Photo of the day - APRIL 2026 | National Geographic

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1 APRIL 2026

Silhouetted against a star-strewn Nilgiri sky, a rhododendron tree stands as a sentinel of the high-elevation shola grassland ecosystem.

Felis Images/Sameer Jain

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2 APRIL 2026

A lion and lioness fighting whilst the lioness is biting the male on the neck.

Earth Touch

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3 APRIL 2026

Customs and Border Patrol officer on the patrol boat.

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4 APRIL 2026

Many sperm whales are wandering nomads. They travel freely across vast stretches of ocean and stop to interact with local whales.

National Geographic/Luis Lamar

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5 APRIL 2026

A plane lands at Melbourne Airport. Melbourne Airport is Australia's busiest airport, with over 35 million passengers passing through annually.

ITV Studios/Kelly Gardner

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6 APRIL 2026

Three zebras standing in long grass near a body of water, interacting with each other.

Earth Touch

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7 APRIL 2026

Hannah Fry poses by the Icelandic landscape.

National Geographic/Tess Benjamin

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8 APRIL 2026

Aerial directly above Ulm Minster in Germany.

National Geographic/Rebecca Naunheimer

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9 APRIL 2026

The patrol boat out on the water.

Stampede Productions

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10 APRIL 2026

Hannah hands out red envelopes to the younger members of fixer Trung's family as part of Tet traditions.

Atomic Television

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11 APRIL 2026

Air traffic controllers in the tower at Melbourne Airport.

ITV Studios/Abigail Varney

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12 APRIL 2026

A former Special Forces soldier turned CIA officer, Gary Harrington, gets the rare opportunity to meet with an enemy Taliban leader, but when a critical ally goes missing, he must decide whether or not to embrace the warrior code and launch a rescue mission, even if it means walking into an ambush.

Big Media

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13 APRIL 2026

A bull gaur with mynas grooming him.

Felis Images/Sandesh Kadur

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14 APRIL 2026

Agent Jones assists with the search for smuggled goods amongst luggage in Atlanta airport.

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15 APRIL 2026

Fluffy honeybee collects nectar from a flower.

National Geographic

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16 APRIL 2026

The inside of Melipona bee hive.

National Geographic

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17 APRIL 2026

Aerial of Parthenon in Athens.

Atomic Television

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18 APRIL 2026

K9 about to search a vehicle for anything illegal hidden inside a vehicle.

Stampede Productions

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19 APRIL 2026

Now old enough, a great hornbill chick peeks out at the world beyond the nest.

Felis Images/Sandesh Kadur

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20 APRIL 2026

Alissa Chant during a live fire training.

ITV Studios