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.
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Robert Rauschenberg’s Penchant for Invention and Spectacle
In 2007, he and Merce Cunningham put a new twist on a famous 1981 sculpture.
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.
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Photos of the Week: Santa School, Snowy Soccer, Dinosaur Lantern
A stranded whale in Chile, a graffiti competition in Spain, an empty Christmas market in Prague, a lighthouse above Lake Superior, a presidential campaign in Gambia, and much more
People’s Choice: Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2021
The Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest is inviting the public to vote for their favorite image, selected from a group of shortlisted entries.
2021 Hubble Space Telescope Advent Calendar
Every day until Saturday, December 25, we’ll present one new image of our universe from NASA’s orbiting telescope.
A Crackdown on Illegal Gold Dredging in Brazil
Rumors of a gold discovery recently brought hundreds of illegal mining dredges to a river in the Amazon. Officials have set fire to more than 60 of them.
Photos of the Week: Apple Crisp, Squirrel Tea, Floating Pumpkin
A crab migration on Christmas Island, dengue-fever outbreaks in Pakistan, a castle in eastern France, migrants crossing the English Channel, and much more
A Visit to Churchill, Manitoba, During Polar-Bear Season
Carlos Osorio, a photographer with Reuters, has spent the past week in Churchill, Manitoba, taking photos of polar bears, the town, and the frigid landscape.
Buried in Volcanic Ash, Scenes from the Canary Islands
Millions of cubic meters of fallen ash now blanket much of the landscape near the eruption.
Photos of the Week: Pelican Bench, Truffle Hunter, Supply Chain
A snowstorm in Moscow, a vintage-car race in England, flooding in British Columbia, smoggy skies in India, big-wave surfing in Portugal, and much more
Record Rainfall Floods British Columbia and Washington State
Images from the Pacific Northwest, hard-hit by heavy rains
Winners of the 2021 Natural Landscape Photography Awards
Winners and runners-up from this year’s landscape-photo competition