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Wang family photo via Princeton / Handout via ... An American Prisoner Comes Home From Iran
The Trump administration has made a priority of bringing prisoners home—and of pressuring Iran. With Xiyue Wang’s release, it can claim victory on two fronts.
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Alexander Zemlianichenko / AP Russia’s Twin Nostalgias
Vladimir Putin has a fondness for the Soviet era. So do many Russians—but often not for the same reasons.
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Christian Palma / AP Hopeful Images From 2019
I’ve made it an annual tradition to compose an essay of uplifting images from the past year—an effort to seek out and recognize some of the abundant joy and kindness present in the world around us.
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Ng Han Guan / AP 2019 in Photos: Wrapping Up the Year
Time to take a look at some of the most memorable events and images of 2019. Events covered in this essay include protests in Hong Kong, Chile, and Iraq; a toxic sky over New Delhi; an all-female team of spacewalkers; and much more.
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Darrin Zammit Lupi / Reuters A Tiny Island Exposes Europe’s Failures
The investigation into the murder of Malta’s most famous journalist has done more than plunge the country into crisis.
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Cadet Hallie H. Pound / U.S. Army via ... 2019 in Photos: A Look at the Middle Months
Time to take a look at some of the most memorable events and images of 2019. Events covered in this essay include the Pan American Games in Peru, a spelling bee with eight co-champions, the testimony of former Special Counsel Robert Mueller on Capitol Hill, and much more.
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Peter Nicholls / Reuters The Spiritual Disunity of the West
NATO is the physical embodiment of the idea of shared Western values. But a meeting in London highlighted how far apart its members now stand.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters The Man Who Figured Out Trump
Jens Stoltenberg will soon be NATO’s longest-serving leader in a generation. How has he done it?
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Joyce N. Boghosian / The White House 2019 in Photos: How the First Months Unfolded
Time to take a look at some of the most memorable events and images of 2019. Events covered in this essay include the abdication of Japan’s Emperor Akihito, a performance by Lil Nas X, a landing on the far side of the moon, and much more.
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Illustration by Ricardo Santos* Britain’s Secret War With Russia
The poisoning of a double agent sparked an intelligence and PR battle between London and Moscow, the details of which are only now emerging.
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Hagen Hopkins / Getty Top 25 News Photos of 2019
Powerful images from the past 12 eventful months
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Two Democracies, Two Very Different Elections
Though some elements of British campaigns resemble those of American contests, the systems are fundamentally different.
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NASA, the Hubble Heritage Team, AURA / STScI, ... 2019 Hubble Space Telescope Advent Calendar
Every day until Wednesday, December 25, we’ll present one new image of our universe from NASA’s orbiting telescope.
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Alberto Pezzali / AP Boris Johnson’s Leadership Is Put to the Test
A terror attack in London carries parallels to one in 2017, and once again challenges a prime minister.
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Kim Hong-Ji / Reuters How North Korea Soured on Donald Trump
Kim Jong Un only wanted to engage with the president. Now he’s turning on him.
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Handout / Reuters Boris Johnson Bets on a Strategy Theresa May Ignored
The prime minister and the opposition took entirely different lessons from Britain’s 2017 election. Both are testing their conclusions to destruction.
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Jim Watson / AFP / Getty Photos of the Week: Glowing Skate Park, Maori Welcome, Fighting Cholitas
An earthquake in Albania, Krampus in Slovenia, a military dog at the White House, protests in Iraq and Chile, bubbles over Rome, a Christmas market in Germany, and much more
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Dylan Martinez / Reuters Boomers Are Not Okay
Older voters warp their countries’ policies because of their political power. One British politician has a plan to end that dominance.
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© Mark Gray / The 10th EPSON International ... Winners of the 2019 Epson International Pano Awards
The tenth annual panoramic-photo competition has just come to a close, and the winning images and finalists have been announced.
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Corinna Kern / Reuters What Is the Point of Repeat Elections?
Going to the electorate over and over again won’t necessarily reap different results.
