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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The Parakeets of London
The Greater London area is home to thousands of parakeets, an invasive species that appears to be thriving in its new urban setting.
Photos of the Week: Happy Cows, Bird Paradise, Big Merino
A deadly second wave of COVID-19 in India, a moose in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, a totem-pole gift in Washington State, a helicopter flying on Mars, and much more
Winners of the 2021 Sony World Photography Awards
Some of the winning and shortlisted photos from this year’s competition
Photos: A Deadly Second Wave of COVID-19 in India
Images of the battle against COVID-19 in India over the past few weeks
Photos of the Week: Beach Classroom, Giant Eye, Trench Puppies
Cherry blossoms in Germany, Fashion Week in Madrid, an island castle in Switzerland, Ramadan prayers in Mecca, a volcanic eruption in the Caribbean, a comfort dog at the U.S. Capitol, and much more
Winners of the 2021 World Press Photo Contest
Some of the winning entries in this year’s annual photo competition
Protecting Crops Against a Spring Frost
Images of a widespread battle against the cold in France, Italy, Belgium, and Switzerland
Photos of the Week: Plastic Lake, Van Cat, Burning Judas
Ballet in an empty Syrian market, a forest fire in California, a briefing by the Easter Bunny in the White House, riots in Northern Ireland, a giant sand dune in France, and much more
Boston in the 1970s
A collection of some of the sights and events taking place in and around Boston from 1970 to 1979
April Blooms: Spring Is on the Way
Images from the past few weeks of tulips, sunshine, and cherry blossoms—surely signs of warmer days to come