내셔널 지오 그래픽 은 최근 2016 년 도 베스트 사진 52 매 를 선정 해 발표 했 다 . 91 명 의 사진 작가 작품 , 107 개 의 스토리 와 2 , 290 , 225 장 의 사진 중 에서 올해 의 사진 52 장 을 선정 했 다고 한다 . 아래 사진 들 은 베스트 사진 중 에서 일부 를 포스팅 한 것 이 다 . Kirill Vselensky perches on a cornice in Moscow as Dima Balashov gets the shot . The 24 - year - olds , risktakers known as rooftoppers , celebrate their feats on Instagram . A diver keeps a close watch on a tiger shark in the Bahamas . But the scene may not be as dangerous as it looks : Tigers rely on surprise to hunt prey and are unlikely to attack divers who keep them in sight . Eye - care workers use test - lens frames to conduct eye exams in India ’ s Sundarbans region . Their goal : to help reduce India ’ s blind population of more than eight million . Tempted by the fruit of a strangler fig , a Bornean orangutan climbs 100 feet into the canopy . With males weighing as much as 200 pounds , orangutans are the world ’ s largest tree - dwelling animals . A refugee family lives amid the rubble in Ramadi , an Iraqi city leveled by ISIS ’ s destruction and bloodshed . Parts of the Yellowstone region are wilder now than they ’ ve been in a century . Grizzlies are spreading . This one , in Grand Teton National Park , fends off ravens from a bison carcass . Workers moved it away from the road to keep scavengers and tourists apart . Twilight bathes the sanctuary of Athena Pronaia at Delphi . Pilgrims in ancient Greece may have offered sacrifices here before consulting the oracle of Delphi . Igor Voronkin surfaces at the Barentsburg coal mine on Spitsbergen , in Norway ’ s Svalbard archipelago . Like most of the 400 other miners , he ’ s from eastern Ukraine . Russia ’ s Bovanenkovo natural gas field , on the Yamal Peninsula , was deemed too expensive to develop until President Vladimir Putin made it a priority . The capital of Taiwan , Taipei comes to vibrant life when the sun goes down . The colors of Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone come from thermophiles : microbes that thrive in scalding water . In Alaska , a mother grizzly and her cubs cause a “ bear jam ” on Denali ’ s 92 - mile - long Park Road , open to private vehicles only five days each summer . Virunga Park rangers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo undergo military - style training , including ambush tactics , due to the constant threat from armed groups . On a mountainside in Yosemite National Park , photographer Stephen Wilkes took 1 , 036 images over 26 hours to create this day - to - night composite . A worker uses a mallet to dislodge frozen tuna aboard a Chinese cargo vessel docked at the city of General Santos , in the Philippines . Silversides swirl through mangroves in the coral reefs off Cuba . The finger - size fish form large schools to try to confuse predators . These rhinos on a South African ranch have recently had their horns trimmed . Unlike elephant ivory , rhino horn grows back when cut properly . The rancher is stockpiling the horn in hopes that selling it will soon be legal . Within sight of downtown Seoul , South Korea ’ s capital and a hub of modern stressful life , salesman Sungvin Hong rests after a hike in Bukhansan National Park . Indigenous people farm and hunt in Peru ' s Manú forest but only for their own subsistence . Spider monkeys are a favorite quarry — and also favorite pets . A girl watches as three Kurdish women are photographed with their faces hidden . Two of the women say they were forced to marry ISIS fighters before escaping to a refugee camp . A panda keeper in China uses a stuffed leopard to train young pandas to fear their biggest wild foe . A cub ’ s reactions help determine if the bear is ready to survive on its own . Isra Ali Saalad moved from Somalia to Sweden with her mother and two siblings . “ The reason we came to this country is because it is safe , ” says her sister , Samsam . Lounging in inches of warm water , blacktip reef sharks wait for the tide to refill the lagoon at Seychelles ’ Aldabra Atoll . ( 사진 출처 : nationalgeographic . com )