Alan Taylor is a senior editor at The Atlantic.
News stories told by some of the best photojournalists in the world.
Supporters of Hungary’s Tisza party and its lead candidate, Péter Magyar, celebrated in the streets of Budapest after soundly defeating Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz party in a general election, removing the autocratic Orbán from office after 16 years.
Blossoming cherry trees in Germany, a fertility and harvest festival in Poland, a horse harness parade in England, a Tomb-Sweeping Day festival in Hong Kong, and much more
The winning entries of this year’s World Press Photo Contest were just announced. This year, according to organizers, 57,376 images were submitted for judging, made by 3,747 photographers from 141 countries.
On April 6, 2026, four astronauts aboard NASA’s Orion spacecraft, Integrity, swung around the far side of the moon, traveling farther from the Earth than any humans had ever gone before, and taking spectacular photographs along the way.
Office-chair racing in Japan, an orca swimming near Seattle, a sandstorm over the island of Santorini, the launch of NASA’s newest lunar mission, and much more
NASA’s Artemis II—the first mission to carry humans beyond low Earth orbit in more than 50 years—is scheduled to launch on April 1, 2026. The 10-day journey will take four astronauts around the moon and back, testing NASA’s new launch system before future missions to the lunar surface.
More than 3,000 marches and rallies took place yesterday in cities and towns across America during the third “No Kings” event, where millions protested against the policies and actions of President Trump and his administration.
Traditional bull racing in Indonesia, puppies rescued from flooding in Hawaii, humanoid robots in China, and much more
Carlos Osorio, a photojournalist with Reuters, recently traveled to Canada’s northern reaches to document military exercises, daily life, robotic testing, wildlife, and more.
Celebrations of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the month of Ramadan, took place this weekend in countries around the world.
