Map April 2005
National Geographic Map April 2005
Side 1 – A Nation Transformed By Civil War
Side 2 – The Most Deadly Years Map
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National Geographic Map April 2005
Side 1 – A Nation Transformed By Civil War
Side 2 – The Most Deadly Years Map
Life Among The Ruins
Syria’s civil war turned Aleppo neighborhoods into rubble. Now, as a fragile normalcy returns to the city, the challenge is to rebuild what was lost.
Epic Journeys
Why do some birds migrate thousands of miles? How are they able to find their way to the same summer and winter sites year after year? Even as researchers answer those questions, they’re discovering how humans disrupt these ancient journeys.
Beyond The Blue Marble
Earth, in astronauts’ eyes.
When Life Got Complicated
From microbes to animals.
Drying Lakes
The world’s inland waters suffer due to overuse, climate change, and drought.
Siberian Solitude
Life in an isolated village.
Rethinking Gender
Can science help us navigate the shifting landscape of gender identity? Mandy (below) identifies as fa’afafine, a third gender in Samoa.
I Am Nine Years Old
National Geographic traveled to 80 homes on four continents to ask kids how gender affects their lives. The answers from this diverse group of children were astute and revealing.
Making A Man
In traditional cultures the path to manhood is marked with ceremonial rites of passage. But in societies moving away from strict gender roles, boys have to find their own ways to become men.
American Girl
In some ways it’s easier to be an American girl these days: Although beauty still rules, people are more accepting of differences. In another way it’s worse: Everything plays out on social media.
Dangerous Lives of Girls
In Sierra Leone, wracked by civil war and Ebola, nearly half of girls marry before 18, and many become mothers by 19. Yet even in this troubled land, some girls find a way to rise.
Dads At Home
More than in most nations, Sweden’s parental leave involves fathers.
Girls At Risk
A by-the-numbers look at how girls and women around the world are faring, from education to equal opportunity.
On The Cover:
Youth interviewed for this issue on gender include Avery Jackson, a transgender girl living in Kansas City, Missouri
The Power of Eight
Octopuses appear as alien as any extraterrestrial, yet seem strangely akin to humans.
The Race to the Red Planet
Humankind’s next big mission is Mars. But how long until we get there?
{ Special Poster } Colonizing Mars
Changing Cuba: Here Comes the Wave
A warming relationship with the United States has an upbeat but wary Cuba bracing for an onslaught of tourists from its Cold War adversary.
Changing Cuba: The Caribbean’s Crown Jewels
Gardens of the Queen, Cuba’s sprawling marine preserve, is an oceanic Eden in tourism’s path.
Fragile Peace
Sri Lanka is beginning to reckon with the aftermath of a brutal civil war: tens of thousands homeless, tens of thousands still missing.
Proof | Consecrated in Mexico
Behind convent walls, cloistered nuns pray, work – and even play volleyball.
Bringing the Civil War to Life
In the 1860s combat artists captured battlefield drama. Today reenactors reimagine the conflict.
{ Special Poster } The March to Gettysburg / Civil War to Civil Rights
A Showboating Bird
To woo a mate, a male manakin might make music with its wings … or do the moonwalk.
Egypt In The Moment
A Nile journey reveals how the revolution is playing out far from its epicenter in Tahrir Square.
A Show of Hands
Humans, of course, have them. So do bats, cats, dolphins, elephants, and frogs. Our artwork takes you inside these useful appendages.
Iceland’s Resilient Beauty
Icelanders and sheep have taken a toll, but the volcanic-glacial landscape is still astonishing.
The Race to Rescue Koalas
Megan Aitken drives Australian streets, saving marsupials that face urban hazards and disease.
Great Migrations
Birds, butterflies, and beasts take off. Humans interfere.
The Lost Herds Are Found
They survived Sudan’s civil war yet still need protection.
Southern Sudan’s Shaky Peace
The scars and hopes of a boy named Logocho mirror his land.
3 Degrees Of Japan’s Seas
The waters host arctic crabs, temperate squid, tropical sharks.
Unburying The Aztec
Diggers find eagles, fur-wrapped knives, no emperor’s tomb.