A coup in Burkina Faso, wildfires in California, a new hair accessory trend in Beijing, airstrikes in Yemen, migrants continue to flood into Europe, underwater robotics in France, an earthquake in Chile, and much more.
Images from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft just released today show a backlit mountainous panorama of Pluto, displaying an amazing icy landscape never before seen by humans. Just 15 minutes after its closest approach to Pluto on July 14, 2015, the spacecraft looked back toward the sun and captured this near-sunset view of icy mountains reaching heights of 11,000 feet above flat ice plains extending to Pluto’s horizon.
As popes frequently address large crowds in open-air settings, they—like everyone else—have to deal with capricious weather. Papal attire usually includes a skull cap and a small cape—both very susceptible to gusts of wind.
Summers in Alaska’s Denali National Park and Preserve are short seasons, followed by even shorter (yet colorful) autumns, then long, cold winters.
While putting together today’s photo essay on the weekend wildfires in California, I came across this image of a cabin…
Over the weekend, thousands of people were evacuated as fast-burning wildfires in California overwhelmed several small towns, killing at least one person and destroying hundreds of homes and businesses. A state of emergency was declared by governor Jerry Brown in the areas hardest hit by the Butte and Valley fires.
An animated comparison of Boston’s Copley Square as seen in 1888, and again 127 years later, in 2015.
My daughter was born in 2000, and this year she starts 10th grade—which made me realize today that kids born…
Forest fires in Indonesia, a field of sunflowers in Kansas, fireworks in Moscow, a pyrotechnics show in Britain, a vertical forest in Italy, a new view of Pluto, and much more.
“Unprecedented rain in Japan unleashed heavy floods on Friday that tore houses from their foundations, uprooted trees, and forced more than 100,000 people from their homes,” according to Reuters.
The number of refugees landing on European shores this year has already topped 380,000, according to the UN, well ahead of the 215,000 that arrived in 2014, with months left in the year.
Reuters photographer Alexandre Meneghini has spent the past year documenting the lives of Cubans. He has captured images of students, athletes, farmers, performers, and workers in the Caribbean nation during a time of transition.
Last week, an estimated 70,000 people came to Burning Man 2015, “Carnival of Mirrors,” from all over the world to dance, express themselves, and take in the spectacle.
Burning Man is underway in the Nevada desert, the migrant crisis grew in both scale and impact, new Star Wars toys went on sale worldwide, China marked the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, Alaska’s Mt. McKinley was renamed Denali, and much more.
In Beijing, China marked the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, and its role in defeating Japan, by holding an enormous military parade and declaring a new national holiday. The spectacle involved more than 12,000 troops, 500 pieces of military hardware, and 200 aircraft.
On September 3, China will commemorate the 70th anniversary of the surrender of Japan and the end of World War II, but the service of many veterans of that conflict has been unrecognized for decades.
The use of a stick to hold a camera at a distance for a self-portrait is not a new phenomenon, but the popularity of the new breed of extendable selfie stick has exploded over the past two years.
Hikers on a moonlit night in Mexico, a massive ball pit in Washington, D.C., Usain Bolt taken down by a Segway in China, a squirrel monkey riding a capybara in Japan, and much more.
Four and a half years of violent conflict have destroyed entire regions of Syria. Caught in the middle of all this horror are the children of Syria, relying on parents who have lost control of their own lives and are now being forced to make difficult choices in desperate circumstances.
A look back at news images from the last week in August, 1995, two decades ago.