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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Celebrating the Day of the Dead, 2022
A collection of images from this year’s Día de Muertos celebrations
Photos: The Spirit of Halloween 2022
Spooky festivities from Japan, the U.S., Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, Thailand, China, Belgium, Ukraine, and more
Photos of the Week: Partial Eclipse, Rover Prototype, Witches Paddle
An office chair endurance race in Japan, a school for Santas in Brazil, an art exhibition near Egypt’s Giza pyramids, Halloween preparations in Malta, a flying fox in Singapore, and much more
Drought Conditions Drop the Mississippi River to Historic Lows
The shallow water has slowed barge traffic, while opening up typically-submerged areas to explorers.
Images of Diwali: The Festival of Lights
Photos from this year’s festival, as celebrants color their world, give prayers, and wish one another a happy Diwali
Fall Is in the Air: Images of the Season
A collection of images of autumn—the best season
Photos of the Week: Foam Fight, Pumpkin Regatta, Motor Gliders
A cemetery for the nameless in Austria, flooding in Venezuela, a Star Wars parade in Mexico City, low water in the lower Mississippi River, a spooky ruined abbey in England, and much more
Winners of the 2022 Epson International Pano Awards
The 13th annual panoramic-photo competition has just come to a close, and the winning images and finalists have been announced.
Photos: Kamikaze Drones Strike Kyiv
Early today, Kyiv was struck four times as Russian forces attacked using unmanned Iranian-made kamikaze drones, according to Ukrainian officials.
Photos of the Week: Space Fingerprint, Hunter’s Moon, Elephant Sanctuary
A deadly landslide in Venezuela, a light festival in Prague, a large cremation ceremony in Thailand, a wife-carrying race in Maine, damage from Russian missile strikes in Ukraine, and much more