Photos: Violence Explodes Across Israel and Gaza
Following weeks of escalating tensions, militants in the Gaza Strip began firing rockets into Israel, and Israeli forces have conducted air strikes in Gaza in response.
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Amanda Perobelli / Reuters Photos of the Week: Glass Ceiling, Blue Grotto, Lava Glow
A May Day rally in Istanbul, a SpaceX splashdown in Florida, an early cicada in Maryland, a diving competition in Tokyo, orienteering in Ukraine, and much more
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Qi Lianmin / VCG via Getty Robots Are Everywhere
Recent images of robotic technology from around the world
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Fernando Vergara / AP Photos: Deadly Protests Across Colombia
For several days now, people across the country have voiced their anger in large demonstrations.
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Alexander Nemenov / AFP / Getty Photos of the Week: Desert Highway, Launch Symphony, Mermaid Show
A life-sized Gundam statue in China, the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak in India, the world’s longest pedestrian suspension bridge in Portugal, a Lego New York City, and much more
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NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center / SDO Scenes From Off-World
A recent photo album of our solar system—a set of family portraits—as seen by our astronauts and mechanical emissaries
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Dan Kitwood / Getty The Parakeets of London
The Greater London area is home to thousands of parakeets, an invasive species that appears to be thriving in its new urban setting.
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Justin Tallis / AFP / Getty Photos of the Week: Happy Cows, Bird Paradise, Big Merino
A deadly second wave of COVID-19 in India, a moose in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, a totem-pole gift in Washington State, a helicopter flying on Mars, and much more
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Aleksander Nordahl / 2021 Sony World Photography Awards Winners of the 2021 Sony World Photography Awards
Some of the winning and shortlisted photos from this year’s competition
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Anindito Mukherjee / Getty Photos: A Deadly Second Wave of COVID-19 in India
Images of the battle against COVID-19 in India over the past few weeks
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Fabrice Coffrini / AFP / Getty Photos of the Week: Beach Classroom, Giant Eye, Trench Puppies
Cherry blossoms in Germany, Fashion Week in Madrid, an island castle in Switzerland, Ramadan prayers in Mecca, a volcanic eruption in the Caribbean, a comfort dog at the U.S. Capitol, and much more
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Luis Tato for The Washington Post Winners of the 2021 World Press Photo Contest
Some of the winning entries in this year’s annual photo competition
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Fabrice Coffrini / AFP / Getty Protecting Crops Against a Spring Frost
Images of a widespread battle against the cold in France, Italy, Belgium, and Switzerland
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Sander Grefte / International Landscape Photographer of the Year Top Shots From the 2019 International Landscape Photographer of the Year
Some of the top and winning images from this year’s landscape-photography competition
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Bettmann / Getty 100 Years Ago in Photos: A Look Back at 1920
A collection of some of the events and sights from around the world a century ago
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