Demonstrators in Hong Kong took to the streets in masks and colorful makeup, taking advantage of a truly ironic confluence of Halloween and a court challenge to Hong Kong’s recently enacted ban on face masks.
The Kincade fire in northern California’s Sonoma County has burned more than 74,000 acres so far, and is expected to grow as fast moving winds continue to fuel it.
A massive wildfire, aided by wind gusts of up to 76 miles per hour, burned through Sonoma County, California, north of San Francisco on Thursday (Oct. 24). Ripping through one of California’s biggest wine-producing regions, the Kincade fire has burned more than 21,000 acres, an area about half the size of Washington, DC.
Widespread protests against income inequality throughout Chile are about to enter their second week. So far, 18 civilians have been killed and hundreds more injured.
Nikon announced the winners of its Small World microphotography competition today (Oct. 21), awarding amateur and professional photographers (many of whom are also practicing scientists) for pictures that capture the hidden worlds lying at the microscopic level.
Yesterday the Trump administration hosted Democratic leaders at the White House for a meeting about the situation in Syria, after the House passed a resolution (with significant Republican support) condemning the president’s abrupt withdrawal of troops from the region.
Today, after a nearly four-decade ban on women attending soccer matches in Iran, the stands in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium were filled with female fans cheering on the Iranian national team as it crushed Cambodia 14-0. A qualifying match for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, the sparsely attended game probably wouldn’t have attracted much attention were it not for the relaxing of the ban by Iran’s theocratic government. As the AP notes, Iran was the last country to still ban women from matches.
Russian president Vladimir Putin’s annual vacation photos, a reliable dose of absurdly over-the-top propaganda, seem to have chilled out in recent years.
New York City hosts some of the most iconic buildings in the world, but it can be a difficult place to appreciate architecture. Pedestrians crane their necks to view the structures while stopped on a crowded sidewalk. People pass by beautifully unique facades every day but, in the hustle of city life, completely tune them out.
Hurricane Lorenzo, which broke records as the most northeasterly Category 5 storm ever, left Portugal’s Azores islands today (Oct. 2) heavily diminished as a post-tropical cyclone. At its arrival as a Category 2, officials recorded Lorenzo bringing winds up to 101 miles per hour (163 km/h) and surging waves to the small group of islands.
The idea of a wall, in our current political moment, can mean different things to different people.
It’s not uncommon for astronauts aboard the International Space Station to witness a rocket hurtling from Earth to the stars. But a recent image taken by an American astronaut may be the most beautiful one we’ve ever seen.
A terrifying scene unfolded in the Haitian capital of Port-Au-Prince yesterday when a senator arriving at parliament brandished a pistol and fired warning shots amid a crowd of protesters.
The British tour company Thomas Cook suddenly shut down over the weekend, stranding more than 150,000 travelers on their overseas vacations. Long lines of disgruntled tourists formed in airports in Greece, Turkey, Mallorca and other destinations as Thomas Cook customers now try to return home in the biggest repatriation effort since World War II.
Young people and activists have been taking to the streets in cities around the world today to protest against inaction in the face of global climate change.
NASA’s Juno orbiter has captured stunning images of the swirling, hypnotic beauty of Jupiter in the three years it has been observing our solar system’s largest planet.
Nearly 50,000 US auto workers walked off the job across the Midwest and South today in the first full strike against General Motors in 12 years.
Robert Frank, the Swiss-American photographer whose seminal work The Americans showcased a melancholy and imperfect country, was a documentary artist ahead of his time.
Severe winds lashed eastern Japan yesterday (Sept. 9), killing at least three people, according to local media. Typhoon Faxai’s gusts, measuring 128 mph (207 kph), set records in some areas, including the city of Chiba, east of Tokyo.
The shortlisted entries for the annual Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest spotlight stunning, remote slices of nature while also detailing the role humans have in shaping the natural world.
As Hurricane Dorian slowly drifted away from the Bahamas yesterday (Sept. 3) emergency responders got a view of the scale of destruction to the islands. So far, there have been seven reported fatalities, but officials believe that number will rise.
Hurricane Dorian pummeled the Bahamas over the first couple of days in September as a Category 5 storm, at one point grinding to a halt over the islands while its winds whipped around at 145 miles per hour (233 kph). So far, the storm has caused five reported deaths, and the US Coast Guard is sending more than 20 ships to the Bahamas to aid in recovery efforts, NBC News reports.
A dramatic uptick in fires engulfing Brazil’s Amazon rainforest—many likely set intentionally by cattle ranchers and loggers—has troubled the world. An essential part of the planet’s ability to regulate greenhouse gases, the Amazon fires have burned at an alarming rate. The total number—more than 70,000—is up 85% from the last year.
For the second time in two months, Italy’s Stromboli volcano, located on an island between Calabria and Sicily, has sprung to life, spewing lava and ash.
