Images from recent days showing the widespread damage, rescue workers and volunteers, and residents affected by the storm
Images from southwest Florida, showing some of the destruction caused by this unusually intense storm
Recent images of the storm damage in Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland
Recent images from Wuhan, Chongqing, Lake Poyang, and more
Images from recent weeks, after some of the heaviest monsoon rains in a decade have affected millions.
Images from a region beset by record-setting floods, just starting the work of recovery
Images from California’s biggest wildfire this year
Dozens of wildfires have broken out across Portugal, Spain, France, and other Southern European countries amid a deadly heat wave.
Heavy rains and melting snow filled rivers and carried away bridges, roads, and houses.
An oil tanker spilled thousands of barrels of oil into the ocean along the coastline of Peru.
Weeks of heavy rain have inundated communities in several Brazilian states.
Late on December 11, a tornado outbreak struck several states in the Midwest, hitting parts of western Kentucky especially hard.
Millions of cubic meters of fallen ash now blanket much of the landscape near the eruption.
Images from the Pacific Northwest, hard-hit by heavy rains
A month of lava flows and ashfall has taken a toll on several small towns on the island of La Palma.
Recent images of the eruption of the Cumbre Vieja volcano
Images from a monster forest fire as it advances toward the city of South Lake Tahoe
As Ida weakens and moves northeast, many Louisiana residents are now assessing the damage, rescuing the stranded, and recovering what they can.
After a stalled storm dropped 17 inches of rain in a 24-hour period, buildings and vehicles were swept away.
As the death toll in Haiti approaches 2,000, rescue operations continue, and hospitals are overwhelmed.
Early images from the Haitian cities of Jeremie and Les Cayes, following a magnitude 7.2 earthquake
Thousand of tourists and locals have fled wildfires on Evia amid near-apocalyptic scenes of dark smoke and flames.
High winds and scorching temperatures have driven the fires, forcing residents and tourists to evacuate by land or by sea.
Scenes from the Golden State’s largest wildfire of 2021 so far
Frustration at the Australian Open, a light show in London, Republic Day parade rehearsals in India, snow cover in Yosemite Valley, anti-government protests in Peru, and much more
Some of the top images from the 14 categories of underwater photography in this year’s competition
People around the world ushered in the Year of the Rabbit with displays of fireworks, family get-togethers, temple visits, and street festivals.
A theater festival in Chile, horses leaping through flames in Spain, a Russian missile strike in Ukraine, a green field in Saudi Arabia, and much more