Drakkulea

Carla and Maddie (as a lamp)
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Caf in Sorrento, Italy

Photograph by Adelina Iliev, Your Shot

This Month in Photo of the Day: The Stories Behind Your Shots

A chapel's mural serves as "a splendid backdrop" for two men chatting at a caf in the southern Italian city of Sorrento. "Luckily for me they were just as happy to be in my photo," says National Geographic Your Shot contributor Adelina Iliev, an architect turned photographer. "Architecture is a big theme for me," Iliev says. "It was a quick, intuitive snap."

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Shanghai Skyline

Photograph by Tian-yu Xiong, National Geographic Your Shot

This Month in Photo of the Day: City Pictures

Clouds roll in over Shanghai, one of the fastest growing megacities in the world. Just a modest fishing town a century and a half ago, China's most populous city is a free-spending capital regarded as one of the world's most desirable markets.

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<ahref="http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/city-guides/shanghai-photos-2/">Click through a gallery of Shanghai city life &raquo