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A retrospective of the late Italian photographer, who spent thirty years covering the Vatican
Vintage Photos of Polar Exploration
A University of Cambridge project restores thousands of rare and fragile images — spanning more than 150 years of polar exploration — using state-of-the-art digital technologies.
Colorful Religious Festivals
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It was the love affair we thought would never die. But now Sarah Palin's daughter and her guy have broken up. A look back at a fairy tale romance gone sour
Welcome to Crawford, Texas, 2009
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Photographs by Misty Keasler for TIME
A Jihadist's Journey
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Portraits of Watchmen
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Photographs by Clay Enos
Deadly Attack on Sri Lankan Cricketers
At least five policemen are dead and seven cricketers injured after gunmen attacked the Sri Lankan cricket teams bus in Lahore, Pakistan
Photographing the Remains of the Fallen
Photographs have memorialized the costs of conflict since before the Civil War. But since 1991, snapping photos of fallen U.S. soldiers' coffins has been prohibited. On Feb. 26, the Pentagon announced the controversial ban would be lifted.
Concorde: Forty Years of Supersonic Magic
On March 2, 1969, the world's first supersonic jetliner took to the skies. It was a feat of engineering and a work of exceptional beauty and grace. It won the hearts and minds of millions of people, and TIME celebrates its achievement.
Cézanne and Beyond
A new exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art shows how the French painter's influence endured for more than a century, making him "the Master of us all," as Matisse said.
By Richard Lacayo
Paris Expands
The areas around the French capital are adapting to entice tourists and revitalize the suburbs
Photographs for TIME by Emmanuel Fradin
Treasure-Hunting in Afghanistan
Archaeologists from around the world are now looking at what lies beneath the ruins of more than two decades of war in Afghanistan
Photographs for TIME by Adam Ferguson
Thirty Years of U2
The Irish rockers return with No Line on the Horizon, their first release in almost five years
The Yves Saint Laurent–Pierre Bergé Sale
The three-day event at the Grand Palais in Paris has broken multiple records
Australia Rescues Its Koalas
Deadly bushfires devastate the natural habitat and life rhythms of the normally nocturnal marsupials, forcing them into the company of their biggest enemy — humans
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault
Photographer Caroline Poiron tracks embryos of plant life from their origin on a farm in Hyderabad, India to the "doomsday" repository in Norway
The Dangers of Printing Money
The Fed's doing it. The Bank of England says it plans to do it, too. With printing money (or as they say today, "quantitative easing") back in fashion, TIME reflects on Germany's efforts in the 1920s — and the crisis that followed.
A Brief History of Mardi Gras
Mardi Gras isn't all nudity and drunken debauchery (though, yes, there is definitely nudity and drunken debauchery). From King Cakes to Mardi Gras Indians, TIME takes a look at the unique traditions of New Orleans' Carnival season.
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