Photo Essay

The Killer’s Lair

Scenes from Osama bin Laden’s hideout.

MAY 4, 2011

Killer SEALs

A rare behind-the-scenes glimpse at the nation's most elite military unit.

MAY 3, 2011

Once Upon a Time in Egypt

Beaches and bikinis from when Alexandria was Club Med.

APRIL 25, 2011

Bombs Away

A look at Qaddafi's arsenal, now in rebel hands.

BY PETER BOUCKAERT | APRIL 8, 2011

Nightmare in Abidjan

With the arrest of Laurent Gbagbo, the standoff in the Ivory Coast may be finished, but the state of crisis is far from over.

BY ELIZABETH DICKINSON | APRIL 7, 2011

Children of the Revolution

In the uprisings across the Arab world, protesters are finding that revolution is sometimes child's play.

BY SUZANNE MERKELSON, AYLIN ZAFAR | MARCH 31, 2011

All the Colonel's Kings

How Qaddafi bought friends and influence on the African continent.

BY ELIZABETH DICKINSON | MARCH 25, 2011

Arrival Cities

A look at nine places defining life on the margins for the new century, from Chongqing to California.

BY DOUG SAUNDERS | MARCH 23, 2011

Sarko's Dreams of Grandeur

Four years of le petit prince's proud and wayward foreign policy.

BY CAMERON ABADI | MARCH 22, 2011

Keeping Up with the Qaddafis

The family that fights together, stays together. But was Libya's ruling clan always this crazy?

BY SUZANNE MERKELSON | MARCH 17, 2011

Land of Disaster

Roiled by earthquake, typhoon, tsunami, fire, and volcano -- not to mention nuclear attack and terrorism -- Japan for centuries has been a land of disaster, as reflected in popular culture from art to literature to our favorite monster flicks.

BY BRITT PETERSON | MARCH 14, 2011

General Petraeus's War

Afghanistan and its commander are under fire once again.

BY SUZANNE MERKELSON | MARCH 11, 2011

China's Big Dam Problem

Chinese rulers have always tried to control their country's massive rivers. But will they be overwhelmed by the environmental backlash?

BY SUZANNE MERKELSON | MARCH 8, 2011

Pax Romana

A brief history of modern Italy's failed African adventure.

BY CAMERON ABADI | MARCH 4, 2011

Bedlam at the Border

Exclusive photos of the human wave leaving Libya.

BY SUZANNE MERKELSON | MARCH 2, 2011

A Road Tour of the Revolution

From Tahrir to Lulu, a guide to the new Tiananmen Squares.

BY BLAKE HOUNSHELL | MARCH 1, 2011

Col. Qaddafi's Last Stand?

The long career of Libya's mercurial dictator.

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

China International

China's rise is no longer just about China -- and over the past year, journalists Heriberto Araújo and Juan Pablo Cardenal, working with a team of photographers, have collected images documenting Beijing's worldwide influence in 24 countries, from logging camps in Mozambique to gold mines in Burma.

MARCH/APRIL 2011

The Art of Upheaval

How Egyptian artists channeled a society's immense frustrations and foreshadowed the revolution.

BY CHRISTINA LARSON | FEBRUARY 12, 2011

18 Days That Shook the World

From the first protest to Mubarak's fall, the Egyptian revolution in photos.

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Days of Rage

There's no sign that protesters are giving up, as Egyptians take to the streets for the fifthteenth consecutive day.

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Revolutionary Road

Almost as long as there have been governments, there have been attempts to overthrow them. But what does history tell us about the recent uprisings in the Middle East?

BY BRITT PETERSON | FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Everybody Loves Loved Hosni

For 30 years the world welcomed Egypt's president -- they shook his hand and looked the other way. But the time for photo ops is likely over.

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Australia's Fighting Dogs

And cats and koalas. From World War I to the Vietnam War, a cache of old photos reveals that four-legged creatures, big and small, had a special place in Australia's military forces -- inside the ranks and out. 

BY REBECCA FRANKEL | JANUARY 28, 2011

Close Encounters of the Buddhist Kind

An exclusive look inside a booming multibillion-dollar, evangelical, global Thai cult.

CAPTIONS BY RON GLUCKMAN, PHOTOS BY LUKE DUGGLEBY | JANUARY 20, 2011

Why Does Now Look So Much Like Then?

A look at Haiti, one year after the earthquake.

JANUARY 11, 2011

The World's Newest Capital?

On Jan. 9, Southern Sudan votes on whether to become an independent state. If the north and south separate, as most analysts expect them to do, Juba will be the world's newest capital city. Juba-based photographer Pete Muller gives FP an exclusive tour.

PHOTOS BY PETE MULLER | JANUARY 6, 2011

Gucci in the Land of Genghis Khan

How Mongolia struck it rich.

PHOTOS BY TIMOTHY FADEK | JANUARY 3, 2011

The Things They Carried

Scenes from the illegal wildlife trade.

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Year of the Dead

With nearly twice as many killings as last year and violence spreading across the country, 2010 was the worst year on record for Mexico's hyperbrutal drug war.

DECEMBER 22, 2010