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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
The World in Photos This Week
Egypt implodes (again), Greeks head for the polls, and Shiite pilgrims converge on a bloody Baghdad.
JUNE 15, 2012
China's Coal Country
Scenes from China's rust-belt, the engine of the country's meteoric rise.
JUNE 14, 2012
The View From Kandahar
Photographer Louie Palu's portraits of the war down south.
BY LOUIE PALU | JUNE 13, 2012
The Battle at the Top of the World
A look at the remote glacial region where Pakistan and India are locked in a tense, and seemingly pointless, stalemate over frozen wilderness.
JUNE 11, 2012
Blood in the Caucasus
Scenes from the war zone in Russia's backyard.
BY DIANA MARKOSIAN | JUNE 8, 2012
The World in Photos This Week
Putin goes to China, Venus travels across the sun, and a plane crash rocks the Nigerian capital.
JUNE 8, 2012
Sparking a Driving Revolution
Are electric cars finally having their moment?
BY HILLARY HURD AND KATIE CELLA | JUNE 8, 2012
Where Have All the Blue Helmets Gone?
A look at the Third World troops who fight the U.N.'s wars.
BY COLUM LYNCH | JUNE 6, 2012
Egypt's Revolutionary Soul-Searching
Cairo's revolutionaries take to the streets during a chaotic weekend.
JUNE 4, 2012
Too Hot for Tehran
The ayatollahs are going after a new generation of satirists. But that hasn't stopped Iran's best cartoonists-in-exile from exposing the country's deepest taboos.
JUNE 1, 2012
The World in Photos This Week
An ex-president is convicted, England celebrates, and Angela Merkel feeds a penguin.
JUNE 1, 2012
Diamonds Are a Queen's Best Friend
The sun may have set on the British Empire, but the royals still throw a hell of a party.
MAY 29, 2012
The World in Photos This Week
Egypt's first free election begins, NASA gets some commercial help, and Chen Guangcheng lands in New York.
MAY 25, 2012
The Candidates
Exclusive, behind-the-scenes photos of the men who want to rule Egypt.
PHOTOS BY KATE BROOKS | MAY 25, 2012
Once Upon a Time in Bangkok
A look back at a time when rickshaws and Buddhist temples dominated the city.
BY STEVE VAN BEEK | MAY 22, 2012
NATO and the Clown Show
The summit in Chicago draws a colorful cast of causes to the Windy City.
MAY 21, 2012
Is Bashar al-Assad really winning?
BY DAVID KENNER
Forget the Sunni-Shiite divide. It's the inter-Sunni conflicts you should watch.
A guide to Iran's elite eight presidential candidates
BY MARYA HANNUN
Can Haiti's president lead his fractured country out of crisis?
BY RASHMEE ROSHAN LALL
High-ranking Chinese official asks: Why are Jews so smart?
BY ISAAC STONE FISH
The 4 key points of Barack Obama's counterterrorism speech
BY JOHN HUDSON
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