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.
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.
No Parents Allowed
Before smartphones and social media, teenagers constructed their identity on the walls of their room.
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Photos of the Week: Raccoon Snack, Tyrannosaurus Race, Speed Skiing
A para-surfing event in Australia, an anti-Hamas protest in the Gaza Strip, Nowruz celebrations in Iraq, deadly wildfires in South Korea, and much more
Winners of the 2025 World Press Photo Contest
Some of the winning and honored entries in this year’s annual photo competition
The War in Ukraine Enters Its Fourth Year
Images of the war, and of those affected by its ongoing destruction, from the past several weeks
Can One Man Hold Syria Together?
A former jihadist has remade himself in a bid to remake a scarred and divided country.
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Winners of the British Wildlife Photography Awards 2025
Some of the winners and runners-up from this year’s photo competition
The View From Greenland
Scenes from daily life, a national election, and protests supporting autonomy in a vast territory caught in the global spotlight
Photos of the Week: Koala Care, Dinosaur King, Fuego Volcano
A train-pulling record attempt in Egypt, long-term flooding in Ecuador, a fire-walking festival in Japan, Holi celebrations in India, a pro-Ukraine demonstration in Germany, and much more
Photographing the Final Days of World War II in Germany
Archival images from the last weeks of World War II, taken by an American Army combat photographer during a push across eastern France into southern Germany
Winners of the 2025 Sony World Photography Awards Open Competition
A collection of some of the winning and shortlisted photos from this year’s competition