Residents are marking the passage of a decade since a magnitude-9.0 earthquake struck off Japan’s northeastern shore—the most powerful earthquake ever recorded to have hit the country.
Over the weekend, a storm brought devastating floods to a mountainous region on the border between France and Italy.
Images of the fast-growing fires from the weekend, in a state already coping with multiple disasters
Images of the damage from the past few days, seen in the cities of Molalla, Talent, Detroit, Ashland, Estacada, and more
Images from the past few days of some of the dozens of fires currently burning, as well as those battling against and affected by them
Some of the early images from the hard-hit Gulf Coast, the day after Hurricane Laura passed through
Images of the high water and some of the damage it has caused across China over the past few months
Images from the past few days of some of these blazes as they burn across hillsides and through neighborhoods
A dangerous wildfire driven by hot, windy conditions has prompted hundreds of evacuations.
After running aground and being battered by waves for days, the MV Wakashio has leaked tons of fuel oil.
Images of the widespread damage in Beirut, a day after the devastating blast
A fire in a structure near the port area of Beirut, Lebanon, led to an enormous explosion that shook the city. The shockwave from the blast destroyed buildings close by and shattered glass for miles around.
Days of unprecedented rainfall have caused rivers to overflow their banks, sweeping away bridges and roads, thereby cutting off many communities.
Images of the widespread destruction and some of the rescue and salvage work taking place
In the Philippines, parts of the landscape near Taal have gone completely gray, covered in a blanket of volcanic ash.
Hundreds of thousands of residents within a 10-mile radius of the volcano are now being evacuated.
Volunteers and crews from Australia’s National Parks and Wildlife Service have been doing what they can to help some of the kangaroos, koalas, lizards, and birds that can be rescued and treated.
Images from parts of hard-hit Australia, still caught in a months-long wildfire disaster
A look at the nightmarish conditions across Southeast Australia, where record-setting heat and powerful winds have spawned more than 100 bushfires.
Images of the devastating bushfires in southeastern Australia over the past few weeks, and of those coping with the disaster
A record-setting acqua alta has left much of Venice submerged, following stormy conditions blowing in from the Adriatic Sea.
Extreme winds and dry conditions are driving several wildfires across the state, forcing thousands to evacuate.
Images of the damage and immediate recovery work taking place in Japan after its worst storm in decades
Recent images of the hard-hit islands of the Abacos and Grand Bahama, as residents receive aid, recover what they can, and contemplate their next steps
Beautiful images from another world, of a delicate, ephemeral phenomenon
Images from this year’s Glastonbury Festival—back after a two-year COVID-19 hiatus
Images of protest from Houston, Atlanta, Boston, Seattle, Denver, Raleigh, St. Louis, Portland, New York, Nashville, and many other locations
Seahorse collection in Brazil, a heat wave in Texas, bison-watching in Yellowstone National Park, a swimming competition in Budapest, an earthquake in Afghanistan, and much more