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DIGITAL CREDITS | COVER: © TONY HEALD/NPL/MINDEN PICTURES. TOC: (BACKGROUND) KENNETH CANNING/E+/GETTY IMAGES; (MACAQUES) © THOMAS MARENT/MINDEN PICTURES; (KIDS IN RICKSHAW) JON ARNOLD IMAGES LTD/ALAMY STOCK PHOTO; (EARTH) NASA EARTH OBSERVATORY. BETTER TOGETHER: (MACAQUES) © THOMAS MARENT/MINDEN PICTURES; (GIRAFFES) © ZSSD/MINDEN PICTURES; (PENGUIN VIDEO) VLADSLIVER/SHUTTERSTOCK; (BEE VIDEO) LEHRER/SHUTTERSTOCK; (ELEPHANT) © TONY HEALD/NPL/MINDEN PICTURES. OFF TO SCHOOL: (BACKGROUND) MIMACZ/SHUTTERSTOCK; (MAPS ALL) MAPPING SPECIALISTS, LTD; (KIDS IN RICKSHAW) JON ARNOLD IMAGES LTD/ALAMY STOCK PHOTO; (KIDS & SCHOOL BUS) PULSAR IMAGENS/ALAMY STOCK PHOTO; (KIDS ON TRAIN) COWARD_LION/ALAMY STOCK PHOTO; (KIDS IN BOAT VIDEO) HORIZON MOTION/IMAGE BANK FILM/GETTY IMAGES; (KIDS ON SNOWMOBILE) BRYAN AND CHERRY ALEXANDER/SCIENCE SOURCE; (KIDS WALKING ENGLAND) TRUE IMAGES/ALAMY STOCK PHOTO; (KIDS WALKING UGANDA) AGF SRI/ALAMY STOCK PHOTO. A VIEW OF THE WORLD: (ALL MAPS) S. GUILFORD/NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC LABS; (IMAGE DATA) NASA EARTH OBSERVATORY; (FRAME) RANGIZZZ/SHUTTERSTOCK; (GLOBE) DSLAVEN/SHUTTERSTOCK; (PUSH PINS) LYUDMYLA KHARLAMOVA/SHUTTERSTOCK. WORDS TO EXPLORE: (MAP) S. GUILFORD/NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC LABS; (IMAGE DATA) NASA EARTH OBSERVATORY; (EARTH) NASA EARTH OBSERVATORY; (CAMERA) GUNAR PIPPEL/SHUTTERSTOCK; (ZEBRAS) VOLODYMYR BURDIAK/SHUTTERSTOCK. THE END: (BEARS) NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC IMAGE COLLECTION/ALAMY STOCK PHOTO.