Across the length of Chile, stretching 2,650 miles (4,265 kilometers) from north to south, more than 40 national parks have been established in the past century, protecting many endangered specie...
https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2024/04/photos-chiles-amazing-national-parks/678166/
On this Earth Day , a day set aside to remember and appreciate the environment and our responsibilities and roles within it, I wanted to gather a selection of images of the incredibly diverse bir...
https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2024/04/earth-day-bird-photos/678152/
Eid al-Fitr prayers in India, trophy winners at the Boston Marathon, the burning of a historic building in Denmark, a wildfire in Kosovo, widespread flooding in Russia, a joyous water festival in...
The winning entries of the annual World Press Photo Contest have just been announced. This year, according to organizers, 61,062 images were submitted for judging, made by 3,851 photographers...
https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2024/04/winners-2024-world-press-photo-contest/678104/
Over the course of World War II, countless challenges made basic transportation difficult, costly, and dangerous. The need for fast, efficient, and quiet ways of moving people from A to B—despi...
https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2024/04/photos-bicycles-world-war-ii/678086/
Crowds of music fans gathered once more in Indio, California, this weekend for the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, catching performances by Doja Cat, Jon Batiste, Vampire Weekend, Sabri...
https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2024/04/photos-coachella-2024/678073/
The World Coal Carrying Championships in England, damage from an earthquake in Taiwan, a destroyed hospital in the Gaza Strip, a beekeeper at work in Ukraine, cherry-tree blossoms in Germany, an ...
As much of North America prepares for the upcoming total solar eclipse next week, I thought it would be fun to share some images from the recent (and not-so-recent) past of previous eclipses—an...
https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2024/04/photos-total-solar-eclipses-past/677947/
A wildfire in Venezuela, cherry blossoms in eastern China, a deadly terrorist attack in Russia, a surf competition in Australia, Holy Week processions in Spain, a full moon above Istanbul, a vast...
The winning images and photographers of this year’s World Nature Photography Awards have just been announced. Contest organizers have once more shared some of the winning images, shown below, ...
https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2024/03/winners-2024-world-nature-photography-awards/677601/
This week, Hindus around the world are celebrating Holi, the “festival of colors”—a springtime celebration where revelers throw brightly colored powders at friends and strangers alike. Part...
https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2024/03/photos-holi-2024-festival-colors/677876/
A massive ballet class in Mexico City, the Night of Ghosts festival in Greece, severe tornado damage in Indiana, a garbage-strewn beach in Bali, airdrops of humanitarian aid over the Gaza Strip, ...
Tuesday marked the first day of spring, and the Northern Hemisphere has begun to warm, with flowers and trees in bloom. Gathered below is a small collection of images from recent weeks in North A...
https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2024/03/photos-spring-cherry-blossoms-2024/677830/
For hundreds of years, residents of Valencia, Spain, have celebrated the arrival of spring and paid tribute to San Jose, the patron saint of the carpenters’ guild, by building and then ceremoni...
X-ray analysis of an 18th-century violin in France, scenes from the Academy Awards in Hollywood, a march for International Women’s Day in Mexico, the launch of a SpaceX rocket in Texas, white-w...
Organizers of the 2024 British Wildlife Photography Awards just announced their collection of winners and runners-up. More than 14,000 images were submitted in 11 different categories, celebrati...
The United Nations is warning that famine in Gaza is “almost inevitable.” Palestinians living in Gaza are struggling with extreme shortages of food, clean water, and medicine. Several countri...
https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2024/03/photos-gaza-brink-famine/677741/
The top entries in the 2024 Sony World Photography Awards Open Competition have been announced, and competition organizers were once more kind enough to share some of the winning and shortlisted...
Humanitarian aid air-dropped into Gaza, the funeral of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Moscow, a skijoring competition in Colorado, a blizzard in California, scenes from Paris Fashion...
A century ago, regular radio broadcasts were on the rise, and people began tuning in to entertainment and news from around the world. Paris hosted the 1924 Summer Olympics, advancements in aviati...
https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2024/03/1924-in-photos-100-years-ago/677638/
Unusually warm weather in Turkey, a volcanic eruption in Mexico, sledding in Morocco, a job fair in China, wildfires in northern Texas, displaced Palestinians in Gaza, under-ice swimming in Italy...
https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2024/03/photos-of-the-week-jet-suit-surf-horse-giza-camel/677604/
The Smokehouse Creek Fire, which was sparked on Monday, has already burned across more than 500,000 acres, pushed by high winds and dry conditions. It is the largest of several brush fires now bu...
https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2024/02/photos-texas-panhandle-smokehouse-creek-wildfire/677585/
Farmer protests against low crop prices in India, a shallow flood in Death Valley, a bird fair in Colombia, a wooden replica of the Eiffel Tower in France, unusually warm weather at a ski resort ...
Saturday will mark the two-year anniversary of Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Although the Russian military initially made broad advances into the country beginning on February 24, 2022,...
https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2024/02/photos-two-years-war-ukraine/677519/
The winning entries in this year’s Underwater Photographer of the Year contest have just been announced, and Alex Dawson was named Underwater Photographer of the Year 2024 for his image of a w...
https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2024/02/winners-2024-underwater-photographer-year-contest/677507/