Paradise Revisited
What Darwin saw in the Galápagos
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How the Elite See Rome
Need the Colosseum to yourself? Want to see a privately owned masterpiece by Caravaggio? For the tourism fixer Fulvio De Bonis, there’s no such thing as a closed door.
The 10,000-Year Flood
The banks of the Guadalupe River were an idyllic spot to park an RV. Then, last summer, it started to rain harder and faster than anyone could imagine.
Paradise Revisited
What Darwin saw in the Galápagos
Adam Silver Goes to War
The mild-mannered NBA commissioner has overseen a time of peace and prosperity for his league. Until now.
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Disneyland With No People
My encounter with a giant of American photography
Lee Friedlander’s America
The photographer spent decades meandering across the country with his camera. What was he looking for?
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?
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Photos: The Global Cost of the Iran War
The continuing crisis in Iran and the subsequent closure of the Strait of Hormuz have exacted a heavy cost worldwide. In addition to the steep price of military expenditures, destroyed infrastructure, and human lives lost, global shortages of fuel, fertilizer, and more have driven up costs everywhere.
Photos of the Week: Met Gala, Beagle Rescue, Power Nap
Storks return to their nests in Iraq, scenes from the 61st Venice Biennale, a huge Shakira concert in Rio de Janeiro, a historic suspension-railroad train in Germany, and much more
Photos: The Rescue of Timmy the Whale
Efforts to rescue a humpback whale off the coast of Germany led to a successful release after it had been stranded for most of the past month. The whale, named Timmy by local media, was eventually pulled into a barge and towed to the North Sea.
More Photos From Artemis II
NASA just released more than 12,000 images from their recent 10-day trip around the moon and back, collecting photographs taken by the four astronauts aboard and automated systems on the Orion spacecraft.
Photos of the Week: Screeching Championship, Direct Democracy, Victory Plunge
Parkour practice in the mountains of Afghanistan, an Anzac Day parade in Australia, a lunar-landing art project in Northern Ireland, corgi racing in the Czech Republic, and much more
Photos: A Century of Sidecar Racing
Images from the past century of motorcycle racers and their sidecar passengers performing acrobatic maneuvers to stay balanced on the track, and their ever-evolving rigs
Lee Friedlander’s America
The photographer spent decades meandering across the country with his camera. What was he looking for?
Winners of the GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 2026
A collection of some of this year’s winning and honored photographs. Nearly 9,000 entries were submitted to organizers by member photographers from 15 countries.
Photos of the Week: Fallen Robot, Scooter Waterfall, Sunrise Panorama
Traditional horseback archery in Japan, a humanoid-robot half-marathon in Beijing, a sci-fi festival in England, a golf tournament in Louisiana, and much more
Photos: Reclaimed by Nature
On Earth Day, I wanted to share images of the incredible resilience of nature: the many ways that plants, animals, and natural processes reclaim abandoned human places and find ways to thrive.