Images of the busiest port for deep-draft vessels in the United States, made by photographer Daniel Kramer
Observations of the daily journeys made by workers in big cities from photographer Cassandra Zampini
The key to capturing history? Be as lucky as you are ferocious.
Images of urban agriculture programs by photographer Preston Gannaway
Photographs transform a bus stop into a symphony of commuters, buses, shadows, glass, and concrete
A photo essay about educators in Chicago comes from Chicago-based documentary photographer Marc Monaghan.
Life in Ohio's proud but economically abandoned small towns
On Monday, a fire erupted in a section of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, quickly spreading through the drought-affected area around Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
Last night hundreds of Dakota Access Pipeline protesters attempted to force their way through police barricades. They were met with water cannons, tear gas,and rubber bullets, resulting in dozens of injuries.
Forty-four images of the 44th president of the United States by Chief Official White House Photographer Pete Souza
Images of the U.S. Capitol Dome from the 1860s when the current dome was originally built, some images of the recent restoration process, and a few shots of the newly-restored structure.
With just one week left until the end of this historic and seemingly endless presidential campaign season, I’ve gathered 20 photos from each of the major campaigns over the past 18 months.
Portraits and interviews with native Canadians abused within the government’s Indian Residential School system
For much of the past year, Associated Press photographers have been gathering images of the people and places at the heart of multiple issues dividing Americans this election year.
The UN estimates at least 1.4 million Haitians are now in need of urgent assistance as clean water, food, and medicine are in short supply.
One week after the powerful storm first made landfall in southwestern Haiti, some communities still have not received any assistance, as authorities reported at least 900 deaths due to the hurricane.
The border between the United States and Mexico stretches 3,169 kilometers (1,969 miles), crossing deserts, rivers, towns, and cities from the Pacific to the Gulf of Mexico.
Parenting in the age of mass incarceration, the War on Drugs, and frequent exposure to crime and trauma
The 2016 Summer Paralympic Games have reached day 5 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The lack of available and affordable food in Venezuela has led to an increasing number of pets being dropped off at shelters, or simply abandoned in the streets.
In North Dakota, members of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe have been joined by hundreds of other Native Americans and supporters in a protest against the ongoing construction of the Dakota Access Oil Pipeline.
Every year, participants in the Burning Man Festival descend on the playa of Nevada’s Black Rock Desert to form a temporary city—a self-reliant community populated by performers, artists, free spirits, and more.
The current active lava flow (named “61g”) from Hawaii's Kīlauea Volcano began as an eruption in May, and has spent months making its way to the shoreline.
A 160,000-mile quest to visit all 59 of the country's natural treasures
A collection of winning and honored images from this year’s nature-photo competition
A collection of amazing recent images made with the Hubble Space Telescope
Mourners of Pope Francis gathered at the Vatican, scenes from the the second weekend of Coachella 2025, a humanoid-robot half-marathon in China, and much more
Images of the people, animals, and landscapes of the Earth’s arctic and subarctic regions, photographed by Olivier Morin