A dancer of Potosi's government departament, poses with traditional costumes at the Salar de Uyuni, the world's largest salt flat, in Uyuni, Bolivia, on November 7, 2020. (Photo by Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP Photo)

A picture taken with slow shutter speed shows members of the group “The Kattfiller” from Attendorn taking part during the Norddeutsche Championship carnivalesque dance sport in Kassel (Hessen), Germany, 28 February 2016. About 1,100 qualified dancers show in different disciplines their skills. (Photo by Swen Pfoertner/EPA)

A stunning photographic collection featuring portraits of people from 30 countries and the food they eat in one day. In this fascinating study of people and their diets, 80 profiles are organized by the total number of calories each person puts away in a day. Featuring a Japanese sumo wrestler, a Massai herdswoman, world-renowned Spanish chef Ferran Adria, an American competitive eater, and more, these compulsively readable personal stories also include demographic particulars, including age, activity level, height, and weight. Essays from Harvard primatologist Richard Wrangham, journalist Michael Pollan, and others discuss the implications of our modern diets for our health and for the planet. This compelling blend of photography and investigative reportage expands our understanding of the complex relationships among individuals, culture, and food.

Fashion models Darien Leigh and Valerie Drew play leap-frog on the beach. 2nd July 1956. (Photo by Harry Kerr). P.S. All pictures are presented in high resolution.

Paris Saint-Germain's Italian goalkeeper #01 Gianluigi Donnarumma sustains an injury by Monaco's Ivorian defender #17 Wilfried Singo (L) during the French L1 football match between AS Monaco and Paris Saint-Germain at the Louis II Stadium (Stade Louis II) in the Principality of Monaco on December 18, 2024. (Photo by Valery Hache/AFP Photo)

Performers from “New Baby Junior Dance Crew” take part in a parade on the first day of the Lunar New Year of the Snake, in Hong Kong on January 29, 2025. (Photo by Lam Yik/Reuters)

In this August 3, 2015, photo, residents make their way through floodwaters in Minbu, Magway division, in Myanmar. The Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement said that more than 200,000 people are affected in 11 of the country's 14 states and divisions by flooding. In addition to damage to houses and farmland, infrastructure has been very badly hit, with roads and rail lines cut in many places and telecommunication links broken. (Photo by Hkun Lat/AP Photo)

A boy stands at the door of a 60-year-old cable car in the town of Chiatura, some 220 km (136 miles) northwest of Tbilisi, September 12, 2013. (Photo by David Mdzinarishvili/Reuters)