The Invasion. A quiet street in Macau. Modernization around is quickly changing the city, as documented by Paul Tsui. (Photo by Paul Tsui/National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest)
People walk passed sculptures by Chinese artist Minjun Yue on a street outside a museum in Beijing, China on July 5, 2018. (Photo by Nicolas Asfouri/AFP Photo)
A woman watches the rain from inside a stranded vehicle on a flooded street in Mianyang, Sichuan, China on July 11, 2018. (Photo by China News Service via Reuters)
Women carry a portable shrine, a Mikoshi, through a street in Tokyo's Asakusa district during the Sanja festival, Japan, May 15, 2016. (Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters)
People take a selfie as the sun sets over Manhattan aligned exactly with the streets in a phenomenon known as “Manhattanhenge”, in New York City, U.S., July 11, 2016. (Photo by Mark Kauzlarich/Reuters)
Georgian men take a break from selling fruit and vegetable at a street market in Tbilisi, Georgia, Wednesday, July 20, 2016. (Photo by Shakh Aivazov/AP Photo)
One of the poor families collecting firewood from the street and the burn to feel some warmth in Aleppo, Syria on August 19, 2016. (Photo by Basem Ayoubi/Imageslive/ZUMA Press/Splash News)
A motorcycle-taxi driver takes a nap while leaning on his bike along a street in Bangkok, Thailand on February 17, 2019. (Photo by Jewel Samad/AFP Photo)