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# Behind the Photos

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## Behind the Photos


* ![Looking south on Main Street 10 days after the storm. Rubble in the distance marks buildings that were totally destroyed in Marshall, N.C., on Oct. 3.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd684a50dc9edcfac/698a842109208f92d0421b63/hurricane-helene-marshall-north-carolina-photographer-12.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 11, 2024  
## [Hurricane Helene’s Devastation Through One Photographer’s Eyes](https://time.com/7085892/hurricane-helene-marshall-photos/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Jeffrey Kluger
* ![Day 4: Balloons fall into the crowd on the last night of the DNC, Aug. 22](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6bad8a4c5bb036b1/698a5a2e457a52348fd6aac5/democratic-national-convention-2024-chicago-022.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 23, 2024  
## [Inside Photographing the 2024 Democratic National Convention](https://time.com/7014155/democratic-convention-best-photos/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Kim Bubello
* ![Ruth Bader Ginsburg RBG's Collars](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc0cc3fe9bf0818c8/698a1498e76ad278ba638576/rbg-collars-time-elinor-carucci-10.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 14, 2023  
## [Photographing the Collars of Ruth Bader Ginsburg](https://time.com/6333890/collars-of-ruth-bader-ginsburg-photography/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Elinor Carucci
* ![Protestors marching down 5th Avenue stop and stand before Trump Tower in New York City, May 30, 2020.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb9fa0ac7a9e80085/698a0ed1929fad1dcabf62f6/Trump_Tower_nyc_Mark_Clennon_00682-web.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 2, 2020  
## [The Story Behind the Trump Tower Protest Photograph](https://time.com/5846390/trump-tower-protest-photo/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Mark Clennon
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
May 11, 2017  
## [The Story Behind TIME's White House Cover Shoot With Trump](https://time.com/4775085/white-house-trump-cover-photo/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Olivier Laurent  
* ![TOPSHOT-FRANCE-LABOUR-MAYDAY-DEMO](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9a675bffead75857/6988cbb086f68e013c6e4886/zakaria-abdelkafi-may-day-paris-protest-crs-police-fire.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 2, 2017  
## [The Story Behind the Viral Photograph of a Policeman on Fire](https://time.com/4764079/policeman-on-fire-paris-may-day/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Olivier Laurent
* ![Ali Bashar Ali, 8, lives with his family in his grandfather’s house in the Mosul al-Jadida neighborhood of western Mosul, where Iraqi forces are battling Islamic State militants for control of the city. While fleeing their home, Ali was hit in the foot b](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt18f8979c74f105b0/6988c299196cf42aca03fa43/mosul-emanuele-satolli-161.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 13, 2017  
## [The Children of Mosul](https://time.com/4736370/the-children-of-mosul/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Andrew Katz
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Apr 12, 2017  
## [Unraveling a 70-Year-Old Photographic Mystery](https://time.com/4735368/tereska-david-chim-seymour/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Carole Naggar
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Apr 6, 2017  
## [The Story Behind a Newspaper's Cover Photo of 7 Dead Syrian Children](https://time.com/4729687/liberation-syria-cover/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Olivier Laurent
* ![A man smokes his pipe as he sits in his destroyed bedroom, listening to music, in Aleppo's formerly rebel-held neighborhood of al-Shaar on March 9, 2017.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcaf60b151e35a494/6988be558fd2eebec4356237/syria-classic-car-enthusiast-aleppo-viral-photo.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 14, 2017  
## [The Man on the Bed: The Story Behind a Viral Photo From Syria](https://time.com/4701247/aleppo-syria-car-collector/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Andrew Katz  
* ![Jewish tombstones vandalized at Mount Carmel Cemetery on Feb. 28, 2017 in Philadelphia.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc082a69204c463ea/6988bc947cdbaced7ed57524/20170228_mountcarmelcemeterydrone-4.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 1, 2017  
## [This Drone Photo Shows the Extent of Vandalism at a Jewish Cemetery](https://time.com/4687602/jewish-cemetery-vandalism-drone/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Josh Raab
* ![Mothers carry portraits of their sons who were kidnapped and killed in San Juan Sacatepéquez, Guatemala on Feb. 14, 2017.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc1e1b20359bcf301/6988bad8cf40a88586c46829/john-moore-guatemala-boys-murdered-immigration-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 17, 2017  
## [In Guatemala, Even Walking to School Can Turn Deadly](https://time.com/4674482/guatemala-boys-murder-school-funeral/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by John Moore
* ![Beyoncé](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5a2fa4297e26e1f4/6988b88cfb4eac8997890a35/beyonce-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 2, 2017  
## [A Portrait Expert Analyzes Beyoncé’s Pregnancy Photos](https://time.com/4657982/beyonce-pregnant-2017-photo-analysis/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Olivier Laurent
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Jan 31, 2017  
## [How a Photo of Jewish and Muslim Kids Protesting President Trump Went Viral](https://time.com/4655144/trump-immigration-order-viral-photo/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Olivier Laurent
* ![One of two photos posted on the city's Facebook page shows the boy as officers found him in the vehicle on Sept. 7, 2016.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd2579bed2451757e/6988b2cdfb4eac29978902f6/east-liverpool-ohio-police-heroin-overdose1.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 24, 2017  
## [The Story Behind the Viral Photo of an Opioid Overdose](https://time.com/4634809/photo-opioid-addiction/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Alice Park

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