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Afghan Girl is a 1984 photographic portrait of Sharbat Gula, an Afghan refugee in Pakistan during the Soviet–Afghan War. The photograph, taken by American photojournalist Steve McCurry near the Pakistani city of Peshawar, appeared on the June 1985 cover of National Geographic. [1][2][3][4] While the portrait's subject initially remained ...
Sharbat Gula (Pashto: شربت ګله; born c. 1972) is an Afghan woman who became internationally recognized as the 12-year-old subject in Afghan Girl, a 1984 portrait taken by American photojournalist Steve McCurry that was later published as the cover photograph for the June 1985 issue of National Geographic. The portrait was shot at Nasir ...
The Photo Ark is a National Geographic project, led by photographer Joel Sartore, with the goal of photographing all species living in zoos and wildlife sanctuaries around the globe in order to inspire action to save wildlife. The project has been documented in a series of books and in a three-part documentary first shown on PBS and then ...
OCLC. 643483454. National Geographic (formerly The National Geographic Magazine, [3] sometimes branded as NAT GEO[4]) is an American monthly magazine published by National Geographic Partners. [5] The magazine was founded in 1888 as a scholarly journal, nine months after the establishment of the society, but is now a popular magazine.
Climate change vulnerability is a concept that describes how strongly people or ecosystems are likely to be affected by climate change. Its formal definition is the " propensity or predisposition to be adversely affected" by climate change. It can apply to humans and also to natural systems (or ecosystems). [1]: 12 Issues around the capacity to ...
In its broadest sense, social vulnerability is one dimension of vulnerability to multiple stressors and shocks, including abuse, social exclusion and natural hazards. Social vulnerability refers to the inability of people, organizations, and societies to withstand adverse impacts from multiple stressors to which they are exposed.
Chris Johns. Born. (1951-04-15) April 15, 1951 (age 73) Medford, Oregon, U.S. Occupation (s) Photographer, Chief Editor of National Geographic Magazine (2005-2014) Chris Johns (born April 15, 1951) [1] is a photographer and former editor-in-chief for National Geographic Magazine, a role he held from January 2005 to April 2014.
If you recall, the "most beautiful" title was previously held by Thylane Blondeau -- a model, now 16, who was the youngest person to ever appear in French Vogue. By the looks of Anastasia's ...