Windblown ice and snow build up hulking shapes on the trees atop Mount Zao.
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.
Out of an estimated 1,500 active volcanoes, 50 or so erupt every year, spewing steam, ash, toxic gases, and lava.
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.
Bundle up, maybe grab a mug of hot cider, and enjoy this batch of recent fall photos.
New Delhi and nearby cities and towns in India are suffering through some of the worst air quality that residents have experienced in years.
Extreme winds and dry conditions are driving several wildfires across the state, forcing thousands to evacuate.
Autumn photos 2019—harvests, festivals, migrations, winter preparations, and, of course, spectacular foliage.
Images of the damage and immediate recovery work taking place in Japan after its worst storm in decades
Images from southeastern Turkey, where the town of Hasankeyf—continuously occupied for some 12,000 years—is being partially relocated as the old site is abandoned to a rising reservoir behind a new dam
Groups of Guajajara tribesmen in Brazil’s Maranhão state patrol their tribal land, seeking to protect it from illegal logging in places with little police presence.
The small village of Kivalina is threatened on several fronts by a warming Arctic climate, as the ground it sits on erodes, and the animals the villagers rely on become more difficult to hunt.
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
Thick clouds of smoke and haze are blanketing much of Southeast Asia, due to largely illegal efforts to burn thousands of acres to clear land for farms and palm-oil plantations.
Early images of the catastrophic damage caused by Hurricane Dorian’s slow crawl across the Bahamas
Images from Brazil, where more than 79,500 fires have been counted so far this year, the worst since 2010
Unusually warm weather recently released record levels of water into the ocean from the melting Greenland ice sheet.
People and animals are still finding ways to enjoy the warm weather, but they are also working to cope with the extremes.
Several fires in the Castelo Branco region injured dozens before being largely contained.
Images of the dazzling light of the low sun on churning water, and some of the amazing encounters and rides experienced by surfers along the New South Wales coast
Several photographers continue to report from Wuhan, China, where streets appear nearly deserted after a quarantine and traffic ban.
A few glimpses into the various features of Indiana, and some of the animals and people calling it home
The annual Women’s March in New York City, the Tour Down Under cycling event in Australia, a firefighting robot in India, anti-government protests in Iraq, the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Switzerland, and much more.
Windblown ice and snow build up hulking shapes on the trees atop Mount Zao.