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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Winners of the 2025 Close-Up Photographer of the Year
The competition celebrates photographers who reveal the hidden world through “macro, micro and close-up imagery.”
People’s Choice: Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026
Organizers of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest are inviting the public to vote for their favorite images from this year’s competition.
It’s So Cold in Florida, Iguanas Are Falling Out of Trees
As near-freezing temperatures reach southern Florida, green iguanas are dropping from the trees, unable to handle the chill. Trappers have been gathering the cold-stunned invasive reptiles by the thousands.
Photos of the Week: Snowy Dunes, Icy Storm, Crying Horse
Protests against ICE in Minneapolis, war-damaged bridges in Syria, a landslide in Sicily, a heat wave in Australia, heavy snow in Russia, and much more
Photos: A Viking Fire Festival in Scotland
On Scotland’s Shetland Islands, a fire festival called Up Helly Aa celebrates the region’s Norse heritage. It takes place every January to mark the end of the yule season.
Photos: Snow and Ice Blanket the U.S.
A colossal winter storm brought deep cold, ice, sleet, and snow to millions across a huge swath of the country.
The Snow Monsters of Mount Zao
Winter conditions atop Japan’s Mount Zao can create “monsters” made of snow and ice that accumulates on trees. These snow monsters, called juhyo, attract visitors to one of the country’s oldest ski resorts.
Photos of the Week: Icy Dip, Resting Goose, Campaign Bear
Robots at work and play in China, a new hall of mirrors in Paris, a flaming barrel festival in Scotland, a breached canal in England, and much more
Photos: Minneapolis Neighborhoods vs. ICE
In recent days, federal immigration agents continued enforcement actions in Minneapolis and St. Paul, while state officials fight the Trump administration in court and local residents confront the masked agents in their neighborhoods.
Photos of the Week: Icy Hearts, Warm Beach, Raging Fire
A vigil in a Minneapolis neighborhood, king-tide flooding in California, the 2026 Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia, a robotic traffic cop in China, and much more