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 2023 Close-Up Photographer of the Year Challenge: Minimal
Some of the winning and shortlisted images from this year’s challenge in close-up, macro, and micro photography
Photos From the 2023 Westminster Dog Show
Images of the dogs and their handlers during the annual competition
Photos: The Coronation of King Charles III
Images from the historic royal ceremony in London this morning
Photos of the Week: Night Kites, Happy Cows, Crying Sumo
Rising floodwater along the Mississippi River, a hedge maze in Scotland, baseball cheerleaders in Taiwan, preparations for a coronation in London, scenes from the Met Gala, and much more
Photos: Escaping the Chaotic Conflict in Sudan
Images of the recent conflict in Sudan and those fleeing the fighting
Photos of the Week: Martian Moon, Human Tower, Kazakh Camel
An observation of Anzac Day in Australia, an ultramarathon in the Moroccan desert, rising floodwaters in California, a robotic humanoid companion in Italy, and much more
Photos: The Extraordinary Life of Harry Belafonte
A collection of images from the performer and activist’s exceptional and influential life
World Penguin Day 2023
Images of these unique creatures from across the colder parts of the Southern Hemisphere
Photos of the Week: Floral Cloak, Bull Moose, Big Prawn
Tornado damage in Oklahoma, military exercises in Ukraine, an equestrian show in Spain, a solar eclipse above Australia, a rocket explosion above Texas, and much more
Images of Ramadan 2023
Photographs of Muslims around the world observing Ramadan this year