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"Spice pet" Jared Miller, photographed on Skid Row in Los Angeles.

Books
Arts

Human Connections Light Up 'This Brilliant Darkness'

8:05pm February 20, 2020

by Ari Shapiro

Journalist Jeff Sharlet's new book is a memoir told through images and stories of other people; it grew out of a series of Instagram posts about night shift workers he met and photographed.

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Two images from Janelle Lynch's photo book "Another Way of Looking at Love"

Arts

A Photographer's Guide To 'Slow Seeing' The Beauty In Everyday Nature

7:00am February 16, 2020

by John Poole

Janelle Lynch's book of nature photographs is a beautiful invitation to take all the time in the world to become alive to our senses and our surroundings.

On Feb. 4, beds were installed in the Wuhan Keting Exhibition Center. With 2,000 beds planned, the center will accommodate patients with mild cases of COVID-19.

PHOTOS: Scenes From The Epicenter Of The Coronavirus Outbreak

5:43pm February 15, 2020

A photojournalist in Wuhan, China, portrays a city under quarantine in the midst of COVID-19.

Photographer Of Mice Fighting In London Subway Wins Photo Content

6:22am February 12, 2020

A major wildlife photography award went to a rather unusual picture: two mice fighting on a London underground platform. Photographer Sam Rowley won this year's LUMIX People's Choice Award.

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Passengers from an international flight have their temperature checked as they pass a thermal scanner monitor, seen at right, upon arrival at the international Airport in Yogyakarta, Indonesia on Thursday.

PHOTOS: What It's Like Living Through An Outbreak

8:41pm January 25, 2020

Shopping with a face mask, getting screened for fever — they're some of the challenges posed by the Wuhan coronavirus.

Supporters of Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó take part in a march in Caracas in February 2019. Amid Venezuela's isolation and catastrophic economic conditions, Guaidó emerged as a key challenger to Nicolás Maduro's rule, but has had difficult

World News

The 2010s: A Decade Of Protests Around The World

9:56am December 31, 2019

A turbulent decade began with the Arab Spring and ended with a swell of anti-government demonstrations from Latin America to India, Sudan and Hong Kong. Here's a glimpse of protests outside the U.S.

Neil stands in a room with military cyber operators from Joint Task Force ARES to launch an operation that would become one of the largest and longest offensive cyber operations in U.S. military history.

Arts

Favorite Photos And Illustrations Of 2019

2:08pm December 30, 2019

by Emily Bogle

Here are images that resonated from the year: photos of families facing difficult decisions on the U.S. border, illustrations showing the struggles of student loan debt and otherworldly portraits.

Gulalai Ismail, the Pakistani activist who fled the country after being threatened for taking a stand against sexual violence perpetrated by security forces. She was photographed in Brooklyn, where she is now seeking asylum.

Global Women Who Took A Stand In 2019: From An Ebola Doc To 2 Beauty Queens

1:32pm December 25, 2019

by Emily Vaughn

We profiled women who were on the front lines of social change this year — from a doctor fighting Ebola in Congo amid gunfire to two forthright beauty queens.

Façade of Chicago's first and only Hanukkah-themed pop-up bar in Wrigleyville.

In Chicago, Hanukkah Now Has Its Own Pop-Up Bar Experience

6:26pm December 22, 2019

by Michel Martin

The two creators of the new Hanukkah-themed bar saw a void in the pop-up scene. Neither is Jewish, but they did enough research to be able to serve up matzo ball soup, latkes, and boozy jelly donuts.

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Arts

A Glimpse Of Paraguay's Japanese Community

11:01am December 17, 2019

by Samantha Clark

During a trip back to Paraguay, photographer Ricardo Nagaoka documents the Japanese diaspora he grew up in.