Fidel Castro: polarizing icon

People mourned and celebrated the death of the controversial and revolutionary leader of Cuba, Fidel Castro. Portraits of Castro appeared everywhere this week: in Cuban homes and streets, and in…

Photos of the Week: 11/26–12/2

Mendenhall Glacier in Alaska, a beard and mustache competition organized by the Bangalore Beard Club, wildfires in Tennessee and Israel, Cubans mourn Fidel Castro, a monkey buffet in Thailand, and much more.…

Photos of the Week: 11/19–11/25

Hong Kong’s skyline, a holiday lightshow in London, wildfire in Israel, a newborn giraffe in Amsterdam, a foamy ‘snowstorm’ in Santa Clara, California, and much more. Source: Photos of the Week:…

Photos of the Week: 11/12–11/18

Protests worldwide, floating lanterns in Thailand, ‘balloon fishing’ with condoms in Cuba, ‘acqua-alta’ in Venice, Trump’s name removed from buildings in New York, and much more. Source: Photos of the…

World War I in Photos: A Century Later

One hundred years after the start of the Great War, none of the participants remain alive, and we are left with aging relics, fading photographs, scarred landscapes being reclaimed by…