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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Winners of the 2022 Underwater Photographer of the Year Contest
Some of this year’s winners and honorees, showing remarkable scenes from oceans, lakes, and rivers around the world
Photos From the Opening Weekend of the 2022 Winter Olympics
Images from the opening ceremony and the first few days of competition
Photos of the Week: Lantern Dining, Frozen Oranges, Pelican Flock
A groundhog in Pennsylvania, a ritual on a beach in Uruguay, military training for civilians in Ukraine, a snowstorm in Massachusetts, oil spills in Thailand and Peru, and much more
Top Shots From the 2021 International Landscape Photographer of the Year
Some of the top and winning images from this year’s landscape-photography competition
Lunar New Year 2022
People around the world are ushering in the Year of the Tiger with displays of fireworks, family get-togethers, temple visits, and street festivals.
Photos of the Week: Frozen Shore, Wool Cat, Lenticular Clouds
An upside-down house in Colombia, wintry weather in Greece, a Viking parade in Glasgow, a camel festival in Abu Dhabi, a cremation ceremony in Bali, and much more
Scenes From Midwinter
A collection of recent images showing people and animals both surviving and enjoying frigid midwinter conditions.
Photos: An Oil Spill Causes an Environmental Emergency in Peru
An oil tanker spilled thousands of barrels of oil into the ocean along the coastline of Peru.
Photos of the Week: Wolf Moon, Snow Maze, Burning Barrel
A murmuration of starlings over Rome, cosplay in a California desert, basking capybaras in Venezuela, ice climbing in Turkey, a violent volcanic eruption in the Tongan archipelago, and much more
Hurling Turnips at the Jarramplas
Every January, the streets of Piornal, Spain, fill with residents armed with turnips, seeking to punish the devil-like Jarramplas.