war
Spending Time with the Teenagers Training to Be Soldiers
Guns, berets, polish and soup: life in the army for a 16-year-old can be strange.
Photos from the Fight to Take Mosul Back from ISIS
Manu Brabo's photographs capture the raw reality on the ground in Mosul.
Inside the US Effort to Clear Millions of Vietnam-Era Bombs in Laos
The effort to clear Laos of war-era bombs goes on.
Photos of the Synthetic Drug Epidemic That's Ravaged Gaza
For years now, Gaza has been rocked by the proliferation of a synthetic opiate called Tramadol. We sent a photographer to document sales, police confiscations, and the human suffering that pushes people into opiate use.
The Truman Show: 55 Hours Aboard US Aircraft Carrier Harry S. Truman
"A lot of people lose their shit out here."
Portraits and Documentary Photos of the Ongoing War in Ukraine
Wiktoria Wojciechowska's photography records the ongoing effects of the war on Ukrainians, particularly young soldiers, and draws renewed attention to a conflict that seems to have been forgotten.
Photos of the DRC's Armed Citizen Militia
Diana Zeyneb Alhindawi shows us a candid side of the Raia Mutomboki, one of the largest rebel groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The group's name is Kiswahili for "angry citizens."
This Is Where War Reporters Go to Learn How to Stay Alive on the Front Lines
Conflict zones are dangerous for journalists. Reporters Instructed in Saving Colleagues is a program that offers free battlefield response training in order to teach journalists how to protect themselves and save others.
Meeting the Men Who Want to Blow Themselves Up
We spoke to Paul Refsdal about his new film 'Dugma: The Button', in which he shadows a group of Jabhat al-Nusra fighters who have added their names to the "martyr list".
How Scared Should I Be of North Korea?
Is Kim Jong-un a threat, or just a lunatic with a weird haircut?
Photos of the Absurdity of Modern Warfare
Christoph Bangert's new photo book, Hello Camel, exposes the surreal and darkly comic side of today's wars.
An Expert Explains Why Iraq's Battle Against ISIS for Fallujah Is So Important
The end of a brutal siege could be a badly needed victory for the Iraqi army—or an opportunity for ISIS to score more propaganda points.