A Sea of Flags: Commemorating More Than 675,000 Americans Lost to COVID-19
Images of a temporary art installation made up of hundreds of thousands of small white flags representing Americans lost to COVID-19
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Desiree Martin / AFP / Getty Photos: A Destructive Eruption on the Canary Islands
More than 100 houses have been destroyed by a recent eruption on La Palma island.
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Siphiwe Sibeko / Reuters Photos of the Week: Grenadier Guards, Floating Island, Wrapped Arch
Flooding in southern France, cliff diving in Ireland, civilian astronauts’ launch from Florida, an elephant bath in Pakistan, scenes from the Met Gala in New York City, and much more
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Hannibal Hanschke / Reuters Scenes From Greenland
Snapshots from the largest island in the world
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Dr. Andrew Mark Posselt, California Photographing the Microscopic: Winners of Nikon Small World 2021
Some of the winning and honored images from the 2021 Small World Photomicrography Competition
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Zhe Ji / Getty Photos of the Week: Depleted Lake, Wayward Cow, Alligator Reef
A “Tribute in Light” in New York City, lingering power outages in Louisiana, rice harvesting in Japan, final scenes from the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, a Neanderthal in the Netherlands, and much more
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Adem Altan / AFP / Getty Wonderland Abandoned: The Swift Fall of “Europe’s Biggest Theme Park”
A massive theme park in Ankara, Turkey, closed after less than a year of operation, sits abandoned, a symbol of ambition, waste, and political turmoil.
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Arnd Wiegmann / Reuters Photos of the Week: Octopus Kite, High Water, Little Amal
Scenes from the 2020 Paralympics in Tokyo, flash flooding in Spain and the U.S., snowfall in South Africa, devastation left by Hurricane Ida, the Caldor fire in California, and much more
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Josh Edelson / AFP / Getty Photos: California’s Caldor Fire Threatens South Lake Tahoe
Images from a monster forest fire as it advances toward the city of South Lake Tahoe
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Mark Felix / AFP / Getty Photos: The Aftermath of Hurricane Ida
As Ida weakens and moves northeast, many Louisiana residents are now assessing the damage, rescuing the stranded, and recovering what they can.
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Naomi Baker / Getty Photos: The Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games
A glimpse of some of the 4,500 athletes representing 163 countries as they compete in Tokyo, Japan.
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David Dee Delgado / Getty Photos of the Week: River Dive, Wild Surf, Roof Bear
Flood damage in Venezuela, relief supplies delivered to Haiti, a leaping capybara in Brazil, scenes from the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, evacuation efforts in Afghanistan, and much more
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John Margolies / Library of Congress Roadside America, Photographs by John Margolies
A selection of images of intriguing structures, some long gone, others still around but changed over the years
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Michelle Valberg / BigPicture Natural World Photography Competition Winners of the 2021 BigPicture Natural World Photography Competition
Some of the winning images from this year’s contest, showcasing the natural world
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Matthew Eisman / Getty Up Close With Iceland’s Fagradalsfjall Volcano
Recent images of visitors to Iceland’s newest volcano
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