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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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
What Lisette Model Saw in Jazz
Her portraits capture the joy and wariness of the genre’s luminaries.
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Photos of Australia’s ‘Catastrophic’ Bushfires
Images of the devastating bushfires in southeastern Australia over the past few weeks, and of those coping with the disaster
The Lasers of Discontent
Images from unrest in Chile, Hong Kong, and Iraq over the past few months, where demonstrators are using laser pointers as tools of defiance.
Riot Police Lay Siege to Hong Kong University Occupied by Protesters
Some of the most violent clashes so far of the five-month-old pro-democracy protest movement in Hong Kong took place this past weekend, as riot police stormed the campus of a university where protesters had barricaded themselves.
Photos of the Week: Prehistoric Tongue, First Snow, Panda Scan
Autumn colors in Belgium; chess-boxing in Paris; dinosaurs in India; bushfires in Australia; impeachment hearings in Washington, D.C.; Santa Claus in Germany; tennis in London, and much more
The Flight of Apollo 12: Photos From 50 Years Ago
A look back at the second mission to land humans on the moon, which blasted off on November 14, 1969.
Venice Underwater: The Highest Tide in 50 Years
A record-setting acqua alta has left much of Venice submerged, following stormy conditions blowing in from the Adriatic Sea.
The Magic of Fall Colors
Bundle up, maybe grab a mug of hot cider, and enjoy this batch of recent fall photos.
Before the Fall of the Berlin Wall
Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, a look back at the 28 years when it stood, separating a city and its people.
Photos of the Week: Airborne Giraffe, Horse Fascinator, Scottish Murmuration
A camel in New York City, the biggest Catrina in the world, flooding in South Sudan, saffron harvest in Iran, Bonfire Night celebrations in England, pelican moving in the Czech Republic, and much more.
In the Kiki Ballroom Scene, Queer Kids of Color Can Be Themselves
Finding love, confidence, and resilience in a youth-led community