A sunset over Egypt, a moonrise over Syria, a nude statue of Donald Trump, floods in Louisiana, fires in California, Olympics in Rio, a new airship makes its maiden flight, and much more.
Wildfires in Europe, competition in Rio, Seafair in Seattle, protests in Kashmir, sunflowers in Japan, ostriches in China, and much more.
Scenes from Rio as the Olympics are set to begin, horses at a McDonald’s Drive-thru in Spain, fireflies in Mexico, a bear atop a New Mexico garbage truck, and much more.
Sledding in Saudi Arabia, hyperrealist sculptures in Spain, a 12-meter-tall puppet in England, snowfall in South Africa, Pokemon Go in Syria, and much more.
Tears for Alton Sterling, haute-couture Paris fashion, a swollen river in China, and much more.
A West Point cadet's freshly shaved head, Ramadan prayers, Chinese children floating home from school, and much more.
A glass slide 1,000 feet above the ground in Los Angeles, an emu is helped away from a California wildfire, a selfie in the 125 degrees Fahrenheit heat of Palm Springs, a Hello Kitty face grown on a melon in Japan, and much more.
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton on the presidential campaign trail, participants in the World Naked Bike Ride in Mexico City, and much more.
Euro 2016 in Paris, flooding in Texas and Tasmania, students draw a Banksy in England, underwater spacesuit testing in the Mediterranean, and much more.
The annual cheese rolling competition in Gloucester, an ISIS drone shot down in Iraq, clashes between Trump supporters and opponents in San Jose, and much more.
Estonia’s triplet Olympic Marathoners, protests in France, U.S. special operations forces in Syria, the National Spelling Bee in Maryland, a thousand Indian Runner ducks in a South African vineyard, and much more.
The ruins of ancient Roman barracks discovered in Italy, a toddler tied to a rock in India, the South Sudan Wheelchair Basketball Association, a nude Shakespeare performance in New York’s Central Park, and much more.
Scenes from North Korea, Victory Day in Moscow, pigeons rigged with LED lights leave trails in the night sky, Hindu rituals performed in honor of Donald Trump in India, and much more.
A drought in India, a rescue in Nairobi, wildfires in Alberta, the Olympic Torch in a Brazilian pool, a hoverboard record set in France, and much more.
A shepherd pulls a lamb into the sea in Gaza City, President Obama meets Prince George in London, the aftermath of Ecuador’s earthquake, and much more.
South Korean bodybuilders, British princes visit the set of Star Wars, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the boxing ring, wrestling for peace in South Sudan, and much more.
Massive Buddhist sculptures in China, an enormous stone ball in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the leader of the Loch Ness Project in Scotland, a small figure of a Mayan death god, and much more.
International Pillow Fight Day, Panamanian reflections, the self-defense army of Nagorno-Karabakh, a hedgehog cafe in Tokyo, calf-swimming in Lebanon, and much more.
Office chair street racing in Japan, protests across France, the ruins of Palmyra in Syria, Bactrian camel racing in Mongolia, President Obama reads from “Where the Wild Things Are,” and much more.
Holy Week in Spain, terror attacks in Brussels, March Madness in the U.S., bikini-clad skiers in Siberia, colorful Holi celebrations, President Obama visits Cuba and Argentina, and much more.
A human-robot embrace in Germany, a 3-D portrait of Vladimir Putin at a library for the blind in Siberia, dangerous levels of pollution in the skies above Mexico City, and much more.
A tiny island disputed between Uganda and Kenya, a super bloom in Death Valley, an arctic weasel in Norway, a Major Lazer concert in Cuba, Olympic training in Rio de Janeiro, a dramatic calving of Argentina’s Perito Moreno Glacier, and much more.
Shanghai in a sea of clouds, protests in Honduras and Venezuela, tearing down “the Jungle” in Calais, the Tungurahua Volcano erupting in Ecuador, the Arabian Oryx Sanctuary in the UAE, and much more.
A giraffe on the road in India, cyclone Winston in Fiji, lightning over Rio de Janeiro, motorcycle-ice racing in Kazakhstan, virtual reality experienced in Berlin, bats in Israel, surfers off Australia’s Gold Coast, and much more.
A collection of winning and honored images from this year’s nature-photo competition
A collection of amazing recent images made with the Hubble Space Telescope
Mourners of Pope Francis gathered at the Vatican, scenes from the the second weekend of Coachella 2025, a humanoid-robot half-marathon in China, and much more
Images of the people, animals, and landscapes of the Earth’s arctic and subarctic regions, photographed by Olivier Morin