Alan Taylor

Some of the winning and honored entries in this year’s annual photo competition

Images of some of the many ways people put bicycles to use during the Second World War

Images of this year’s performances and concertgoers during the first weekend of Coachella 2024

Images from the recent (and not-so-recent) past of previous eclipses, seen around the world

A wildfire in Venezuela, a deadly terrorist attack in Russia, a surf competition in Australia, Holy Week processions in Spain, a vast solar-power farm in Texas, and much more

Some of the top nature photography featured in this year’s competition

Images of this year’s colorful Holi festivals from Nepal, India, Pakistan, Kenya, and the U.S.

Images from the past few weeks of people enjoying flowering trees and fields—signs of warmer days to come

Scenes from the festival, which features parades, fireworks, fiestas, and the burning of hundreds of wooden sculptures

Some of this year’s amazing winners and runners-up

Palestinians living in Gaza are struggling with extreme shortages of food, clean water, and medicine.

A collection of some of the winning and shortlisted photos from this year’s competition

Images of some of the events and sights around the world in the year 1924

Unusually warm weather in Turkey, a volcanic eruption in Mexico, sledding in Morocco, displaced Palestinians in Gaza, under-ice swimming in Italy, and much more

Early images from a broad area affected by several wildfires

Images from recent months, showing a region reshaped by two years of war

A collection of some of this year’s winning and honored underwater images

A special Sunday event: a photographic essay celebrating the magnificent birds of prey. These nocturnal hunters hail from Europe, Asia, North America, and South America, and are depicted here in photos from recent years.

Scenes from the World Aquatics Championships in Qatar, new lava flows in southwestern Iceland, a freestyle-skiing competition in Utah, a Carnival gala on Tenerife, and much more

Winning and honored images from this year’s nature-photography competition