Travel photos: The best National Geographic photos on Instagram

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Travel photos: The best National Geographic photos on Instagram

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This photo by @joelsartore has over 600,000 likes on Instagram.

This photo by @joelsartore has over 600,000 likes on Instagram.Credit: @joelsartore/Instagram

Since its inaugural issue in 1888, National Geographic, known for its yellow rectangular magazine border and its bold photographs, has grown to have a global circulation of over 6 million a month.

It also has a strong social media following with over 19 million followers on its Instagram account making @natgeo the top non-celebrity account.

@natgeo recently just surpassed 1 billion likes after posting almost 7000 photos.

National Geographic have launched two new accounts: @natgeoyourshot, where they post the best reader-submitted photos, and @natgeoadventure, which will showcase photos by photographers and adventurers.

Mattias Klum's photos of marine ecosystem Raja Ampat in Indonesia received over 580,000 likes.

Steve McCurry's image of a young boy carrying his pet goat during Holi, the festival of colors, in India received 540,000 likes.

Paul Nicklen's shot of a spinner shark migration along East coast of Florida has rreceived over 520,000 likes.

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Pete McBride's photo of a rainy view from the south rim of the Grand Canyon received over 450,000 likes.

Mattias Klum's photo of a female polar bear and her cubs snoozing after devouring a bearded seal received over 550,000 likes.

George Steinmetz's stunning image of privately owned fields of rapeseed near Luoping in China's Yunnan Province received over 510, 000 likes.

Shot while on assignment for @natgeo, Matthieu Paley's photo of a calf, just a few days old in the Pamir mountains of the Afghan community Kyrgyz.

Posted on 13 May 2015, Paul Nicklen's phot of Emperor Penguins and their chick received 578,000 likes.

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