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Valencia’s Fallas Festival: Welcoming Spring with Fire
Scenes from the festival featuring parades, fireworks, and fiestas, and the burning of hundreds of wooden...
Photos of the Week: Bridal Carry, Ostrich Hug, Godzilla Oscar
X-ray analysis of an 18th-century violin in France, the launch of a SpaceX rocket in Texas,...
Winners of the British Wildlife Photography Awards 2024
Some of this year’s amazing winners and runners-up
Gaza on the Brink of Famine
Palestinians living in Gaza are struggling with extreme shortages of food, clean water, and medicine.
Winners of the 2024 Sony World Photography Awards Open Competition
A collection of some of the winning and shortlisted photos from this year’s competition
Photos of the Week: Snowy Soccer, Crouching Spider, Pain Simulator
Humanitarian aid air-dropped into Gaza, the funeral of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Moscow, a...
Photos of the Week: Jet Suit, Surf Horse, Giza Camel
Unusually warm weather in Turkey, a volcanic eruption in Mexico, sledding in Morocco, displaced Palestinians in...
Wildfires Rage Across the Texas Panhandle and Oklahoma
Early images from a broad area affected by several wildfires
Photos of the Week: Hungry Fox, Plum Blossoms, Snow Rally
Farmer protests against low crop prices in India, a shallow flood in Death Valley, a wooden...
Photos: Two Years of War in Ukraine
Images from recent months, showing a region reshaped by two years of war
Winners of the 2024 Underwater Photographer of the Year Contest
A collection of some of this year’s winning and honored underwater images
Photos of Carnival 2024 Around the World
Images of many of this year’s varied Carnival parades and celebrations
Photos: Superb Owl Sunday VIII
A special Sunday event: a photographic essay celebrating the magnificent birds of prey. These nocturnal hunters...
Photos of the Week: Ferret Racing, Ice Castles, Sauna Marathon
Scenes from the World Aquatics Championships in Qatar, new lava flows in southwestern Iceland, a freestyle-skiing...
People’s Choice: Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2023
Winning and honored images from this year’s nature-photography competition
Photos of the Week: Wrapped Shuttle, Pearl Farm, Masquerade Games
The world’s largest cruise ship setting sail from Miami, dolphins fleeing orcas near San Diego, widespread...
How Many People Can Ride on a Single Motorcycle?
Images of several Indian security-force motorcycle stunt teams, stacking many riders atop a single motorcycle
Photos of the Week: Coffin Escape, Cattle Drive, Pigeon Portraits
Sled-dog training in Scotland, a famous rat hole in Chicago, scenes from the 2024 Winter Youth...
Winners of the 2023 Ocean Art Underwater Photo Contest
Some of the top images from the 14 categories of underwater photography in this year’s competition
Photos of the Week: New King, Frozen Danube, Flame Rider
Drone pilots on Ukraine’s front line, scenes from the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia, an icy...
A Land of Snow and Ice
Recent images of wintry northern landscapes, and the people and animals coping with the harsh weather
A Photo Visit to Sweden’s Icehotel
Every year since 1989, a hotel built out of snow and ice is constructed anew, and...
Winners of the 2023 Close-Up Photographer of the Year
Some of the winning and honored images from this year’s competition in close-up, macro, and micro...
Photos of the Week: Snow Soldiers, Red Reindeer, Hedgehog Rescue
New Year's Eve fireworks in Australia, ski jumping in Austria, earthquake damage in Japan, a giant...