Chernobyl

HBO's Chernobyl Has Led to a Surge in Tourism for This Forgotten Nuclear Town. Now, It's Trying to Redefine Itself

By Madeline Roache/Visaginas

This Lithuanian City Played Host to Filming For HBO's 'Chernobyl.' It's Now Preparing for Its Own Nuclear Radiation Leak

By Milda Seputyte / Bloomberg

Chernobyl Is Now the World’s Unlikeliest Green Energy Experiment

By James M Gomez and Kateryna Choursina / Bloomberg

Coming of Age in the Shadow of Chernobyl

By Rachel Lowry
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Nuclear Power Still Going Strong 30 Years After Chernobyl

Nuclear power plants remain a key provider of carbon-free energy, but face headwinds on safety and cost

By Justin Worland

Ukraine Observes 30th Anniversary of Chernobyl

The 1986 tragedy remains the worst nuclear accident in history

By Rishi Iyengar

Chernobyl Is Still The Worst Nuclear Accident for Public Health

Chernobyl exposed hundreds of millions of people to radioactivity

By TIME Staff

Here Are the Best Portrait Photos of the Year

Each year, World Press Photo selects the best photojournalism images produced over the previous 12 months.

By Rachel Lowry

In Memoriam: Remembering the Photographers We Lost in 2015

As 2015 rolls to a close, TIME LightBox pauses to remember the great photographers we lost this year

By Rachel Lowry

Watch Eerily Beautiful Drone Footage of a Town Evacuated After the Chernobyl Disaster

Cinematographer captured the footage while shooting an episode of "60 Minutes"

By Eliza Berman

Watch Drone Footage Explore Chernobyl From Above for the First Time

The good news: brown bears are returning to the area

By Nolan Feeney

Russia's Spin Job of the MH17 Crash Brings Back Soviet Memories

Moscow's response to the attack on Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 is a return to the ham-handed ways of the Soviet days — and that portends bad things

By Jeffrey Kluger

Daniel Berehulak: The Freelancer's Way

TIME talks to award-winning photographer Daniel Berehulak, who just one year ago left his staff position at Getty and set out as a freelancer.

By Phil Bicker

TIME's Best of 2011: Animals in Peril

The average animal doesn’t make headlines, but countless creatures have been photographed amid the chaos and destruction so widely connected to some of the year’s biggest stories. Here, LightBox looks back on a few furry friends who've found themselves in harm's way this year.

By Phil Bicker

Closeup: Best Pictures of the Week, April 15 – April 22

This week: An image from photographer Chris Hondros’ final assignment, taken on the day he was killed in Libya; wild fires in Mexico; the Gulf of Mexico, one year after the BP oil spill; Holy...

By TIME Photo Department
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