Photo Essay
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
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
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
Life Under Europe's Last Dictator
On the eve of Belarus's Sunday presidential elections, FP looked at eight brave activists fighting for a better future. By Monday, at least six of the eight had been beaten, imprisoned, or gone missing. We continue to update their stories.
BY ANNA NEMTSOVA | DECEMBER 16, 2010
The Party Goes On
It took just a few hours for demolition crews to flatten the Shanghai studios of China's world-renowned contemporary artist Ai Weiwei on Tuesday. In November, Ai -- who was then under house arrest in Beijing -- organized a "party" to mark the impending destruction of his studio, drawing hundreds of admirers from across China.
BY CORNELIU CAZACU, CHRISTINA LARSON | NOVEMBER 9, 2010
Obama's Asian Tour
Washington may have just gotten a lot less friendly for the president, but he still has plenty of fans in Asia. A look at where he's going, who he's meeting, and what it means.
BY JARED MONDSCHEIN, ANDREW SWIFT | NOVEMBER 5, 2010
Time to bring the nukes back to South Korea
BY BENNETT RAMBERG
Does this woman look like she'd be a good president of Bulgaria?
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING
Meet Cody Wilson, the anarchist behind the world's first 3-D printed gun
BY ELIAS GROLL
U.N. investigator on Syria: Out over her skis yet again?
BY JOHN HUDSON
How 'Casablanca' explains the sequester
BY GORDON ADAMS
The 'Onion' latest victim of Syrian Electronic Army's fat jokes
Video: The Navy's stealth drone makes its first arrested landing
BY JOHN REED
Is U.S. credibility really on the line in Syria?
BY DARYL G. PRESS AND JENNIFER LIND
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