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TIME's Top 100 Photos of 2023

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Photographing the Collars of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

By Elinor Carucci

An Arctic Border Town Feels a New Chill From Russia

By Tara Law

Photos Show Miraculous Survival Amid Devastating Turkey Earthquakes

By Simmone Shah and Photo editing by Katherine Pomerantz
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The History of the Boeing 747 in Photos

The Boeing 747, known as the "Queen of the Skies," revolutionized air travel since its first flight in 1969. It's now mostly a cargo plane, and the last 747 just rolled off Boeing's production lines.

By Nik Popli and Photo editing by Sangsuk Sylvia Kang

The Story Behind the Ukraine Yellow Kitchen Photo

Ukrainian photographer Yan Dobronosov captured the image in the city of Dnipro, where 45 people were killed in a Russian missile strike.

By Solcyre Burga and Kim Bubello

TIME's Top 10 Photos of 2022

Each year recently has felt tumultuous, marked by some moments of joy but also much upheaval and tragedy. This year brought new conflicts and celebrations, but it was no less turbulent. We encountered the start...

By TIME Photo Department

TIME's 20 Best Photobooks of 2022

This year, the devastating power of photography pervaded our lives—depictions of war in Ukraine, natural disasters caused by climate change, and the memorial of a monarch were everywhere we looked. But where many of those...

By TIME Photo Department

TIME's Best Portraits of 2022

Our lives are part of a greater whole, and that story is best told in faces, as captured in these TIME portraits from 2022

By TIME Photo Department

TIME's Top 100 Photos of 2022

It’s different this time. That was the sentiment humming in the background, and sometimes roaring quite loudly, throughout 2022. It’s what was said when young people started rising up in the streets of Iran in...

By TIME Photo Department

Pakistan’s Catastrophic Floods Captured in Photos

Photographer Hassaan Gondal spent three days capturing the devastation and destruction in Sindh, Pakistan's worst affected province.

By Sanya Mansoor

Queen Elizabeth II’s Funeral in Photos

It was the first time in history that cameras were allowed to record inside the funeral of a British monarch, capturing the impressive formalities and gravity of the day

By Photo editing by Eli Cohen and Text by Julia Zorthian

Scenes of Mourning After the Queen's Death

People around the world have been paying tribute to Queen Elizabeth II.

By Charlie Campbell/Edinburgh

The Oak Fire Near Yosemite Is One of California's Most Unpredictable Blazes Yet

A fast-moving wildfire in near Yosemite National Park in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains has engulfed nearly 19,000 acres. It was sparked July 22, and in just three days, it charred more than...

By Julia Zorthian and Kim Bubello

'Some Part of Their Youth Definitely Got Stolen.' Photos of Growing Up Amid Ukraine's War

German photographer Fabian Ritter spent three weeks profiling young people in Kyiv Oblast

By Charlie Campbell

5 Ukrainian Photographers Document the War

They have been documenting the death and destruction caused by Russia’s invasion for weeks

By Sanya Mansoor and TIME Photo Department

A Ukrainian Photographer Documents the Invasion in Kyiv

Over the past eight years, he has photographed many aspects of the war between Russia and Ukraine.

By Simon Shuster

Photos: Ukrainian Citizens Volunteer to Defend to Fight Russia

Members of Ukraine's Territorial Defense Forces are an “integral part” of the resistance, says Olena Prokopenko, a German Marshall Fund visiting fellow

By Kim Bubello and Chad de Guzman

Photographs of Ukraine Under Attack

After months of escalating tensions, Russia launched a broad military attack on neighboring Ukraine in the early hours of Feb. 24. In a televised speech, Russian President Vladimir Putin said he had ordered a “special...

By TIME Photo Department and Eloise Barry

A Photographic Diary of One Man's Struggle with Mental Illness

In the summer of 1984, photographer Arlene Gottfried met a man who called himself Midnight at a Lower East Side nightclub, where he was dancing. He invited her out the next night to see him...

By Paul Moakley
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