In the Atlas mountains, the Mediterranean’s only non-human primate species hangs on.

In a tiny highland nation in southern Africa, herders dignify simple lives with striking costume.

The athletic challenge that turns Hamar boys into men.

Metalworkers fashion their own masks in this East African nation’s capital.

A Cape Town specialty: boiled sheep’s head.

In the Orthodox highlands, an age-old symbolic object takes many forms.

In the Senegalese capital, a popular (and entirely public) workout spot.

Chefchaouen, an old town with a gloriously monotone medina.

Making a makoro the traditional way, using axe and wood.

Preserving ethnic traditions from the throne.

The doors that lead in and out of Kigali’s upscale neighborhoods.

An encounter with the Serengeti's most endangered species.

In Ethiopia's Omo Valley, resident tribes break the skin in ways that cannot be undone.