2. National Geographic magazine publishes 12 issues a year (this magazine is a monthly magazine), and each issue has auxiliary maps. But the occasional special edition is not subject to this restriction. The contents of the magazine include geography, popular science articles, history, culture, facts and photos.
The current editor-in-chief of this magazine is Chris Johns, a famous photojournalist, who has taken a lot of photos about Africa. Former South African President nelson mandela wrote a preface to Chris's book. John griffin, executive vice president of the National Geographic Society and chairman of the National Geographic magazine, is mainly responsible for the English version of this magazine. Terry b. Smith, another executive vice president of the National Geographic Society who specializes in legal affairs and government public relations, is mainly responsible for all the affairs of the international edition of the magazine. National Geographic magazine publishes 9 million copies in different languages every month and has more than 50 million readers.