This story appears in the August 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine. The royalty of India—Hindu and Muslim—understood long ago that power was best wielded from the back of an elephant.

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Across land, sea, and sky, wildlife photographers are using the power of pictures to help save the world’s endangered species. Art has always helped humans connect to the natural world, from ...