Photos of the Week: Water Festival, Candy Candidate, Uruguayan Gaucho
Fashion in Pakistan, Ivanka Trump in Ethiopia, Holy Week celebrations in Spain, an aircraft with the world’s longest wingspan, Notre-Dame cathedral ablaze in Paris, spring skiing in Siberia, and much more
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Wang Zhao / AFP / Getty Mars in the Gobi Desert
Photographers were on hand as some of the first student groups arrived to tour this vision of Mars in China’s Gobi Desert.
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Ludovic Marin / AFP / Getty After the Fire: Photos From Inside Notre-Dame Cathedral
Investigators and photographers were able to get a first look at the damaged interior.
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Francois Guillot / AFP / Getty Photos: The Devastation of Notre-Dame Cathedral
A massive fire burned through the roof of one of Europe’s most visited historic landmarks today.
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Roslan Rahman / AFP / Getty Photos of the Week: Inflatable Astronaut, Presidential Field, Falcon Heavy
The arrest of Julian Assange in London; memorials to Nipsey Hussle in Los Angeles; a Wookiee and a Dalek in Scarborough, England; Thailand’s water festival; overfilled reservoirs in rain-soaked Lebanon and Iraq; and much more
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Lana H. Haroun via Reuters Photos: Sudan Protests Lead to the Removal of President Omar al-Bashir
Days of protest, following months of popular unrest, led to Sudan’s army removing the long-standing leader from power.
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Costfoto / Barcroft Media via Getty A Photo Visit to Mount Fanjing
On a tall spire atop the highest peak in the Wuling Mountains sit a pair of Buddhist temples, separated by a narrow gorge.
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Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP / Getty Rwandans Commemorate 25 Years Since Genocide
A quarter century after organized violence left hundreds of thousands dead, Rwandans remember and try to reconcile.
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Noam Galai / Getty for Spotify Photos of the Week: Straw Kongs, Reindeer Races, Yosemite Rainbow
A polar-bear cub in Germany, a “silly walk” parade in Hungary, mail delivery by boat in Germany, the Ching Ming Festival in Hong Kong, protests on the U.S.-Mexico border, storm damage in Nepal, and much more
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Sergey Mikhalenko / Shutterstock The Strange Beauty of Salt Mines
Images of salt mines and evaporation ponds from across the world
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© Rory Doyle. All rights reserved. Winners of Smithsonian Magazine’s 2018 Photo Contest
Selected from more than 48,000 entries, the winning photographs from the 16th annual competition have just been announced.
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Stephane De Sakutin / AFP / Getty Photos of the Week: Stasi Museum, Pink Lake, Swamp Creature
A volcanic eruption in Mexico, a drifting cruise ship off Norway’s coast, severe flooding in Nebraska, a slimy Chris Pratt in Los Angeles, a Trump rally in Michigan, and much more
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Martin Meissner / AP Spring Is on the Way
A small collection of images from the past few weeks from North America, Asia, and Europe, of poppies, sunshine, and cherry blossoms—surely signs of warmer days to come
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Ralph Morse / The LIFE Picture Collection / Getty 50 Years Ago in Photos: A Look Back at 1969
A half century ago, humans first set foot on the moon, hundreds of thousands of young people gathered in New York’s Catskill Mountains for a music festival that became a cultural milestone, and so much more.
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© Eduardo Acevedo / UPY2019 Winners of the 2019 Underwater Photographer of the Year Contest
Some of this year’s winners and honorees, showing remarkable scenes from oceans, lakes, and rivers around the world
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