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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Photographing the Beauty of the North
Images of the people, animals, and landscapes of the Earth’s arctic and subarctic regions, photographed by Olivier Morin
The Life of Pope Francis, in Photos
Images of the remarkable life of the first pope to come from the Americas
Photos of the Week: Holy Week, Tapir Calf, Whale Kites
A colorful tulip festival in England, the Irish World Dancing Championships in Dublin, ice climbing in Nepal, performances from the first weekend of Coachella, and much more
Scenes from Thailand’s Songkran Water Festival
Images from this year’s Songkran festival, marking the traditional Thai New Year
Photos: Osaka Expo 2025
Images from the opening weekend of the 2025 Osaka World Exposition
Photos of the Week: Sound Battle, Stork Center, Gorilla Puppet
The Grand National horse race in Liverpool, a Nepali New Year festival in Kathmandu, a stranded parachutist in France, an anti–Elon Musk event in London, and much more
The Colors of Spring
Images from the past few weeks of people enjoying flowering trees and fields—signs of warmer days to come
Photos: Nationwide Protests Against Trump and Musk
Images from some of the hundreds of anti-Trump demonstrations across the country.
Photos of the Week: Snow Leopard, Fire Fight, Cherry Blossoms
Eid al-Fitr prayers in Senegal, a new volcanic eruption in southwestern Iceland, the Ogoh-ogoh festival in Indonesia, the aftermath of a devastating earthquake in Myanmar, and much more
Search-and-Rescue Dogs at Work
Images of some of these working rescue dogs and their handlers, on site and in training, from the past several years