Photography
American World War II doctor in Italy captures scenes of wartime beyond the front lines
Lt. Col. Manuel E. Lichtenstein was a doctor in southern Italy during World War II. He met with top generals and won prestigious awards. Stories about his three harrowing years there were passed down in his family. But an old box of photos he took — of simple moments with everyday people — reveal a different view of life during wartime, away from the front lines.
Where The World has been in 2021 — the year in pictures
Two decades of war and daily life in Afghanistan
The only known photos from Hiroshima taken on Aug. 6, 1945
PHOTOS: Bikers clear Indonesian streets for ambulances
A NatGeo documentary reveals 'Secrets of the Whales'
National Geographic has released “Secrets of the Whales,” a video documentary miniseries that seeks to unravel the secrets of whale behavior and understand whale cultures of orcas, humpbacks, narwhals, belugas and sperm whales.
Earth's shadow creeps across moon ahead of super blood moon
Wednesday night offers a rare cosmic event known as a super blood moon.
Photos: Arab uprisings began with quest for freedom and led to repression, wars
What started as a series of idealistic revolutions turned into dashed dreams of democracy and revival of authoritarian governance. The decade since has seen yet more instability and violence.
PHOTOS: Very different, symbolic hajj in Saudi Arabia amid the coronavirus
Muslim pilgrims, donning face masks and moving in small groups after days in isolation, began arriving at Islam's holiest site in Mecca on Wednesday for the start of a historically unique and scaled-down hajj experience reshaped by the coronavirus pandemic.
‘I am a hostage of the north’: Trapped in a post-Gulag Arctic city
Many Russians in the far north have been waiting for more than two decades to be resettled in lower latitudes. They are caught between Moscow's grand plans for Arctic development and an exodus of aging Soviet workers longing to see flowers rather than blizzards in the springtime.
The sun sometimes rises: How one Russian city makes it through the polar night
Murmansk is the largest city in the Arctic Circle. Nowhere else in the world do so many people spend so long in near-perpetual darkness. On Sunday, residents came out to catch the first glimpse of the sun in 40 days.
Protests that rocked The World in 2019
Gas. Bread. A subway ticket: The soaring cost of everyday necessities sparked protests that spiraled into major movements in countries like France, Zimbabwe, Lebanon, Sudan and Chile. Throughout the world, citizens took to the streets in 2019 to rise up against inequality, corruption and bad governance.
Photos: Colombia’s Indigenous Guard, defenders of land, the environment and their own lives
Unions, students and ethnic groups have been protesting for weeks in Bogotá over President Ivan Duque's social and economic policies. In this photo essay, see the demonstrators joined by Colombia’s Indigenous Guard as they mark a third national strike with marches, chants and dancing to demand their rights.
Youngest migrants in Tijuana find a safe space for learning at the 'Nest'
Thousands of people are stuck at the Mexican border as they wait to apply for asylum in the US. A new informal preschool in Tijuana is prioritizing the needs of the youngest migrants.
PHOTOS: The long spiritual journey to reach the Land of the Captive
Every October, some 50,000 pilgrims arrive in Ayabaca, a small town in the Peruvian Andes, as part of an annual journey to honor Señor Cautivo de Ayabaca, or the Christ of Ayabaca.