World Nov 29 How the author of ‘If You Give a Mouse a Cookie’ hopes to help inspire a new generation of authors Laura Numeroff’s love for books began very early in life. That love, fostered by a childhood in which she was surrounded by books and art, led to a long and successful career writing children’s books, including such beloved works as…
World Sep 21 ‘We are not letting down our guard.’ COVID-19 is another challenge for U.N. peacekeepers Amid the COVID-19 pandemic that according to the World Health Organization has killed more than 900,000 people globally, United Nations peacekeepers are still deploying around the world. One of those missions is currently ongoing in Cyprus, due to a conflict…
World May 22 Britons build scarecrows to say thank you to health care workers The scarecrows, of all shapes and sizes and made by adults and children alike, stand like cheerful guards, showing their appreciation to members of the National Health Service.
Nation Mar 26 In the middle of a pandemic, ‘babies come in the same way they always have’ As much of the rest of the country moved to isolate themselves and stay at home, these midwives checked in to work -- birth does not halt for pandemics.
Politics Feb 21 Photo essay: ‘I thought I voted for the lesser of two evils’ The state has had a complicated relationship with President Donald Trump.
World May 28 Photos: As roles for female UN peacekeepers grow, so do the dangers Sebastian Rich visited the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, or UNIFIL, to learn about women in the military and their particular challenges.
World Nov 10 Photos: Inside the pediatric unit of a Jordan refugee camp Between October 2016 and August 2017, some 1,415 children have been born at this unit in Azraq, which averages six births a day.
World May 19 Photos: Syrian orphans adjust to life after war and loss Five-year-old Mustafa is slowly coping after years of screaming with night terrors, and memories of his mother and father lying bloodied in the dust in Aleppo, Syria.
World Mar 14 A British photojournalist asked people around London to sum up their feelings about Brexit with one gesture The U.K. voted to leave the European Union in a result that, like the US presidential election, divided the nation smack down the middle. That’s if we can call our now even lonelier little cold rock in the North Atlantic…
Politics Feb 22 A British photojournalist asked people around D.C. to sum up their feelings about President Trump with one gesture Never in my much-travelled life have I boarded a large commercial airliner where the cabin crew outnumbered the fare-paying passengers. To me this encapsulated heaven on Earth for the often poverty-stricken freelance journalist! To have a choice were I could…