza to sell his camels at the biggest market in Egypt, held before the Eid al-Adha feast. PHOTOGRAPH BY RANIA SHEREEN, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

CAIRO: Cairo’s Al-Azhar Park offers an attractive oasis in Cairo, with lawn areas, fountains, courtyards and excellent views of the Citadel—especially scenic at sunset. PHOTOGRAPH BY AMR RAHMAN, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

ALEXANDRIA: Backlit by the sun, these young street vendors’ colorful bunches of balloons provide a striking contrast to the earth-toned Alexandria cityscape in the background. PHOTOGRAPH BY ESSAM HIGAZI, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

GIZA: Classic images are classic for good reason. With a single camel dwarfed by the sheer scale of the pyramids, this precisely composed shot evokes a sense of romance and nostalgia for travel’s golden age. PHOTOGRAPH BY ALI AL-EZZI, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

WESTERN DESERT: Capturing the vastness of Egypt’s elemental Western Desert is a tricky task. So Eid focused on a cave, which gives a sense of the shelter it offers from a burning sun. PHOTOGRAPH BY DANY EID, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

CAIRO: Cairo is a buzzing, noisy city, but this muted image reveals the calm that can be found down a quiet alley. To know a place, you must explore it “completely”, writes Mullapudi. PHOTOGRAPH BY SURYA PRAKASH MULLAPUDI, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

DAHAB: “Diving changed my perception of many things”, writes Grey. “Everything on the surface stops existing. There’s only you, the infinite blue and concentration on what you see, here and now”. PHOTOGRAPH BY ELEANNE GREY, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

ALEXANDRIA: Two bunches of balloons, elegantly balanced at either side of the frame, add pops of color to this low-lit Alexandria street scene. PHOTOGRAPH BY ESSAM HIGAZI, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

DAHAB: The Red Sea resort town of Dahab is famous for its diving spots. In this image, Timmermans, who co-organizes diving competitions there, pulls the viewer into the deep to accompany this ascending freediver. PHOTOGRAPH BY WENDY TIMMERMANS, NATIONAL G

DAHAB: As coral reefs are threatened around the world, artificial reefs can benefit underwater ecosystems, even artistic ones like this full-scale elephant under the Red Sea. “In addition to being useful”, writes Bihet, “it is a beautiful playground for f

SHARM EL SHEIK: An unusual perspective provides a glimpse of a colorful underwater world, teeming with life, beneath a jetty in the resort town of Sharm El Sheik. PHOTOGRAPH BY JOSEF LITT, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

CAIRO: O’Connell caught a warm patch of sunlight falling on this man just at the moment when he slipped off his shoes and entered a mosque. PHOTOGRAPH BY CLARE O'CONNELL, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

25 Captivating Photos of Egypt