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Nuhat Abdul Hamid, 9, from the Syrian Kurdish town of Darbasiyah, aboard a bus transporting refugees to the Bardarash camp in Iraq on Nov. 1.

'No Friends But the Mountains.' What Life Looks Like for the Kurds of Syria, Now That the U.S. Has Pulled Back

The modern Middle East was formed exactly 100 years ago when, in the wake o...

The modern Middle East was formed exactly 100 years ago when, in the wake of World War I, the victors began creating new countries. Among the populations deemed deserving of nationhood — along with Armenians...

Loved ones of Christina Langford Johnson watch a helicopter take off carrying her body.

'I Tried to Take Photos That Meant Something': After the Cartel Ambush in Mexico

Three mothers and six children — all U.S. citizens — were killed in norther...

Three mothers and six children — all U.S. citizens — were killed in northern Mexico on Nov. 4 when their vehicles were ambushed in the close-knit Mormon offshoot community of La Mora. One vehicle caught...

The staff of the Capital Gazette, on Dec. 9, 2018, in Washington.

One Year After Surviving a Mass Shooting, the Capital Gazette Journalists Refuse to Be Silenced

Rachael Pacella had been doing better. No longer did any little sound—the b...

Rachael Pacella had been doing better. No longer did any little sound—the buzz of a cell phone, a door opening—cause her, to twitch. She wasn’t freezing in crosswalks. The therapy and medication helped. So did...

Crowds atop the Berlin Wall on the morning after it fell, Nov. 10, 1989.

East Germans Were Welcomed to the West With Free Money. Here’s What They Bought After the Berlin Wall Fell

Peter Keup can still remember how it felt to hold deutsche marks in his han...

Peter Keup can still remember how it felt to hold deutsche marks in his hand. “It was special to even touch this money,” he recalls. “It felt solid. The East German mark was thinner, flimsier.”...

Me and my wig, which I used to wear during treatment.

I Hadn't Planned to Be the Subject of My Own Photos. Then I Was Diagnosed With Breast Cancer at 29

After photographer Alyona Kochetkova was diagnosed with an aggressive form ...

After photographer Alyona Kochetkova was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer in July 2017, she decided to turn the camera on herself and document her treatment. She completed medical treatment in March 2018....

Ambassador Joseph Wilson, with his wife Valerie Plame in the background, at home in Washington, D.C., in October 2003.

The Story Behind the Accidental Photo of a Spy

In the fall of 2003, photographer David Burnett pitched a portrait shoot of...

In the fall of 2003, photographer David Burnett pitched a portrait shoot of career diplomat Joseph Wilson to U.S. News & World Report. That July, the New York Times had published an op-ed by Wilson...

Vogue, June 1949, photograph by Clifford Coffin. “Clifford Coffin took June’s most famous fashion photograph—a bathing-suit
spread that opens the editorial well on a playfully surreal note. Coffin’s
arrangement of four seated figures on a sand dune, their backs to us and their
brightly colored bathing caps like signposts receding into the distance, recalls
René Magritte and anticipates Pop art at its glossiest.”

Looking Back on a History of Fashion Magazines Through the Lens of One of the World’s Biggest Magazine Superfans

"I am obsessed...I’m someone who wants to see everything as soon as it come...

"I am obsessed...I’m someone who wants to see everything as soon as it comes out"

'No Friends But the Mountains.' What Life Looks Like for the Kurds of Syria, Now That the U.S. Has Pulled Back

'I Tried to Take Photos That Meant Something': After the Cartel Ambush in Mexico

One Year After Surviving a Mass Shooting, the Capital Gazette Journalists Refuse to Be Silenced

East Germans Were Welcomed to the West With Free Money. Here’s What They Bought After the Berlin Wall Fell

I Hadn't Planned to Be the Subject of My Own Photos. Then I Was Diagnosed With Breast Cancer at 29

The Story Behind the Accidental Photo of a Spy

Looking Back on a History of Fashion Magazines Through the Lens of One of the World’s Biggest Magazine Superfans

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