The Beginning of the Battle for Mosul
Thousands of Iraqi and Kurdish troops, supported by the United States, France, and Britain, are now in the early stages of a massive operation to retake the Mosul, Iraq's second largest city, from ISIS militants.
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Jim Cole / AP Fall Is in the Air, Part II
One last overview of autumn
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Hector Retamal / AFP / Getty A Humanitarian Crisis in Haiti After Hurricane Matthew
The UN estimates at least 1.4 million Haitians are now in need of urgent assistance as clean water, food, and medicine are in short supply.
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China Stringer Network / Reut / REUTERS Animals in the News
It’s time once again for a look at the animal kingdom and our interactions with the countless species that share our planet.
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Mark Bennington Behind-the-Scenes Bollywood
An intimate look at the stars of the world's largest film industry
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Jeff J Mitchell / Getty Photos of the Week: 10/8–10/14
Cuddling with a Kodiak bear, a presidential fist-bump with a robotic arm, mourning Thailand's King Bhumibol, an African penguin release, and much more.
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Francis Sneyers, Brecht, Belgium Nikon Small World 2016
Unranked images from the the 2016 Small World Photomicrography Competition.
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Siberian Mammoth Pirates
In Russia’s Siberian wilderness, a new gold rush is on, as local ‘tuskers’ set up illegal ivory mines, blasting away soil and permafrost to find the tusks, horns, and bones of woolly mammoths and rhinos.
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Hector Retamal / AFP / Getty The Wreckage Left Behind by Hurricane Matthew
One week after the powerful storm first made landfall in southwestern Haiti, some communities still have not received any assistance, as authorities reported at least 900 deaths due to the hurricane.
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Fabian Muir Looking for North Korea
The photographer Fabian Muir has visited the closed-off country five times, hoping for a glimpse of the everyday.
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Vaughn Ridley / Getty Photos of the Week: 10/1–10/7
Fall colors in New England, famine in Yemen, hurricane Matthew aftermath in Cuba and Haiti, exploding mannequins in South Korea, and much more.
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Jeff J Mitchell / Getty Foula, Scotland—the Most Remote Inhabited Island in Great Britain
Getty Images photographer Jeff Mitchell paid a visit to Foula recently, and returned with these images of its people, animals, and landscape.
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Aris Messinis / AFP / Getty Harrowing Scenes From the Mediterranean as Migrants Risk Everything for a Chance at a Better Life
Photographer Aris Messinis recently spent time aboard rescue vehicles documenting just some of the thousands of desperate migrants plucked from smuggler’s boats left drifting in the Mediterranean over the past few days.
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Mark Burns An Explorer’s Ode to America’s National Parks
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