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TIME Goes to the Opera
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Photographs for TIME by Warren Clarke / WPN
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Vintage Photos of Polar Exploration
A University of Cambridge project restores thousands of rare and fragile images — spanning more than 150 years of polar exploration — using state-of-the-art digital technologies.
Colorful Religious Festivals
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Bristol and Levi: So Many Memories
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Welcome to Crawford, Texas, 2009
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Photographs by Misty Keasler for TIME
A Jihadist's Journey
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Portraits of Watchmen
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Photographs by Clay Enos
Deadly Attack on Sri Lankan Cricketers
At least five policemen are dead and seven cricketers injured after gunmen attacked the Sri Lankan cricket teams bus in Lahore, Pakistan
Photographing the Remains of the Fallen
Photographs have memorialized the costs of conflict since before the Civil War. But since 1991, snapping photos of fallen U.S. soldiers' coffins has been prohibited. On Feb. 26, the Pentagon announced the controversial ban would be lifted.
Concorde: Forty Years of Supersonic Magic
On March 2, 1969, the world's first supersonic jetliner took to the skies. It was a feat of engineering and a work of exceptional beauty and grace. It won the hearts and minds of millions of people, and TIME celebrates its achievement.
Cézanne and Beyond
A new exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art shows how the French painter's influence endured for more than a century, making him "the Master of us all," as Matisse said.
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Paris Expands
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Photographs for TIME by Emmanuel Fradin
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