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: California’s Growing Drought Disaster
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.
Drought and Sinkholes Threaten Farmers in Turkey
Chris McGrath, a photographer with Getty Images, recently spent time in Turkey’s Konya province, where extreme drought conditions have been taking a heavy toll on farmers and the land.
Photos of the Week: Ice Children, Caged Cat, Tango Protest
Memorial Day remembrances in the U.S., drought conditions in California, a sinkhole in Mexico, sheepshearing in Germany, a daffodil festival in Austria, and much more
A Cargo Ship Burns off Sri Lanka, Covering Beaches in Plastic Debris
Images from Sri Lanka, where locals are cleaning beaches polluted by debris from a burning cargo ship
Winners of the 2021 BigPicture Natural World Photography Competition
Some of the winning images from this year’s contest, showcasing the natural world
Photos of the Week: Meerkat Serenade, Golden Skull, Hypoxic Tent
A beach graduation ceremony in Spain, Spider-Man dancers in Russia, skiing in the French Alps, a cyclone in India, a pigeon fancier in Cuba, and much more
Views of the Super Flower Blood Moon and Its Eclipse
A collection of 18 of the most super images of the supermoon
Cicada Summer Is Here
In parts of the eastern, central, and southern United States, trillions of Brood X cicadas are now emerging.
Photos: Lava Flows From Mount Nyiragongo
Images from the Democratic Republic of Congo, where Mount Nyiragongo erupted over the weekend
Photos of the Week: Soho Coffee, Sava Bridge, Poppy Dog
The end of a drought in Australia, vaccinations in remote Turkey, migrants in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, wildfires in Greece, Eurovision 2021 in the Netherlands, and much more