Days of unprecedented rainfall have caused rivers to overflow their banks, sweeping away bridges and roads, thereby cutting off many communities.
Vast fields of lentils and poppies blooming in central Italy
Images from hard-hit areas in Kenya, Pakistan, India, Nepal, and Yemen, taken over recent months
Images of our world from recent years, glimpses into aspects of our environment, how it affects and sustains us, and how we affect it
Even in the midst of a pandemic, people need to eat, and farm workers are trying to meet that need, despite the coronavirus outbreak’s many challenges.
A virtual trip outdoors—a collection of recent images from North America, Asia, and Europe, of tulips, sunshine, and cherry blossoms
Images from a recent Antarctic expedition during which scientists studied the dramatic drop in the population of chinstrap penguins
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
Ominous statues in Thailand, solar boats in the Netherlands, the empty streets of Pamplona, a zoo reopening in Ecuador, a nuclear-power plant in France, and much more
Days of unprecedented rainfall have caused rivers to overflow their banks, sweeping away bridges and roads, thereby cutting off many communities.
Vast fields of lentils and poppies blooming in central Italy
A few glimpses of New Mexico’s landscape, and some of the animals and people calling it home