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 Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2022
Winning images from the annual photo competition produced by the Natural History Museum, London
Photographing the Microscopic: Winners of Nikon Small World 2022
Some of the winning and honored images from this year’s competition
Photos of the Week: Giant Duck, Blessed Dogs, Bubble Tram
Mourning after a deadly stampede in Indonesia, spray-on fabric at a Paris fashion show, protests against femicide in Ecuador, a blooming desert in Chile, and much more
Recovery and Cleanup in Florida After Hurricane Ian
Images from recent days showing the widespread damage, rescue workers and volunteers, and residents affected by the storm
Winners of the 2022 Nature Conservancy Photo Contest
Some of the top images from a competition focusing on our climate and the natural world
Competing to Build the Tallest Human Towers in Spain
Images of large teams working together to form human towers up to 10 tiers high
Photos of the Week: Covered Ears, White Night, Target Asteroid
Fog over the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, storm damage in Florida and the Philippines, fighting over retaken territory in Ukraine, Oktoberfest celebrations in Munich, and much more
Early Photos of Hurricane Ian’s Landfall in Florida
Images from southwest Florida, showing some of the destruction caused by this unusually intense storm
A New Generation of Shepherds in the French Pyrenees
A photographer spent time with two young shepherds tending to their flocks in the solitude of mountain valleys.
Photos: The Aftermath of Hurricane Fiona in Eastern Canada
Recent images of the storm damage in Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland