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TIME and the American Society of Media Photographers are pleased to announce the winners of our Global Photographic Portraiture Competition: “The Human Element.” Over 2,200 images were submitted across five categories, and the winning images were sho

Tens of thousands of farmers have taken to the streets across Europe in recent weeks to protest the combined effect of poor economic conditions created by falling incomes, high costs, ongoing disruption from the war in Ukraine, and competition from c

Every night, the nurse anesthetist Cheryl Shadden lies awake in her home in Granbury, Texas, listening to a nonstop roar. “It’s like sitting on the runway of an airport where jets are taking off, one after another,” she says. “You can’t speak to some

When Buckingham Palace announced on Feb. 5 that King Charles III had been diagnosed with an undisclosed type of cancer, it was a reminder—hardly needed so soon after Queen Elizabeth II’s death—that any monarchy rests on the backs of mortal beings. Th

Nearly one-third of singles in America have had a consensually nonmonogamous relationship, but many singles are still committed to the concept of traditional sexual monogamy. That’s the word from the survey informing the 2024 Match Singles in America

A decade ago, someone knocking on your door to sell you solar panels would have been selling you solar panels. These days, they are probably selling you a financial product—likely a lease or a loan. Mary Ann Jones, 83, didn’t realize this until she r

Firefighters and volunteers battle a blaze in Nairobi after a liquid petroleum gas truck exploded near a residential neighborhood on Jan. 31. The blast occurred outside an illegal gas-storage depot shortly before midnight, killing three people and in

Forget climate anxiety: many people are in flat-out climate distress. About two-thirds of Americans (65%) report being worried about global warming, according to a January report from the Yale Program for Climate Communication. One in 10 say they’ve

The U.S. is creeping toward war in the Middle East. A drone attack on a U.S. base in Jordan on Jan. 29 killed three American troops and injured 34 others. A militia supported by Iran claimed responsibility. In retaliation, President Joe Biden ordered

Ever since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, economic output has grown in lockstep with carbon emissions. The relationship is simple: the more humans produce and consume, the more energy is required. And, more energy equals more emissions. That

Over the decades, North Korea’s leaders have periodically made bombastic threats of military force against South Korea and its foreign backers, particularly the U.S. and Japan. And for the most part, while carefully monitoring North Korean military m

Americans have long been known for our industry and ambition, but until recently, we also recognized the value of rest. The Puritans had a famously strict work ethic, but they also took their Sundays very seriously. In 1842, Henry David Thoreau obser

In a typical election year, we would be seven months away from the first presidential debate of the parties’ nominees. A date and location are already penciled in: Sept. 16 at Texas State University in San Marcos. The campaign teams of President Joe

Early on the morning of June 1, 2022, Alex Karp, the CEO of the data-analytics firm Palantir Technologies, crossed the border between Poland and Ukraine on foot, with five colleagues in tow. A pair of beaten-up Toyota Land Cruisers awaited on the oth

The latest COVID-19 vaccine offers strong protection against the currently dominant strain of the virus, according to a recent report in the MMWR, published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It’s the first effectiveness da

Michael Regan loves a good photo op. The EPA administrator spent much of his first two years in office crisscrossing the country, attracting a phalanx of local reporters wherever he turned up. But instead of welcoming veterans home or cutting the rib

Kathryn Clancy wrote an entire book about menstrual cycles. But even she was surprised by some of the premenopausal symptoms she has begun to experience at age 44. “A lot of things that have to do with my uterus, ovaries, and breasts, I have been mas

“The idea is that he will be strapped to this,” says Kyle Bennett, pointing to a contraption that looks alarmingly like the bed in a lethal-injection chamber. “And we have a glass case that’s gonna go over the top and we have 1,000 spiders that are a

Directors Christopher Nolan and Alfred Hitchcock do not have a whole lot in common—very different styles, very different eras, very different tales. All the same, during the five months in early 2022 when Nolan was shooting his blockbuster Oppenheime

It’s 9:30 on a freezing Monday night in January and there’s a line stretching down the block outside of Manhattan’s Book Club Bar. The occasion: a midnight release party for fantasy author Sarah J. Maas’ House of Flame and Shadow, the third entry in

Your breakout film, The Farewell, about a dying matriarch, asked questions about the difference between American and Chinese values when it comes to things like family and community. What were you trying to explore? I think that there’s something abo

In the 12th and final season of Curb Your Enthusiasm, Larry David—a character based on and played by creator Larry David—pressures a busy hotel housekeeper to fish his glasses out of the toilet. He whines about having to pay a big “condolence tip” to