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: Europe’s Christmas Markets Return
Images of some of the Christmas markets that recently opened in Berlin, Strasbourg, Tallinn, Prague, Wrocław, Nuremberg, and more
Photos of the Week: World Cup, Plymouth Pilgrim, German Sunlight
A sunset in the Caribbean, blackouts in Ukrainian cities, a Thanksgiving turkey at the White House, a memorial for the victims of a shooting in Colorado Springs, and much more
Autumn Colors and Autumn Chill
One last look at the colorful beauty of this autumn, seen in cities and countryside vistas across the Northern Hemisphere
Photos of the Week: Camel Race, Sea Horse, Illusion Room
Artwork by Banksy in the ruins of Ukraine, a gaggle of geese in Prague, liberation in Ukraine’s Kherson region, early Christmas decorations in Paris, and much more
Winners of the 2022 Natural Landscape Photography Awards
Winners and runners-up from this year’s landscape-photography competition
Celebrations as Ukraine Retakes Kherson
Images from a southern Ukrainian city, recently abandoned by retreating Russian troops
Photos of the Week: Tiny Echidna, Seal Rocks, Tube Strike
A midterm election in the U.S., continued fighting in Ukraine, damage from Hurricane Nicole in Florida, Nordic skiing in France, a wheelchair rugby match in England, and much more
Missile Strikes Leave Kyiv in the Dark
Images from Ukraine’s capital city, where residents have endured weeks of power shortages due to the ongoing Russian invasion
Views of the Total Lunar Eclipse
Some of the many photos taken by observers of last night’s celestial event
Photos of the Week: Bison Roundup, Camel Fair, Lego Lion
The northern lights above Norway, storm-driven flooding in the Philippines, tragedies among crowds in India and South Korea, a fire festival in Scotland, and much more