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 the Week: Buffalo Dip, Giraffe Calf, Winter Wallaby
A socially distanced Santa school in London, heavy-metal music in China, Red Rocks yoga in Colorado, an acrobatic fairy tale in Prague, and much more
Photos: The Aftermath of Hurricane Laura
Some of the early images from the hard-hit Gulf Coast, the day after Hurricane Laura passed through
Photos: China’s Summer of Floods
Images of the high water and some of the damage it has caused across China over the past few months
North Carolina: Images of the Tar Heel State
A few glimpses of the landscape of North Carolina, and some of the animals and people calling it home
Photos of the Week: Flooded Buddha, Tokyo Skytree, Damp Moose
Retired-police-dog adoptions in Ecuador, an open-air brass-band rehearsal in Wales, record heat in Death Valley, a cool bear in Kosovo, a sail-in floating cinema in Israel, and much more
Anger and Protest Over a Presidential Election in Belarus
Thousands of protesters have filled the streets of Minsk and other cities in Belarus, voicing their anger over widely disputed presidential election results.
Dozens of Wildfires Burn Across California
Images from the past few days of some of these blazes as they burn across hillsides and through neighborhoods
The Lonely Work of Performing Funerals in Lima, Peru
Rodrigo Abd, a photojournalist with the Associated Press, recently spent time with Ronald Marin, a lay worker in Lima, as he served a community hard-hit by COVID-19.
Minnesota: Images of the North Star State
A few glimpses of the landscape of Minnesota, and some of the animals and people calling it home
Photos of the Week: Antarctic Sunrise, Suspended Cabin, Shanghai Lightning
Heavy fog in India, the announcement of a vice-presidential candidate in Delaware, protests and anger in Beirut, a Latvian folk and pagan metal band in concert, derecho damage in Iowa, and much more