“Snapshots 1971-77” is a collection of snapshots found by Michael Lesy and his friend in a dumpster behind a photo-processing plant in San Francisco in the 1970s. While the photos paint a portrait of a bygone era, they also show that the threads that hold our lives together today did the same back then.
Wildfires in California are spreading rapidly with extreme fire behavior — an ominous sign for the autumn months when the state typically sees its most destructive fires.
Hurricane Ida bears down on the southeast Louisiana coastline on the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina’s assault on New Orleans.
A man attempts the viral milk crate challenge in Venice Calif.; Sheep are organized into the outline of a heart to honor the memory of loved one in Guyra, Australia; Afghan refugees arrive at Dulles International Airport; Students in Alexandria, Va., go back to school. See 17 of the week’s most interesting and gripping images from around the world, selected by Washington Post photo editors.
A new book published by Magnum Photos compiles its members' varied perspectives on life under the thumb of the coronavirus.
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In Haiti, earthquake survivors have nowhere to go, so they are finding ways to living live outside.
The Associated Press reports on the Rev. Leopoldo Serrano, who is trying to help a community rebuild after unspeakable devastation.
Tropical Storm Henri weakened as it washed over Northeast coastal communities Sunday, but its winds were still strong enough to knock spectators off their feet and cut power from more than 100,000 homes.
More than 50 people remain unaccounted for, authorities said.
The U.S. Embassy in Kabul issued a security warning Saturday, urging Americans “to avoid traveling to the airport and to avoid airport gates at this time unless you receive individual instructions from a U.S. government representative,” and the Pentagon hinted at the possibility of expanded evacuation operations beyond the airport perimeter.
Survivors of a powerful earthquake in Haiti scrambled for shelter, food and medical supplies as officials acknowledged that the deadly temblor had disrupted vaccination efforts, and the aftermath of Tropical Storm Grace continued to snarl already feeble relief efforts, worsening a dire humanitarian crisis and fueling anger.
Young seals are released back into the wild from the German island of Juist; icebergs break off from the receding Heinabergsjokull glacier in Iceland; a major and deadly 7.2-magnitude earthquake strikes the island nation of Haiti; the Taliban sweeps in and takes control of Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, after capturing most of the country. See 14 of the week’s most interesting and gripping images from around the world, selected by Washington Post photo editors.
The exploding blazes — which have already burned an area larger than Rhode Island — are stretching fire crews thin.
The Washington Post's picks of noteworthy residences on the market.
As Brazil becomes an international surfing powerhouse, kids all along the coastline are being inspired to pick up a board.
Associated Press photographer Dar Yasin tagged along with health-care workers bringing vaccines to remote areas in the Indian state of Kashmir.
Fountains everywhere are full of kids and adults trying to beat the heat.
