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A Town Lost in the Wreckage by Edward Keating

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The War in Libya: Photographs by Michael Christopher Brown

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Teen Moms in Detroit: Fighting to Save the School that Saved Them

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One Day After at Ground Zero

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The Lost Souls of Kabul: Photographs by James Nachtwey

Afghanistan is the leading producer of opium poppy, the raw ingredient of heroin. But lost amid U.S. and NATO efforts to halt drug exports—and remove a lucrative source of revenue for the Taliban— is the alarming growth of addiction within the country.

By James Nachtwey

Crowds, Chaos and Some Closure at Ground Zero

There was perhaps no place more fitting to go than the place where it all began. As President Obama wrapped up his remarks, confirming the death of public enemy No.1, Osama bin Laden, a few people started to gather at New York's Ground Zero. Photographer Lauren Fleishman captured the scene.

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Bunting and Bonding: Martin Parr's Wedding Parties

In the industrial town of Walsall, Martin Parr, who has documented contemporary British life for most of his career, captured some of the 175,000 residents holding their own street party, complete with cupcakes frosted with St. George’s crosses and home made signs reading “Congratulations Will and Kate.”

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Royal Anticipation: Photographs by Christopher Morris

TIME contract photographer Christopher Morris wanders the streets of London, capturing a city and its people eagerly awaiting the wedding of the century.

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Alinka Echeverria: The Road to Tepeyac

Each year, six million Mexican Catholic pilgrims journey to the Basilica de Guadalupe in Mexico City to pay homage to the Virgin of Guadalupe. In The Road to Tepeyac, Mexican Artist Alinka Echeverria photographs 300...

By Christina Clusiau

Channeling Margaret Mead: Photographs by Devin Tepleski

Canadian photographer and filmmaker Devin Tepleski captures a surreal series of portraits of men, women and children in the Black Volta river before the river was dammed to flood a 440-square-kilometer gorge.

By Kira Pollack

Testimony from a Colleague: Looking Back at Tim Hetherington's Liberia

"Although Tim Hetherington will best be remembered for his brave, nuanced and sensitive account of the war in Afghanistan, his first book, Long Story Bit By Bit: Liberia Retold, is an overlooked masterpiece."

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Chris Hondros in Memoriam

LightBox pays tribute to Photographer Chris Hondros who was killed while on assignment in Misratah, Libya on Wednesday April 20, 2011

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Under the Influence of Justin Bieber: Photographs by Joachim Ladefoged

For the TIME 100 photographer Joachim Ladefoged caught up with the performer and his adoring fans on his world tour with an exclusive look at show.

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Live Forever: Kendrick Brinson on Photographing Amortality

For Catherine Mayer's story about amortality—the idea of living agelessly—TIME commissioned Kendrick Brinson to visit Sun City retirement communities in the west and an age management practice in Las Vegas.

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Why They Fight: Civil War Re-enactors and the Battle over Historic Sites

To mark the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War, photographer Gregg Segal collaborated with dedicated re-enactors to construct scenes at historic battle sites that have been compromised by modern development.

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First Man in Space: Vintage Soviet Propaganda Glorifying Yuri Gagarin

Excerpts from a collection of postcards commemorating the Soviet cosmonaut’s historic journey into outer space fifty years ago.On April 12, 1961, a young Soviet pilot named Yuri Gagarin became the first human to orbit the...

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Theater of War: Photographs by Christopher Morris

TIME photographer Christopher Morris documents what Libyan government minders have orchestrated, and beyond, capturing the subtleties of a closely watched society at war with itself.

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Egypt In Flux: Photographs by Thomas Dworzak

Photographer Thomas Dworzak, on assignment for TIME, captures post-revolutionary Cairo, Egypt.

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Bloodstains and Bullet Holes: Rare Civil War Artifacts by Henry Leutwyler

In honor of the 150th anniversary of the U.S. Civil War, TIME sent photographer Henry Leutwyler to The National Civil War Museum in Harrisburg, Pa. to photograph 185 artifacts, from powder horns to playing cards,...

By Crary Pullen

The Uprising: Reflections on the Egyptian Revolution by Dominic Nahr

A look back at Dominic Nahr's assignment in Egypt in photographs and sound.

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