The new shortlist of finalists in Sony’s 2018 World Photography Awards reveals an interesting trend: Across sports, natural landscapes, architecture and conceptual art, many of the best pictures were taken with drones, and all various models of Chinese drone brand DJI.
Hope Hicks, who ascended to her role as White House communications director after the departures of a series of short-tenured predecessors, was one of Donald Trump’s closest and longest-serving staffers.
Magnum is a legendary photo agency, synonymous with globe-trotting photojournalists who have documented conflict and cultures around the world. But for a new project in collaboration with camera maker Fujifilm, a group of its photographers were tasked a simpler assignment: Interpret the theme of “home.”
Stephen Miller, a senior advisor to president Donald Trump and one of the most strident anti-immigration voices in his administration, was apparently caught mid-slumber during a meeting today at the White House.
Rome was covered in snow this morning (Feb. 26), a rarity in the Italian capital, which typically enjoys mild Mediterranean winters.
Billy Graham, the evangelical preacher who died today (Feb. 21) at 99, held an unrivaled role for a religious figure in US public life. His interpretation of the Bible, delivered with signature intensity, earned Graham an audience of hundreds of millions around the world—including in the White House.
Mount Sinabung, one of Indonesia’ most active volcanoes, erupted on Monday (Feb. 19), unleashing a massive ash cloud over the island of Sumatra.
The White House is refusing to release images from Feb. 28, 2017 of Donald Trump signing HJ Resolution 40, a piece of legislation that repealed Obama-era regulations that would have kept tens of thousands of mentally ill Americans from purchasing firearms.
For a few weeks a year, a massive black shadow dashes across images captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory. The observatory is technically only supposed to take pictures of the sun—but once in a while, Earth gets in the way.
During the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, there have been reports and sightings of a man impersonating North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. He appeared briefly at the opening ceremonies with a red-hat-sporting Donald Trump impersonator in tow, before being ushered out.
Today (Feb. 14) is Valentine’s Day, a time for celebrating the love in one’s life. Some couples may choose to mark the occasion with a romantic dinner or a thoughtful gift, reaffirming their feelings and commitment moving forward. But this year, Reuters photojournalists were tasked with asking couples to reach back and remember what brought them together in the first place.
A student at the University of Oxford is being celebrated in the world of science photography for capturing a single, floating atom with an ordinary camera.
It’s easy to miss Russia’s athletes in the opening ceremony of the 2018 Olympic Games.
Mike Pence is in Pyeongchang today for the beginning of the 2018 Winter Olympics, and he’s been trying to make the most of the soft power show.
After White House staff secretary Rob Porter resigned yesterday (Feb. 7) following reports of domestic abuse accusations, an old Reuters photo of White House personnel reminds us how suddenly those in Donald Trump’s close orbit can leave it.
Donald Trump has been thinking for months about planning an elaborate military parade, the Washington Post reported yesterday (paywall). Impressed by France’s century-old tradition of the Bastille Day parade, which he witnessed last year, Trump has asked the Department of Defense to plan one of their own.
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket successfully launched today in Cape Canaveral, Florida, a breakthrough for Elon Musks’s space venture. Standing as tall as a 20-story building, the Falcon Heavy is the largest rocket in the world.
A 6.4 magnitude earthquake shook the city of Hualien, Taiwan at 11:50 PM local time, the BBC reports. Two were killed and more than 100 injured, Reuters reports. There are reports of a collapsed hotel, with many individuals still trapped. The earliest images seen through social media show damaged buildings and roads.
Devin Nunes, the Republican Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee made a strange claim on Fox and Friends this morning. He stated that George Papadopoulous, a former national security advisor to the Trump presidential campaign, never met with Trump when he was a candidate.
Fans of the Philadelphia Eagles took to the streets last night, after the football team won their first Super Bowl championship.
SkyPixel, a photo-sharing site for drone photographers, in partnership with DJI, the world’s largest consumer drone manufacturer, has announced the winners of its annual photo contest.
Larry Nassar, the former USA Gymnastics doctor who was sentenced to up to 175 years in prison last month for numerous child molestation charges, was back in court today for a sentencing hearing on additional charges.
Feb. 1 is the 50th anniversary of one of the most searing war photos ever taken. Instantly recognizable, it shows an impromptu execution: South Vietnamese general and chief of police Nguyen Ngoc Loan, shooting suspected Viet Cong solider Nguyen Van Lem at close range on a Saigon street, during the brutal Tet Offensive.
The ultra-rare lunar event known as a super blue blood moon took shape over a large swath of the globe today (Jan. 31), its path of totality covering the western US and parts of Asia. The phenomenon is actually three events happening at once, a blue moon (the second full moon in a month), a supermoon (in which the moon is closer to the Earth than normal) and a lunar eclipse. The convergence of these three events isn’t expected to happen for another 19 years, in 2037.
