While we already had a selection of best National Geographic photos some time ago about animals (here), today we are publishing the series called “People”. Some photos are slightly disturbing, but I hope you’ll still enjoy them.

A street salesman carrying a tray on his head.

© Ceren Karacayir

A boy from Uganda smudged with white paint.

© Brian Kaufman

People in Afghanistan.

© Jeremiah Ridgeway

A woman entering a house through the window.

© Sergio Androzzi

A woman in Kabul, Afghanistan.

© Gloriann Liu

Salt lakes in Sacred Valley (Peru).

© Fabio Luzzi

Kids in an African school.

© Dmitri Markine

The leader of a tribe in New Guinea.

© Larry Louie

Havana, Cuba.

© Olivier Douliery

Three priests praying at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.

© Aaron Vincent Elkaim

A young Chinese miner from Shanxi.

© Sandra Chen Weinstein

© Suchitra Vijayan

© Suchitra Vijayan

Sunrise in Tibet.

© Larry Louie

A leader of an Indonesian tribe called Tengger living next to a volcano.

© Larry Louie

Cuba.

© Olivier Douliery

© Olivier Douliery

© Greg Hess

The bones of people killed during a conflict with rebels from 1982 to 1987.

© Stephen Mcgee

A woman working on the basement of a house.

© James Huang

© National Geographic