High winds and scorching temperatures have driven the fires, forcing residents and tourists to evacuate by land or by sea.
Scenes from the Golden State’s largest wildfire of 2021 so far
Days of historic levels of rainfall have led to numerous deadly flood events across Western Europe.
Images from one of the largest blazes so far in California’s 2021 fire season
Over the weekend, a massive mudslide struck a seaside resort town in Japan.
Recovery work at the site of the collapse is still underway despite hazardous conditions and harsh weather.
Two years of extremely dry weather have driven the levels of California’s reservoirs to near-record lows, and residents, farmers, and fire crews are preparing for a long, dry summer.
Images from Sri Lanka, where locals are cleaning beaches polluted by debris from a burning cargo ship
Images from the Democratic Republic of Congo, where Mount Nyiragongo erupted over the weekend
Images of the widespread damage caused by this once-in-a-generation flooding event
Residents are marking the passage of a decade since a magnitude-9.0 earthquake struck off Japan’s northeastern shore—the most powerful earthquake ever recorded to have hit the country.
Over the weekend, a storm brought devastating floods to a mountainous region on the border between France and Italy.
Images of the fast-growing fires from the weekend, in a state already coping with multiple disasters
Images of the damage from the past few days, seen in the cities of Molalla, Talent, Detroit, Ashland, Estacada, and more
Images from the past few days of some of the dozens of fires currently burning, as well as those battling against and affected by them
Some of the early images from the hard-hit Gulf Coast, the day after Hurricane Laura passed through
Images of the high water and some of the damage it has caused across China over the past few months
Images from the past few days of some of these blazes as they burn across hillsides and through neighborhoods
A dangerous wildfire driven by hot, windy conditions has prompted hundreds of evacuations.
After running aground and being battered by waves for days, the MV Wakashio has leaked tons of fuel oil.
Images of the widespread damage in Beirut, a day after the devastating blast
A fire in a structure near the port area of Beirut, Lebanon, led to an enormous explosion that shook the city. The shockwave from the blast destroyed buildings close by and shattered glass for miles around.
Days of unprecedented rainfall have caused rivers to overflow their banks, sweeping away bridges and roads, thereby cutting off many communities.
Images of the widespread destruction and some of the rescue and salvage work taking place
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