2020: The Year in Volcanic Activity
Out of an estimated 1,500 active volcanoes, about 50 erupt every year, spewing steam, ash, toxic gases, and lava.
Out of an estimated 1,500 active volcanoes, about 50 erupt every year, spewing steam, ash, toxic gases, and lava.
How does a country balance its values and its interests when it shares a border with China?
More than most, four men shaped the oft-cited “strategic tensions” over the South China Sea.
He revealed more about the country’s ruling class than any political writer of his era.
I’ve made it an annual tradition to compose an essay of uplifting images from the past 12 months—an effort to seek out and recognize some of the joy and kindness present in the world around us, even in the midst of a truly awful year.
It’s time to take a look at some of the most memorable events and images of 2020. Events covered in this essay include the devastating wildfires in California, the Nagorno-Karabakh War, the U.S. presidential election, the ongoing pandemic, and much more.
It’s time to revisit some of the most memorable events and images of 2020. Events covered in this essay include the mass protests against the killing of George Floyd, locust swarms in Africa, a terrifying explosion in Beirut, and much more.
It’s time to take a look at some of the most memorable events and images of 2020. Events covered in this essay include the disastrous Australian wildfires, the onset of the global coronavirus pandemic, Brexit Day, and much more.
Countries seeking to inoculate their citizens at the expense of everyone else are chasing a false promise.
Powerful images from the past 12 eventful months
The blockbuster series treads an uneasy line between fact and fiction.
Aquarium dining in Singapore, the damaged Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, increasing COVID-19 cases worldwide, a drive-through Santa experience in Los Angeles, and much more
The country has bet that, outside the EU, it can better regulate its economy to become more competitive.
Images from around the world of the current battle against COVID-19, photographed over the past few weeks
Joshua Wong has been sentenced to more than a year in jail. Avenues for protest in the city are narrowing.
Every day until Friday, December 25, we’ll present one new image of our universe from NASA’s orbiting telescope.
A decades-old legal argument used by Hitler has found support in Beijing.
A foggy sunrise in Germany, a fiery protest in Guatemala, a strongman contest in Crimea, the ongoing pandemic worldwide, mourning in Argentina for Diego Maradona, and much more
One last look at the colorful beauty of this autumn, seen in cities and countryside vistas across the Northern Hemisphere
Barack Obama and Margaret Thatcher are prophets who came to embody their countries’ stories and, crucially, changed those stories.