The island nation embraces both age-old tradition and modern values, including a 99 percent literacy rate. Now democracy is astir in the South Pacific's last monarchy.
In America's hottest and lowest place—its largest national park outside Alaska—dust can turn day into twilight, and rocks move unseen across the desert.
Each month, National Geographic magazine features breathtaking photographs in Visions of Earth. Browse through this view of the world through a photographer's eye.
