a salt-making site at the village of Teguidda-n-Tessoumt in arid northern Niger

People & Places

Africa on the Fly

Dangling from a paraglider with a propeller on his back, photographer George Steinmetz gets a new perspective on Africa

Sufi pilgrim dancing

Pakistan's Sufis Preach Faith and Ecstasy

The believers in Islamic mysticism embrace a personal approach to their faith and a different outlook on how to run their country’s government

Displaced Pygmies

The Pygmies' Plight

A correspondent who chronicled their lives in central African rain forests returns a decade later and is shocked by what he finds

John White illustration of an Atlantic loggerhead

Sketching the Earliest Views of the New World

The watercolors that John White produced in 1585 gave England its first startling glimpse of America

Children in Seoul in the winter of 1950-1951

One Man's Korean War

Reporter John Rich's color photographs, seen for the first time after more than half a century, offer a vivid glimpse of the "forgotten" conflict

Robert Frank photograph

Robert Frank’s
Curious Perspective

In his book The Americans, Robert Frank changed photography. Fifty years on, it still unsettles

Istanbul

Snapshot: Istanbul

Istanbul's vastly growing population and blending of cultures make it one of the most dynamic cities in the world.

Abigail Tucker

Abigail Tucker on "One Man's Korean War"

Iran 1979 revolution

Inside Iran's Fury

Scholars trace the nation's antagonism to its history of domination by foreign powers

Frank Buckles proudly wears the French Legion of Honor medal

The Last Doughboy of World War I

Frank Woodruff lied about his age to serve in World War I. At 107, he is America’s only living link to the great conflict

For Studs Terkel, Chicago Was a City Called Heaven

Studs Terkel, America’s best-known oral historian, never wavered in his devotion to the Windy City

Gerald Mack, with his horse, Sky, and dog, Cisco Kid

The Cowboy in Winter

Gerald Mack lived the life—and photographer Sam Abell went along for the ride

rendering of George Washington

Swiftboating George Washington

For politicians, it’s the same olde, same olde story

Stephen Kinzer

Stephen Kinzer on "Inside Iran's Fury"

Piccolo Lagazuoi

Climbing the Via Ferrata

In Italy’s Dolomites, a Hike Through World War I History

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Sitting Bull's legacy, Native American languages, a national list of events and more

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