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A shaman performs a blessing in front of a crowd of locals and tourists during a re-enactment of the Mayan ball game Pok Ta Pok in the city’s central downtown district on Dec. 30, 2023. The game is played directly in front of the Catedral de San Ildefonso, a colonial symbol built of the exact same stones Mayans once used to build their city called T’ho. Under the towering presence of the cathedral, Mayan culture is celebrated and intertwined pasts come together in the present-day Yucatán.

A musician 1st class in the U.S. Navy Band Commodores jazz ensemble plays the tenor saxophone in the University of North Texas Syndicate on Nov. 1, 2022. The Commodores were founded in 1969 and play concerts all around the country. In addition to passing an audition, Navy musicians must also meet all other requirements for service in the Navy and attend recruit training in Great Lakes, Illinois.

In front of Petra's facade in the desert of Jordan, bedouin men stage their camels and charge visitors for rides on July 14, 2023.

A man stands outside the San Antonio de Padua convent with his horse in Izamal, Mexico on Jan. 13, 2024. Izamal, known as "The Yellow City," is a town of more than 28,000 people in the Yucatan Peninsula. It is believed to have been founded by Mayans between 750 and 200 B.C. but was later conquered by Spain during the 16th century. The convent was completed in 1561. 

A man wearing a keffiyeh walks inside the Roman Theatre as a young boy climbs the steps in Amman, Jordan on June 18, 2023.

In the downtown district of Amman, Jordan, patrons of the famous Hashem Restaurant enjoy a late-night meal on June 22, 2023. The restaurant serves traditional levantine food like falafel, shawarma and hummus, and is the oldest in the city. 

Nighttime is when downtown Amman comes alive — the sidewalks are crowded hours after midnight as locals and tourists alike shop and dine.

Boaters paddle through The Lake in Central Park on Sept. 3, 2023 as The San Remo cooperative apartment building spears into the skyline. New Yorkers and tourists alike can rent paddle boats to take onto The Lake. More than 60 million people visited New York in 2023, earning the city’s economy in excess of $74 billion.