Slide Show

The Battle for Aleppo

The rebellion comes to Syria's largest city.

JULY 26, 2012

Once Upon a Time in London

Rare photographs of a time when Britain really mattered.

JULY 25, 2012

Hungry Days, Festive Nights

Images from across the Muslim world as the holy month begins.

JULY 24, 2012

Weird World of Sports

Fourteen events we'd like to see at the next Olympics.

BY HILLARY HURD | JULY 23, 2012

Hometown of a Terrorist

Images of a rare journey to Tesawa, the isolated Libyan village that reared Aby Yahu al-Libi, al Qaeda's once-feared second-in-command.

JULY 23, 2012

Beijing Underwater

The capital's worst rainfall in 60 years caused massive floods and destruction.

JULY 23, 2012

The World in Photos This Week

Paris celebrates Bastille Day, Spanish firemen protest in the nude, and U.S. President Barack Obama tries to kiss his wife.

JULY 20, 2012

Arab League

A unique look at the Middle East's aspiring women Olympians.

PHOTOS BY BRIGITTE LACOMBE | JULY 19, 2012

The Inspector in Chief

Kim Jong Un takes charge.

BY ISAAC STONE FISH | JULY 18, 2012

July in Focus

The events leading up to the Cuban missile crisis as the Soviet military buildup in Cuba gathered momentum exactly half a century ago.

BY RACHEL DOBBS | JULY 17, 2012

The Other Side of Syria's Civil War

Death comes for Bashar al-Assad's soldiers, too.

BY KATE BROOKS | JULY 16, 2012

Liberté, Egalité, Hilarité

The best political cartoons of the French Revolution.

BY ADRIENNE KLASA | JULY 13, 2012

The World in Photos This Week

Olympic season gears up, extreme weather causes chaos, and Spain runs with the bulls.

JULY 13, 2012

No Refuge

Sectarian conflict in Burma leaves refugees in limbo, while an inefficient military dictatorship is unable to stabilize the situation.

JULY 13, 2012

Really Desperate Housewives

It's a hard life for the women of husbands fighting in the Syrian rebel army.

BY TANYA HABJOUQA | JULY 11, 2012

The Russian Floods

After torrential rains brought deadly flash floods, the unprepared and devastated residents of Krymsk are struggling to recover.

JULY 11, 2012

Shrines into Stones

Images of the disappearing treasures of Timbuktu's ancient landmarks as militants bomb them into rubble.

JULY 10, 2012

Death in the Nuba Mountains

The brutal regime in Khartoum has a new weapon more deadly than bombs: hunger.

BY TREVOR SNAPP | JULY 9, 2012

The World in Photos This Week

Scientists discover the Higgs boson, fireworks around the globe, and refugees flee to South Sudan.

JULY 6, 2012

The 10 Hottest Places on Earth

Americans should stop whining about the heat wave -- they could be living in one of these 10 punishing locations.

BY KATIE CELLA | JULY 5, 2012

The Little Syrian Town That Could

The amazing protest posters of occupied Kafr Anbel.

BY DAVID KENNER | JULY 5, 2012

The Year in Unfreedom

Nineteen countries where liberty and justice are not for all.

CAPTIONS BY FREEDOM HOUSE | JULY 3, 2012

Waiting for Gbagbo

Are things so bad that Ivory Coast misses its former tyrant?

BY PETER DICAMPO | JUNE 29, 2012

The World in Photos This Week

Egyptians revisit Tahrir Square, Putin takes a whirlwind tour, and Hillary hits a milestone.

JUNE 29, 2012

Mexico's Bloody Future

Mexico will elect a new president on July 1, but the violent war on (and between) the drug cartels that President Felipe Calderón began in 2006 shows no signs of diminishing.

BY LILIAN TIMMERMANN | JUNE 28, 2012

Rumblings in Sudan

Anti-regime riots have swept through the authoritarian country, but is an Arab Spring really coming?

BY DEMOCRACY LAB | JUNE 27, 2012

The World in Photos This Week

The G-20 world leaders catch some rays in Cabo, Aung San Suu Kyi visits Westminster, and the Philippines gets smacked by a typhoon.

JUNE 22, 2012

The Caspian's New Sea Monsters

The post-Soviet region has begun a high-stakes arms race, fueled by competition for recently discovered oil fields.

JUNE 22, 2012

The Martyrdom of Al Qusayr

Images from photojournalist Robert King’s recent visit to a Syrian community under siege.

JUNE 21, 2012

Next Year's Failed State

South Sudan, the world's youngest country, is already on a path to disaster.

JUNE 21, 2012