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Surf’s Way Up: Garrett McNamara Claims to Ride Record Wave in Portugal

By Nick Carbone

Pacifying the Favelas of Rio de Janeiro

By Rafael Fabrés

Behind the Picture: Aleppo's River of Death

By Vaughn Wallace

This is the Day: The 1963 March on Washington

By Julian Bond
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The Sam Abell Library: 40 Years of Life and Still Life

A new 16-volume collection presents 40 years of the National Geographic photographer's understated, mostly unpublished color documentary work. Sam Abell photographs places—Newfoundland, Hagi, Japan and Northern Australia—for the first set of four books due out this winter.

By Eugene Reznik

Pictures of the Week: January 18 - January 25

From the French intervention in Mali and the Obama daughters enjoying the Inauguration to the surreal, icy aftermath of a fire in Chicago and a headless princess in London, TIME presents the best images of the week.

By TIME Staff

The Aftermath of an Acid Attack in Iran

When Sommayeh Mehri asked for a divorce, her husband responded with a brutal acid attack. Iranian photographer Abolfazl Nesaei documents how Mehri and her daughters live with the scars.

By Azadeh Moaveni

The Strange World of Basque Sports

LightBox presents Spanish photographer Lucia Herrero's look into the odd world of Herri Kirolak, the rural sports of the Basques.

By Felipe Cabrera

Gathering of the Faithful: LIFE at India's Colossal Kumbh Mela, 1953

Photos that capture something of the raw intensity and almost overwhelmingly sacral nature of the Kumbh Mela in 1953.

By Ben Cosgrove

Set Adrift in Western China

Photographer John Francis Peters's road trip through China offers a glimpse at the subtle connections that define the country today.

By John Francis Peters

Happy 70th Birthday, Janis Joplin: Photos of the Young Blues Star

Janis Joplin's 70th birthday would have been on Saturday. In tribute, LightBox presents a rare look into the young blues singer's life by photographer Elliott Landy.

By Holly George-Warren

Pictures of the Week: January 11 - January 18

From Obama's gun control stance and Lance Armstrong's doping confession to the Kumbh Mela pilgrimage and a runaway train in Sweden, TIME presents the best images of the week.

By TIME Staff

Exclusive: Magnum Emergency Fund Announces 2013 Grantees

The Magnum Foundation Emergency Fund announces the recipients of its 2013 grants, supporting 10 photographers as they document under-reported stories around the world.

By TIME Staff

A Second Look: Chim's Children of War

In 1948, Magnum photographer David Seymour was given a mission by the newly founded UNICEF: report on the fate of the 13 million children across Europe who have been left homeless and/or in dire need by the Second World War. 'Children of War', a new book by Umbrage Edition, highlights his incredible photographs of European children taken in the aftermath of the war.

By Carole Naggar

'Roman Vishniac Rediscovered': A Great Photographer's Lost World Revealed

A new show at the International Center of Photography in New York rediscovers the work of Russian-born photographer Roman Vishniac.

By Liz Ronk

Renaissance Man: Nadav Kander Rediscovers the Nude

Photographer Nadav Kander's new show, Bodies: 6 Women, 1 Man, marries a sensitivity for powerful portraiture with an artistic appreciation for Renaissance-style art.

By Adam McCauley

Lurking in Liberty: A Photographer’s Journey into the Human and Animal World

Photographer Daniel Naudé has spent the last six years chasing wild dogs across his native South Africa in an effort to understand the relationship between human and animal, and why we never quite know which one we are.

By Adam McCauley

How Tehran Shut Itself Down to Work Better

To improve security and traffic during the Non-Aligned Movement conference, the Iranian capital gave itself a five-day holiday and kept its residents off the streets

By Yara Elmjouie

The Great Chicken Run of Iran: Why Poultry Makes Tehran Anxious

One of the effects of international sanctions on Iran has been to drive up prices in the country's domestic poultry industry. For a nation which loves its chicken, the situation has caused quite a flutter

By Yara Elmjouie

Taxicab Confidential — Tehran-Style: Who Is Iran’s Next Political Star?

The mayor of Tehran usually runs for President, and next year may see the current office holder do just that. Why cabbies love him

By Yara Elmjouie
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