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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Winners of the 2024 Underwater Photographer of the Year Contest
A collection of some of this year’s winning and honored underwater images
Photos of the Week: Surf Torch, Lion Dance, Pancake Race
An ancient town-wide football match in England, sumo wrestling for youngsters in Japan, the Super Bowl halftime show in Las Vegas, a destructive wildfire in New Zealand, and much more
Photos of Carnival 2024 Around the World
Images of many of this year’s varied Carnival parades and celebrations
Superb Owl Sunday VIII
A special Sunday event: a photographic essay celebrating the magnificent birds of prey. These nocturnal hunters hail from Europe, Asia, North America, and South America, and are depicted here in photos from recent years.
Photos of the Week: Ferret Racing, Ice Castles, Sauna Marathon
Scenes from the World Aquatics Championships in Qatar, new lava flows in southwestern Iceland, a freestyle-skiing competition in Utah, a Carnival gala on Tenerife, and much more
People’s Choice: Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2023
Winning and honored images from this year’s nature-photography competition
Historic Levels of Rainfall in California Storms
Images from Southern California, where the second storm in a long-duration atmospheric river brought record levels of rainfall
Deadly Wildfires Rage Through Central Chile
Images from Chile, where recent wildfires have killed more than 100 people and destroyed hundreds of homes
Photos of the Week: Wrapped Shuttle, Pearl Farm, Masquerade Games
The world’s largest cruise ship setting sail from Miami, dolphins fleeing orcas near San Diego, widespread farmer protests in Europe, a Republic Day parade in India, and much more
New Galactic Images From the James Webb Space Telescope
A dozen combination views of spiral galaxies captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and Hubble Space Telescope