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Diego Ignacio was a renowned mask-carver and shaman in the market town of Chichicastenango, Guatemala. Diego died four years ago, leaving his widow Juanita and their adult children to continue the family business in his name. This is the morería (mask wo… instagr.am/p/B_c2p2Wgn2j/

Framed by a necklace of puffing volcanoes and the glassy Lake Atitlán, Guatemala’s Western Highlands are the stronghold of modern Maya culture. Here, indigenous communities are steeped in faith, and traditional rites draw on the beauty of the land nationalgeographic.co.uk/tra…

The wild Aberdeenshire peninsula — and, further north, the isles of Orkney — is windswept and, for large swathes, coated in golden barley fields. This ancient crop, with its roots in Neolithic times, is used to produce Scotland's legendary whisky. From t… instagr.am/p/B-7YWKelOBE/

A highland cattle bull sits in this 550-acre farm, outside the town of Turriff. The farm comes alive for the autumn harvest: the combine harvesters weave their way over the rolling Aberdeenshire terrain, creating a rich patchwork of groomed, golden field… instagr.am/p/B_IQTHEF-r_/

We may not be able to travel right now, but that won’t stop us reading. Our May/June issue brings you stories from Japan, Guatemala, Israel, Switzerland, Scotland, Peru and many more. Read now, travel later nationalgeographic.co.uk/tra…

In the Osa Peninsula, a corner of Costa Rica, a longstanding tradition of gold panning still shimmers in the rich and verdant landscape. @pgoding explores nationalgeographic.co.uk/tra…