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.
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.
No Parents Allowed
Before smartphones and social media, teenagers constructed their identity on the walls of their room.
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Photos: India’s Polluted Skies
Millions across northern India have spent recent weeks living under a toxic blanket of smog. The air is choked with particulates from the seasonal burning of rice-paddy stubble on nearby farms, mixed with industrial and vehicular emissions.
Photos of the Week: Dachshund Day, Flying Fish, Wānaka Tree
Holiday light shows across Europe, smog-filled skies in India, fall colors in Turkey, an appearance by Father Christmas in Germany, and much more
Photos: The Northern Lights Put on a Show
A powerful geomagnetic storm brought spectacular light displays to night skies across the Northern Hemisphere, with sightings of pink, red, and green lights as far south as Florida and Oklahoma.
Photos of the Week: Dinosaur Sweater, Miniature Park, Hippo Calf
The aftermath of Typhoon Kalmaegi in the Philippines, Day of the Dead celebrations in Mexico, a penny-farthing race in Prague, a mayoral election in New York City, and much more
Seeing the World Up Close
Shortlisted images from the 2025 Close-Up Photographer of the Year, celebrating “close-up, macro, and micro photography”
Photos of the Week: Pumpkin Patch, Witch Paddle, Giant Labubu
The aftermath of Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica, the festival of Chhath Puja in India, a bird-flu outbreak in Germany, armored-battle re-creations in Moscow, and much more
Winners of a Panoramic-Photo Competition
Some of the highest-scoring images from this year's 2025 Epson International Pano Awards
Photos: The Colors of October
Foliage, flight, and festivity around the Northern Hemisphere at the peak of autumn
Photos of the Week: Miniature Beer, Foam Fight, Vortex Race
The Cow Race Grand Prix in Switzerland, Halloween preparations in Germany, observations of International Sloth Day in Panama City, a zombie walk in Mexico City, and much more
Winners of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2025
A collection of some of this year’s winning and honored images, selected from more than 60,000 entries