Slide Show

Rat World

The subterranean dwellings of Beijing.

BY SIM CHI YIN | JULY/AUGUST 2012

Travels With Hillz

On the road with Madam Secretary.

JUNE 18, 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 FP Survey: Energy

How is energy remaking the world?

JULY/AUGUST 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

Something's Rotten in Athens

Scenes from a failing economy.

BY TIMOTHY FADEK | JUNE 6, 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

Remembering Tiananmen

A photographic history of China's infamous square.

JUNE 4, 2012

Saying Mass in Havana

A look at the re-emergence of Catholicism in Cuba.

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

G.I. Joe

A year in the life of the American soldier.

MAY 27, 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

The Return of Los Indignados

The movement that birthed the global Occupy Movement returns to the streets of Spain. 

MAY 18, 2012

The World in Photos This Week

France fetes a new president, Spanish activists take to the streets, and Ratko Mladic finally goes to trial.

MAY 18, 2012

Guarding Route Jeep

Haunting photos of the young Afghan recruits charged with guarding one of the country's -- and the Taliban's -- crucial supply routes.

BY SUCHITRA VIJAYAN | MAY 16, 2012

Anatomy of a Massacre

Investigating the worst war crime in modern Europe.

BY MICHAEL DOBBS | MAY 15, 2012

A Tale of Two Inaugurations

Whose inauguration had more bling -- Russian President Vladimir Putin's or French President François Hollande's?

MAY 15, 2012

The World in Photos This Week

France gets a new president, neo-Nazis make gains in Greece, and Putin hits the ice.

MAY 11, 2012

Terror in Damascus

The Syrian uprising enters a new phase as a deadly blast kills dozens.

MAY 10, 2012