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COVER: © VINCENT GRAFHORST/MINDEN PICTURES. TOC: (BACKGROUND) JASMIN PRONOVOST/EYEEM/GETTY IMAGES; (GECKO) MARTIN HARVEY/NHPA/PHOTOSHOT; (FOREST) EPICSTOCKMEDIA/SHUTTERSTOCK; (NORA SHAWKI) NORA SHAWKI. HERE COMES THE SUN: (GECKO WITH SUNRISE) MARTIN HARVEY/NHPA/PHOTOSHOT; (GECKO STANDING ON SAND) HEINRICH VAN DEN BERG/GETTY IMAGES; (GECKO VIDEO) MARTIN HARVEY/SHUTTERSTOCK; (GECKO FACE CLOSE UP) DAVE HAMMAN/GETTY IMAGES; PLANT FOR THE PLANET: (FOREST BACKGROUND) EPICSTOCKMEDIA/SHUTTERSTOCK; (POLLUTION VIDEO) MULTI-BITS/IMAGE BANK FILM/GETTY IMAGES; (OAK TREE) LEMANNA/SHUTTERSTOCK; (MAP BACKGROUND) MAPPING SPECIALIST, LTD; (MAP TREES) NGS STAFF; (LEAF DESIGN ELEMENT) NECHAEVKON/SHUTTERSTOCK; (TREE AERIAL & SUN) MORDOLFF/E+/GETTY IMAGES; (ALL OTHER PHOTOS) PLANT-FOR-THE-PLANET. PLANT A TREE FOR EARTH DAY: (ILLUSTRATION) DAN SIPPLE. DIG: (SHOVEL ILLUSTRATIONS) SIBERIAN ART/SHUTTERSTOCK; (DESERT BACKGROUND) KUDRYASHKA/SHUTTERSTOCK; (MAPS) MAPPING SPECIALISTS, LTD; (NORA SHAWKI PORTRAIT) RANDALL SCOTT/NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC IMAGE COLLECTION; (PYRAMIDS) SCULPIES/SHUTTERSTOCK; (ALL OTHER PHOTOS) NORA SHAWKI; (NORA SHAWKI VIDEO) NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY/IMPACT MEDIA. WORDS TO EXPLORE: (GECKO) © VINCENT GRAFHORST/MINDEN PICTURES; (SUN) JOSE A. BERNAT BECETE/MOMENT/GETTY IMAGES; (TREES) ZHAKETE/SHUTTERSTOCK; (ARCHAEOLOGIST) NORA SHAWKI.