TIME Selects the Most Striking Photograph of the Week
TIME Selects the Most Striking Photograph of the Week
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Photograph by Esteban Felix—APMexicans mark Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) on Nov. 1 at the San Gregorio cemetery in Mexico City, placing candles and marigolds on children's tombs to honor the deceased. Adults' graves would get the same treatment the following night. (TIME issue November 16, 2015)
Each week, TIME LightBox presents one news photograph selected from among the thousands shared on the news wires. Published in the magazine, these images, now featured in this gallery, offer a close look at the world’s most impactful events — from the dramatic Germanwings plane crash in France to the commemorative march in Selma, Ala.
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Curated by Mikko Takkunen, International Photo Editor for TIME.com. Follow him on Twitter @photojournalism.
Photograph by Esteban Felix—APMexicans mark Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) on Nov. 1 at the San Gregorio cemetery in Mexico City, placing candles and marigolds on children's tombs to honor the deceased. Adults' graves would get the same treatment the following night. (TIME issue November 16, 2015)Photograph by Darko Bandic—APMigrants walk through fields in Rigonce, Slovenia, on Oct. 25 after crossing the border from Croatia. Since Hungary closed its border with Croatia on Oct. 16, more than 80,000 migrants have entered Slovenia, seeking passage to northern Europe before winter arrives. (TIME issue November 9, 2015)Photograph by David von Blohn—APThe ruins of a 16th century church emerged from a reservoir in the Mexican state of Chiapas in October amid drought conditions. Reservoir levels dropped 82 ft. (25 m) to reveal the Temple of Santiago, also known as the Temple of Quechula. The church had been submerged since 1966. (TIME issue November 2, 2015) Photograph by Ed Jones-—AFP/Getty ImagesNorth Koreans participate in one of the country's notoriously extravagant parades, celebrating the 70th anniversary of the ruling Workers' Party on Oct. 10 in Pyongyang. The revelers waved their flowers at Kim Jong Un as they passed. (TIME issue October 26, 2015)Photograph by Sean Rayford—Getty ImagesResidents use a canoe to navigate the flooded streets of Columbia, S.C.. (TIME issue October 19, 2015)Photographer by NASASeasonal streaks on Martian hills are tracks of what is now confirmed to be flowing water. (TIME issue October 12, 2015)Photograph by Mohammed al-Shaikh—AFP/Getty Images Muslims circled the Kaaba in the holy city of Mecca ahead of the annual hajj, which began Sept. 22. The faith obliges all believers who are able to make the trip to do so at least once in their lives. Three million are expected this year. (TIME issue October 5, 2015) Photograph by Noah Berger--Reuters
Firefighters in Lower Lake, Calif., struggle to contain the Valley Fire on Sept. 13. The blaze had consumed 67,000 acres in the state and destroyed at least 585 homes and hundreds of other buildings by Sept. 16, causing at least one fatality and thousands of residents to evacuate the area. (TIME issue September 28, 2015)Photograph by Kirsty Wigglesworth—AP
Sixty-three years and seven months after taking the throne, Queen Elizabeth II set a record: on Sept. 9, she surpassed her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria as the longest-reigning British monarch. The milestone called for a costume change for her wax likeness at Madame Tussauds in London. (Time issue September 21, 2015)
Photograph by Georgi Licovski—EPAPolice in Macedonia push back refugees attempting to enter the country from Greece on Aug. 21, one day after the small Balkan nation deployed its army to briefly seal border crossings. Some 44,000 people, most fleeing the Syrian civil war, have entered Macedonia over the past two months. (Time issue Sept. 7 / Sept. 14, 2015)Photograph by David McNew--Getty ImagesAircraft dropping fire retardant on Southern California's Angeles National Forest struggled to put out a wildfire that started Aug. 14 and spread over more than 1,700 acres (688 hectares). At least 10 of the almost 700 responders suffered minor injuries fighting the blaze. The federal government spends $3.5 billion per year fighting wildfires. (TIME issue August 31, 2015)Photograph by Chris McGrath—Getty ImagesA boy tends to a candlelit paper lantern near the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, Japan, on Aug. 6, to mark the 70th anniversary of the World War II--ending bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Pope Francis later called the blasts a "lasting warning to humanity" to ban nuclear weapons. (TIME issue August 24, 2015)Photograph by Manish Swarup—APIndian Muslims bow their heads at the centuries-old ruins of the Feroz Shah Kotla mosque in New Delhi for 'Id al-Fitr prayers on July 18. The holiday, celebrated by millions around the world each year, is a three-day celebration that marks the conclusion of the monthlong fast of Ramadan. (TIME issue August 3, 2015)Photograph by NASAPluto as seen from NASA’s
New Horizons spacecraft (TIME issue July 27, 2015)Photograph by Erich Schliegel—USA Today Sports Carli Lloyd (10) celebrates after scoring in the World Cup final. (TIME issue July 20, 2015)Photograph by Peter van Agtmael--Magnum for TIMEA group of paintball players prepare to leap off a transport boat on "Omaha Beach" as part of a D-Day re-creation in Wyandotte, Okla., on June 13. The competition, which bills itself as the world's largest paintball event, takes place on over 1,000 acres (405 hectares). (TIME issue June 29, 2015)Photograph by Mary Turner—Getty ImagesA pair of Battle of Waterloo re-enactors ride an escalator in London's Waterloo station on June 10 after the Duke of Wellington unveiled a new bronze plaque commemorating the soldiers who died in that epic victory over Napoleon's troops 200 years ago. (TIME issue June 22, 2015)Photograph by Justin Lane—EPAVisitors snap photos of New York City from the observatory in One World Trade Center on May 29, the first day it was open to the public. The 1,776-ft. (541.3 m) tower is the tallest building in the western hemisphere. (TIME issue June 15, 2015)Photograph by James Nachtwey for TIME
Children rest at a refugee camp in Langsa, Indonesia, on May 20. They were among the 25,000-plus Rohingya Muslim migrants who have fled reported persecution in Burma and Bangladesh this year by crossing the Indian Ocean in search of refugee status in Indonesia and Malaysia. (TIME issue June 8, 2015)
Photograph by ReutersAn Iraqi woman carries a baby in Baghdad on May 19 after fleeing Ramadi alongside 25,000 others. The city was captured two days earlier by the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria, and the Iraqi government has issued calls for volunteers to help take it back. (TIME issue June 1, 2015)Photograph by Goran Tomasevic—ReutersA man covers himself in foliage during a May 11 protest in Bujumbura, Burundi, where many have alleged that President Pierre Nkurunziza's decision to run for a third term in June is unconstitutional. The controversial campaign has also sparked violence, causing some 50,000 Burundians to flee for neighboring countries amid reports of a coup. (TIME issue May 25, 2015)Photograph by James Nachtwey for TIMEA man performs a Hindu cremation ritual at the Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu on April 28, three days after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake devastated Nepal, killing at least 7,000 people and causing untold damage. (TIME issue May 18, 2015)Photograph by Gail Burton—AP
The stands are empty at the Baltimore Orioles' Camden Yards as they bat against the Chicago White Sox on April 29. Because of security concerns amid city unrest, the game was closed to fans for what was believed to be the first time in Major League Baseball history. (TIME issue May 11, 2015)
Photograph by Damon Winter—The New York Times/ReduxWith desert town Rancho Mirage and the rest of California struggling through a fourth year of drought, Governor Jerry Brown on April 1 ordered the state's first mandatory reduction in nonagricultural water use, cautioning residents, "The idea of your nice little green lawn getting watered every day, those days are past." (TIME issue April 20, 2015)Photograph by Daniel Ochoa de Olza—APA group of penitents don red capirotes as part of a Holy Week procession in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain, on March 30. Many Spanish towns mark the occasion with similar processions during the final week of Lent. (TIME issue April 13, 2015)Photograph by Peter Macdiarmid—Getty ImagesFrench military personnel scout for human remains and debris on March 25, one day after a Germanwings Airbus A320 crashed in the French Alps. All 150 passengers and crew members were presumed dead, marking the worst crash in France since 1974. (TIME issue April 6, 2015)Photograph by Yasuyoshi Chiba—AFP/Getty ImagesHundreds of thousands of demonstrators gathered at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro and in other cities in Brazil on March 15 to protest President Dilma Rousseff, who is embroiled in a corruption scandal. Her approval ratings have plummeted. (TIME issue March 30, 2015)Photograph by Doug Mills—The New York Times/ReduxFifty years after "Bloody Sunday"—the landmark civil rights protest that saw demonstrators attacked by state police as they walked across Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala.—thousands gathered to retrace the march. Among them were President Obama and his family as well as original marchers Congressman John Lewis and Amelia Boynton Robinson. "The march is not yet over," Obama said during the March 7 event. "The race is not yet won." (TIME issue March 23, 2015)Photograph by Hedayatullah Amid—EPAHeavy blizzards have triggered Afghanistan's worst avalanches in three decades, resulting in roughly 250 deaths and stranding residents of the mountainous Panjshir province, including those seen here waiting for an army helicopter to distribute supplies on Feb. 28. (TIME issue March 16, 2015)Photograph by Ross McDonnellUkrainian soldiers wait along a road to Debaltseve on Feb. 15, hours before a cease-fire with rebels was to begin. The cease-fire collapsed, and government troops fled the town under fire on Feb. 18—a major victory for the rebels and their Russian backers. (TIME issue March 9, 2015)Photograph by Pilar Olivares—ReutersA worker cleans an enormous float on Feb. 10 in preparation for the 2015 Rio de Janeiro Carnaval. The annual festival, first held in 1723, takes place before the start of Lent and attracts more than 2 million attendees. (TIME issue February 23 / March 2, 2015)
Photograph by Bulent Kilic—AFP/Getty ImagesA Kurdish marksman surveys the devastation of Kobani, Syria, on Jan. 30, days after Kurdish forces recaptured the city from ISIS. Months of fighting left the town largely abandoned. (TIME issue February 16, 2015)Photograph by Stephen Crowley—New York Times/ReduxPresident Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met privately in New Delhi on Jan. 25 to discuss issues facing both countries, from the rise of China to climate change to a civilian nuclear deal that would enable U.S. firms to build power plants in India. (TIME issue February 9, 2015)Photograph by Sean Gardner—Getty ImagesTo commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Oprah Winfrey and other cast members from Selma led thousands of demonstrators on Jan. 18 across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, where King led his own marches from Selma, Ala., in 1965. (TIME issue February 2, 2015)Photograph by Abd Doumany—AFP/Getty ImagesSyria's recent stretch of icy weather has taken a toll on people living in cities like rebel-held Douma (seen here on Jan. 11). But it has also stymied violence: Jan. 7 marked the country's first day without a conflict casualty in three years. (TIME issue January 26, 2015)
