Travel Photos of the Week

Bwindi Park, Uganda

A mountain gorilla in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park peeks through the brush. The park in Uganda is home to 340 of the endangered gorillas, half the world's population

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Giza, Egypt

If a camel ride doesn't appeal, visitors to Giza can take in the Great Pyramids and surrounding sites astride an Arabian horse. Memorials to Egyptian kings, the Pyramids have risen above the desert outside Cairo for more than 4,000 years. Stone—not sun-dried mud brick—gave permanence to these monuments, the last of the world's ancient wonders.

For more photos like this, see our full gallery of Egypt pictures submitted to My Shot by users like you. Plus, take a quiz on ancient Egypt, discover more about the World Heritage site of Ancient Thebes, and find all of our Egypt features in our complete guide to this fascinating nation

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Ireland Coast

.Caught in the moment by a slow shutter speed, water heads out to sea through a rocky gateway on the Irish shore. Water is inescapable in Ireland; the island—Europe's third largest—is surrounded by the Irish Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the Celtic Sea to the south.
For more photos like this, see our full gallery of Ireland pictures submitted to My Shot by users like you. Plus get travel tips in our Dublin guide, and test your knowledge with this quiz on the emerald isleOn a cold and bright winter afternoon, Parisians and tourists stroll around the marbled plaza of the Palais de Chaillot with a view of the iconic Eiffel Tower. Built in 1889, the tower stands 1,063 feet, or 81 stories, tall.

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Lake Millstatt, Austria

A boy jumps into Lake Millstatt as the sun sits low in the late afternoon sky. The lake in the central eastern Alps is one of Austria's deepest.

Take in more views of the Alpine lakes with this photo gallery of Austria's scenic Salzkammergut—the lake country east of Salzburg.

The Azure Window in Gozo, Malta

The Azure Window in Gozo, Malta, attracts fishermen, divers, and boaters with its clear, deep blue water. Near the window is the Blue Hole, one of the most popular dive sites in Malta.

For more coastal images like this, visit our gallery of island getaways, plus get trip ideas for your next vacation to paradise with our guide to the world's best beaches and islands.r

Inle Lake, Myanmar (Burma)

Fishermen greet the sunrise on Inle Lake in Myanmar (Burma). The traditional style of paddling these boats is by standing and using a leg to maneuver the paddle.

See more photos of Southeast Asia in this gallery from National Geographic Traveler magazine.

The Great Sphinx, Egypt

,A bird perches on top of the Great Sphinx of Giza as horseback riders pause in the background. Carved from limestone, the famous sculpture with the head of a man and body of a reclining lion reaches approximately 66 feet high.

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Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia

,A storm approaches along the enormous salt flat, Salar de Uyuni, at the foot of the Andes in southwest Bolivia. Spanning 4,086 square miles, the flats consist of a solid salt crust that covers a lake of brine

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The Blue Mosque, Istanbul

.Istanbul's Blue Mosque, nicknamed for the color of its interior tiles, welcomes the faithful as well as visitors by the thousands. Writing about the city "where East meets West" in Traveler's October 2010 issue, author Pico Iyer says: "Here is a place whose Blue Mosque has an LCD screen flashing the time in Paris and Tokyo. Turkey's most cosmopolitan metropolis has more billionaires than any city but Moscow, New York, and London."

Fakarava Atoll, French PolynesiaSharks prowl the waters off the Fakarava atoll—home to a laid-back Polynesian community where visitors can escape the hubbub of modern life—as the tide carries a circus of reef fish through the South Pass. Divers and snorkelers equipped at local dive shops time their swims for these tidal surges, when the lagoons are at their liveliest.

Read “In Search of the Black Pearl” in the October 2010 issue of National Geographic Traveler.

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