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A photographer captured the perfect shot of an Olympic surfer's record-breaking ride

11:21am July 31, 2024

by Natalie Escobar

AFP photographer Jerome Brouillet captured the Brazilian world champion Gabriel Medina surfing through a huge wave in a ride that would net an Olympic-record score.

These solemn photos show what it's like to come home after a formidable flood

8:57pm July 28, 2024

by Diane Cole

In this era of climate change, dramatic floods are everywhere. Photographer Gideon Mendel has made it his mission to show the aftermath. training his camera on people flooded out of their homes.

Photo looks to capture the path of a bullet used in Trump assassination attempt

7:21am July 15, 2024

"New York Times" photographer Doug Mills captured an image at Saturday's Trump rally in Pennsylvania that appears to be a bullet flying past the former president's head.

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This portrait of Dolley Madison might be the first photo of a first lady

5:02am July 10, 2024

by Alana Wise

The National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., acquired the circa 1846 daguerreotype, which depicts Dolley Madison in her later years, at some point in her 70s.

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The Smithsonian acquires the earliest known portrait of an American first lady

5:08am July 09, 2024

The National Portrait Gallery has acquired an image of Dolley Madison that's believed to be the first photograph of a first lady.

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Wow! These amazing drone's-eye views of our world are up for best drone photo

10:04am June 29, 2024

by Kamala Thiagarajan

Here's a selection of finalists for the Siena Drone Photo Award competition of 2024: a wrestling match, an awesome bridge, a snow-covered village and pelicans!

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How the pandemic led this documentary photographer to make her work more collaborative

11:07am June 09, 2024

Photographer Ashima Yadava captures a moment in time during the 2020 pandemic through her collaboration with people she took portraits of.

A group of Okalolies head toward a house belonging to one of their own in Edinburgh of the Seven Seas on Tristan da Cunha, in the South Atlantic Ocean, on Dec. 31, 2023. New Year's Eve, or Old Year's Night as it's known on the island, is a chance for the whole community to come together.

The Okalolies of Old Year's Night: Celebrating tradition on the world's most remote inhabited island

10:59am May 26, 2024

"Okalolies" ring in the new year on the world's most remote inhabited island by visiting the population of not quite 250 in masks and making mischief, an annual chance for the community to come together.

Farida Azizova-Such inside the nursery rocking her son to sleep. "He was 5 weeks when we started coming. It's just my husband and I taking care of him, so I was alone at home. I wanted to find new moms to connect with and a safe space to be able to come and learn about how to take care of a baby, and also my identity shifted when you become a mother."

Health & Safety

A look at what could be the future for postpartum care in America

6:30am May 19, 2024

by Ali Lapetina

Postpartum care in America leaves most facing a critical and often overlooked "fourth trimester" in isolation. Metro Detroit-based Fourth Tri Sanctuary offers support.

El Massry took this photo of a felucca sailing down the Nile in the south of Cairo on a morning in 2022. He digitally framed the image with a photo of a window in an old antique shop, and in his signature style, added a bird or two.

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These dreamy photos of historical Cairo will transport you to another time

6:54am April 28, 2024

by Malaka Gharib

Photographer Nour El Massry captures ethereal images of Egyptian landscapes, interiors and architecture in one of the world's largest megacities.