Photographs

The World in Photos

It's a season for harvests ... and protests, royal weddings, and bagpipes.

OCTOBER 14, 2011

The World in Photos

The first week in October marked ten years of the United States in Afghanistan, continued protests around the world, the death of Apple's CEO, and early glimpses of autumn.

OCTOBER 7, 2011

Are You So Mad at Pakistan You Can't Feel Sorry for Them?

Tragic photos of a nation underwater.

PHOTOGRAPHS BY SAM PHELPS | OCTOBER 4, 2011

United Nation

As the transitional government attempts to consolidate power, the final battles are being fought for the future of Libya.

OCTOBER 3, 2011

The World in Photos

From dengue fever to a Chinese space launch, from religious celebrations to an ever-growing number of protests across the globe, September ends with a bang.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

The World in Photos

From Pakistan to Mexico, September's third week saw war and earthquakes, market crashes, and a contested execution.

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

Packing Heat

Guns don't need passports to cross the U.S.-Mexico border.

AUGUST 30, 2011

Qaddafi's Mile-High Club

The Libyan dictator's personal plane is gaudy -- and grounded.

AUGUST 30, 2011

Russia's Big Backyard

A grand tour of the stunningly diverse former Soviet states.

CAPTIONS BY SUZANNE MERKELSON | AUGUST 19, 2011

All the World's Traders and All the World's Yen…

Traders react to the plummeting market on trading-room floors around the world.

AUGUST 8, 2011

Once Upon a Time in Damascus

Stunning photos of Syria in a simpler day.

BY TY MCCORMICK | AUGUST 4, 2011

The War in Hipstamatic

A rare and beautiful look at Afghanistan, through an iPhone. 

IMAGES BY BALAZS GARDI | JULY 25, 2011

Global Warming

It's too darn hot -- pretty much everywhere.

JULY 21, 2011

Let's Go Mexico!

It's not all doom and gloom south of the border.

JULY 14, 2011

Dark Summer

Terror hits Mumbai with a series of coordinated bomb attacks in the heart of the city.

JULY 13, 2011

Ain't No Party Like the Communist Party

A look back at 90 years of the Communist Party in China.

CAPTIONS BY TY MCCORMICK | JULY 1, 2011

Once Upon a Time in Bombay

From horse-drawn carriages to rugby players, street scenes of India's megalopolis at the turn of the century.

CAPTIONS BY TY MCCORMICK | JUNE 24, 2011

Postcards from Hell, 2011

Images from the world's most failed states.

BY ELIZABETH DICKINSON | JUNE 20, 2011

Gorby, the Man Who Changed the World

Life in the limelight for the West's favorite Soviet.

BY EDMUND DOWNIE, SOPHIA JONES | JUNE 20, 2011

Paradise Lost

Scratching out a living in the snows and slums of Mongolia.

JUNE 9, 2011

The Vulture Club

Tim Hetherington was a member of a special, close-knit brotherhood: people who work in war zones.

BY PETER BOUCKAERT | APRIL 26, 2011

Once Upon a Time in Egypt

Beaches and bikinis from when Alexandria was Club Med.

APRIL 25, 2011

A Life Less Ordinary: The Photographs of Chris Hondros

Remembering the extraordinary life and work of an FP contributor and friend, tragically killed on April 20 in Libya.

APRIL 20, 2011

In Rio, There's Much to Celebrate

BY DENNIS BRACK | MARCH 18, 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

Afghanistan Through Teenagers' Eyes

What happens when you give cameras to a group of Kabul teens? You see Afghanistan not as a place of war and violence, but as a country where children still play and life carries on.

CAPTIONS BY PREETI AROON | JUNE 16, 2010

The Magnificent Migrants

Extraordinary photos of ordinary Mexicans.

Photos and text by DULCE PINZÓN | MAY 28, 2010

Maostalgia

An exclusive photo essay from China's red heartland.

PHOTOS BY TOMAS VAN HOUTRYVE | MAY/JUNE 2010

Get Yer Anti-Ballistic Missile Shield Here

Where do sheikhs go shopping? Facing the rising threat of a nuclear-armed Iran, they go to weapons shows like the International Defence Exhibition and Conference, where leaders from Cairo to Riyadh are stocking up.

BY DAVID KENNER | MARCH 12, 2010