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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Colorful Stars of All Ages
Day 5 of the 2025 Space Telescope Advent Calendar
Top 25 News Photos of 2025
Powerful images from the past 12 months
Hot Stars in the Lobster Nebula
Day 4 of the 2025 Space Telescope Advent Calendar
A Galactic Cluster
Day 3 of the 2025 Space Telescope Advent Calendar
Winners of the 2025 International Landscape Photographer of the Year
A collection of winners and selected images from the competition’s “Top 101” group, chosen from more than 3,600 entries by professional and amateur photographers around the world
A Stellar Nursery
Day 2 of the 2025 Space Telescope Advent Calendar
2025 Space Telescope Advent Calendar
Welcome to the 18th annual Space Telescope Advent Calendar, featuring remarkable images from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and James Webb Space Telescope. Every day until December 25, this page will present a new image of our universe.Updated at 10:19 a.m. ET on December 25, 2025
A Photo Appreciation of America’s National Wildlife Refuges
Since 1903, the United States has established more than 580 National Wildlife Refuges, designating a diverse array of lands and waters as protected areas for plants and wildlife.
Photos of the Week: Christmas Market, Mountain Frost, Penguin Outing
The 2025 Miss Universe competition in Thailand, a volcanic eruption in Indonesia, ice sculptures in Edinburgh, lingering damage from Hurricane Melissa in Cuba, and much more
Photos: When the Polar Bears Move In
The photographer Vadim Makhorov, while recently cruising on the Chukchi Sea, noticed a group of polar bears that were taking shelter inside an abandoned research station on Russia’s remote Kolyuchin Island.