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Ng Han Guan / AP Riot Police Lay Siege to Hong Kong University Occupied by Protesters
Some of the most violent clashes so far of the five-month-old pro-democracy protest movement in Hong Kong took place this past weekend, as riot police stormed the campus of a university where protesters had barricaded themselves.
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Mark Harrison / BBC What Jeffrey Epstein Offered Prince Andrew
An oblivious interview exposes the two-tier world in which Jeffrey Epstein flourished.
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TikTok TikTok Is Taking Over India
In just two years, TikTok has become India’s most downloaded app. Let the gold rush begin.
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Angelos Tzortzinis / AFP via Getty ‘Welcome to Europe. Now Go Home.’
The overcrowded Moria refugee camp in Greece is where Europe’s ideals—solidarity, human rights, a haven for victims of war and violence—dissolve in a tangle of bureaucracy, indifference, and lack of political will.
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Ivan Alvarado / Reuters Photos of the Week: Prehistoric Tongue, First Snow, Panda Scan
Autumn colors in Belgium; chess-boxing in Paris; dinosaurs in India; bushfires in Australia; impeachment hearings in Washington, D.C.; Santa Claus in Germany; tennis in London, and much more
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Delil Souleiman / AFP via Getty Images What America’s Allies Really Think About Trump’s Syria Decision
During a few wild weeks in October, U.S. allies watched as their own worst nightmare befell America’s Kurdish partners in Syria. Here’s what that means for America’s standing in the world.
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Kirsty Wigglesworth / AP Boris Johnson Is Not Britain’s Donald Trump. Jeremy Corbyn Is.
Corbyn and Trump are both populists and in a battle with ‘the swamp.’ Brexit aside, Johnson is not.
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Luke MacGregor / Reuters Ask Your (Male) Colleagues What They Earn
Samira Ahmed’s case against her employer, the BBC, illustrates the value of transparency in closing the gender pay gap.
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Stefano Mazzola / Awakening / Getty Venice Underwater: The Highest Tide in 50 Years
A record-setting acqua alta has left much of Venice submerged, following stormy conditions blowing in from the Adriatic Sea.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Erdoğan Defies Trump. So Why Do They Get Along?
The two have undeniable personal chemistry, but their countries are drifting apart.
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Thomas Peter / Reuters The Hong Kong Protesters Aren’t Driven by Hope
“We might as well go down fighting.”
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Alexander Drago / Reuters The Slow-Boil Revolt
Retired senior military officers are growing more concerned that the Trump administration doesn’t want their advice—and they’re struggling with how much they can say publicly.
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Muhammad Anuar bin Jamal / Shutterstock The Magic of Fall Colors
Bundle up, maybe grab a mug of hot cider, and enjoy this batch of recent fall photos.
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Kin Cheung / AP The Date Hong Kong Protesters Can’t Escape
The year 2047 is a deadline that has come to symbolize the end of the territory’s way of life.
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Luca Bruno / AP Italy Has an Intolerance Problem. Does It Still Have a Moderate Right?
The anti-Semitic attacks on the Holocaust survivor Liliana Segre have spurred a national debate about intolerance.
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Paul Schutzer / The LIFE Picture Collection via ... Before the Fall of the Berlin Wall
Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, a look back at the 28 years when it stood, separating a city and its people.
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Tobias Schwarz / Reuters The Lingering Trauma of Stasi Surveillance
Thirty years after reunification, memories of the East German police state continue to exact a profound psychological toll.
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Omar Sanadiki / Reuters The World’s Worst Game of Risk Is Playing Out in Syria
After weeks of chaos in the northeast, great powers redrew a small chunk of the map. And a bigger story is just beginning.
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Henry Nicholls / Reuters Rory Stewart’s Lofty Aims
The prime-ministerial hopeful turned London mayoral candidate told The Atlantic that he hopes to build a moderate political movement from the bottom up. But can it be done from city hall?
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Cristopher Rogel Blanquet / Getty Photos of the Week: Airborne Giraffe, Horse Fascinator, Scottish Murmuration
A camel in New York City, the biggest Catrina in the world, flooding in South Sudan, saffron harvest in Iran, Bonfire Night celebrations in England, pelican moving in the Czech Republic, and much more.
