Photos of the Week: Metal Bull, First Snow, Raging Wildfires
A fireworks festival in Burma, political turmoil in Sri Lanka, starlings over Rome, an Allosaurus in Paris, wintry scenes in northern China, and much more
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- / AFP / Getty Dizzying Heights: Vertical Tourism in China
Chinese developers have opened a series of new tourist attractions in some very lofty places. Glass-bottomed bridges, cliffside walkways, observation decks, and more
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Charles Platiau / Reuters The Ubiquity of Smartphones, as Captured by Photographers
The total number of smartphone users worldwide will reach an estimated 3 billion this year—here’s a look at the visual landscape.
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Todd Kennedy The 2018 National Geographic Photo Contest
A selection of entries from this year’s competition, which is open for submissions until November 15
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Eric Thayer / Reuters Photos: The Woolsey Fire Leaves Devastation in Malibu, California
The Woolsey Fire and the nearby Hill Fire have forced the evacuation of nearly 250,000 residents from their homes near the Pacific Coast in California’s Los Angeles and Ventura Counties.
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Eric Miller / Reuters Photos of the Week: Midterm Elections, Flaming Barrels, Diwali Lanterns
A visit to the Swiss Museum of Transport, NATO soldiers on patrol in Afghanistan, autumn colors pass their peak in the North, Bonfire Night across England, and much more
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Josh Edelson / AFP / Getty The Camp Fire Ravages Paradise, California
Within 24 hours, the Camp Fire has burned more than 20,000 acres, and has virtually destroyed the town of Paradise.
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Gregory Boissy / AFP / Getty Blue-Wave Photos
I’ve been hearing a lot about a “blue wave” in the news lately, so I thought I should do my best to cover this tidal force with news photos.
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Matt Dunham / AP Preparing for the Centenary of the End of World War I
This Sunday, November 11, 2018, will mark the passing of 100 years since the end of World War I.
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Eric Cabanis / AFP / Getty Toulouse Becomes a Labyrinth for La Machine’s Giant Spider and Minotaur
For the first four days of November, Toulouse, France, became a labyrinth, home to a street-theater performance by a massive robotic spider and a 50-ton Minotaur.
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Clodagh Kilcoyne / Reuters Photos of the Week: Giant Minotaur, Spooky Streets, Duck Boats
A gull swims through a flooded Venetian piazza, Halloween and Dia de los Muertos celebrations, mourning in Pittsburgh, a giant military exercise in Norway, and much more
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Muhammed Enes Yildirim / Anadolu Agency / Getty Scenes From Halloween 2018
As the costumes are put away, the decorations taken down, and candy wrappers gathered from every corner of the house, I thought it would be fun to take one last look at this year’s fun and creepy Halloween celebrations.
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Amit Dave / Reuters Photos: The 15 Tallest Statues in the World
Images of the 15 tallest statues in the world as of today, plus five bonus photos of some more famous—if smaller—colossal monuments
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Robert F. Bukaty / AP Daily Life in Maine, as Photographed by Robert F. Bukaty
Based in Portland, the photographer Robert F. Bukaty has been working for the AP since 1993, making thousands of photos of Maine’s people, landscape, wildlife, and, of course, its ever-changing seasons.
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CC BY-SA Vadim Razumov / Wikipedia Photos of Abandoned Russia
For years, photographers have traveled across Russia finding and photographing intriguing ghost towns, empty Soviet factories, toppling houses, and crumbling churches.
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