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Empty Slides and Empty Swingsets

Striking photos of playgrounds -- sans children -- from around the globe.

MAY 3, 2013

Standoff at 15,000 Feet

Photos of the world's highest border dispute.

MAY 3, 2013

The World in Photos This Week

Abe visits Moscow; a duck floats into Hong Kong harbor; and workers of the world unite.

MAY 3, 2013

The Inmates Have Taken Over

Images of life inside the walls of Lebanon's infamous Roumieh prison.

MAY 2, 2013

Battleground State

Photos of the country that was supposed to be the poster child for the war on drugs.

MAY 1, 2013

The World's Most Controversial Walmarts

The big box behemoth might be a global force for good, but expansion doesn't make everyone happy.

BY COLIN DAILEDA | APRIL 29, 2013

Museum of War

Da Vinci in Damascus, Henri Matisse in Homs.

ART BY TAMMAM AZZAM | MAY/JUNE 2013

The World in Photos This Week

Hagel talks chemical weapons; Putin talks to the nation; and Londoners talk about a royal baby bump.

APRIL 26, 2013

The Forgotten Insurgency

Images of the war Russians would love to look past.

APRIL 19, 2013

The World in Photos This Week

A deadly week in Boston; a massive earthquake hits Iran; and a fractured Venezuela grows tense.

APRIL 19, 2013

Resistance Isn't Futile

Powerful photos of defiance from Freedom House's "Images of Freedom and Repression."

CAPTIONS BY FREEDOM HOUSE | APRIL 18, 2013

Who Toured It Best?

A side-by-side comparison of how John Kerry and Hillary Clinton conduct diplomacy.

APRIL 15, 2013

The World in Photos This Week

The world reacts to Thatcher's death; Americans play with guns; and Putin gets a surprise.

APRIL 12, 2013

Africa Is a Great Country

Surprising photos from a booming land.

APRIL 11, 2013

The Void Next Door

Exclusive photos of the bizarre and barren border between North Korea and its longtime ally.

BY TOMAS VAN HOUTRYVE | APRIL 9, 2013

The Iron Lady vs. The Iron Curtain

Photos of Margaret Thatcher from her days as one of the world’s foremost cold warriors.

APRIL 8, 2013

The World in Photos This Week

North Korea's full of threats; a topless activist gets the boot; and the Japanese entertain the gods.

APRIL 5, 2013

No Man's Land

Exclusive photos from the 38th parallel.

BY TOMAS VAN HOUTRYVE | APRIL 3, 2013

Inside Yongbyon

Photos from Joel Wit and Siegfried Hecker's 2008 trip inside North Korea's infamous nuclear complex, which Kim Jong Un pledged to reactivate this week.

APRIL 2, 2013

China's Love Affair with Pork

Health concerns over dead pigs have once again cast a spotlight on the Middle Kingdom's massive pork industry.

APRIL 1, 2013

The World in Photos This Week

Aung San Suu Kyi reviews the troops, Kim Jong Un plots his next move, and Barack Obama bounces a ball on his head.

MARCH 29, 2013

Combat Camera

The best military photography of 2012.

MARCH 28, 2013

Knitting Sweaters While Burma Burns

The angry cartoons of Harn Lay.

CAPTIONS BY SEAMUS MARTOV, KO HTWE | MARCH 27, 2013

China's Better Halves

Photos of the Chinese first ladies who paved the way for Peng Liyuan.

MARCH 26, 2013

The World in Photos This Week

Obama makes a long-awaited pilgrimage; Cyprus's ATMs get popular; and Valencia goes up in flames.

MARCH 22, 2013

Liberated in the Hindu Kush

Don't tell these women nothing's changed in Afghanistan.

MARCH 20, 2013

The 10 Most Iconic Images from Iraq

Some of the most unforgettable photographs from a decade of war.

BY COLIN DAILEDA | MARCH 18, 2013

The World in Photos This Week

Habemus papam; Japan's in bloom; and kissing teenagers in Bali.

MARCH 15, 2013

Inside the Pentagon on 9/11

McLaughlin's minute-by-minute account of the terrorist attack in Washington.

BY TIM MCLAUGHLIN | MARCH 14, 2013

The Invasion Timeline

Lt. Tim McLaughlin's chronology of the march from Kuwait to the heart of Baghdad.

MARCH 14, 2013