Gallery: Sudan’s Civil War
A close look at the world’s largest humanitarian crisis
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Inside the Very Expensive, Extremely Overwhelming, Engineered Fun of Theme Parks
Roller coasters are bumping against the limits of physics and the human body to keep their riders entertained.
You Have No Idea How Hard It Is to Be a Reenactor
Benedict Arnold’s boot wouldn’t come off, and other hardships from my weekend in the Revolutionary War.
How the Most Remote Community in America Gets Its Mail
Transporting letters and packages to the village of Supai requires a feat of logistics, horsemanship, and carefully placed hooves.
The Mother Who Never Stopped Believing Her Son Was Still There
For decades, Eve Baer remained convinced that her son, unresponsive after a severe brain injury, was still conscious. Science eventually proved her right.
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A Land of Artists
Lee Friedlander’s view of America
Robert Rauschenberg’s Penchant for Invention and Spectacle
In 2007, he and Merce Cunningham put a new twist on a famous 1981 sculpture.
By the Horns
Miriam Cabas is one of Spain’s few female bullfighters. What does her success mean for bullfighting, and for Spain?
Edward Burtynsky’s Warning
What the photographer found in a tire pile in Modesto, California, and on the shores of Western Australia
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Photographing the Microscopic: Winners of Nikon Small World 2019
Some of the winning and honored images from the 2019 Small World Photomicrography Competition
Photos of the Week: Swirling Embers, Solar Challenge, Manhattan Moonrise
A weeping Sophora Japonica tree in Versailles, the Zhangye danxia landform in China, a hitchhiking cat in Turkey, a flamingo mother and chick in Colombia, chopsticks manufacturing in China, and much more.
Fall Is in the Air: Images of the Season
Autumn photos 2019—harvests, festivals, migrations, winter preparations, and, of course, spectacular foliage.
Winners of Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2019
Winning images from the annual photo competition produced by the Natural History Museum in London
Scenes From the Aftermath of Typhoon Hagibis in Japan
Images of the damage and immediate recovery work taking place in Japan after its worst storm in decades
Photos of the Week: Ute Muster, Snow Leopard, Highway Acrobat
A dog exhibition in Bishkek, a Kali Uchis performance in Texas, a demon-king burning in India, attacks on Kurdish sites in Syria, unrest in Haiti, the Masham Sheep Fair in England, and much more.
A Photo Trip to the Bungle Bungles
Spectacular karst sandstone formations in Western Australia’s Purnululu National Park
Anti-austerity Protests and Strikes Shut Down Quito, Ecuador
Demonstrations have roiled Ecuador’s capital city for more than a week, after the government eliminated a long-standing subsidy, doubling the price of fuel.
Moving an Ancient Town to Higher Ground
Images from southeastern Turkey, where the town of Hasankeyf—continuously occupied for some 12,000 years—is being partially relocated as the old site is abandoned to a rising reservoir behind a new dam
30 Years Ago: A Look Back at 1989
Take a step into a visual time capsule for a brief look at the world three decades ago.