A water dragon carnival in China, preparations for the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics, a moonrise over an erupting Mount Etna, scenes from the Tour de France, a dangerous heat wave in Japan, a presidential campaign event for Vice President Kamala Harris in Wisconsin, open spillways at China’s Three Gorges Dam, and much more To receive an email notification every time new photo stories are published, sign up here. A person swims during hot weather at the Embassy Gardens Sky Pool, a transparent acrylic swimming pool suspended between two buildings, as an aircraft flies overhead, in London, England ..read more

The city of Paris is making last-minute preparations for the 2024 Olympic Summer Games; the opening ceremony will take place on Friday, and events will last until August 11, followed by the Paralympic Games from August 28 to September 8. Athletes, fans, and supporters from around the world are pouring in as the city prepares dozens of venues, tightens security, and readies itself for the first Olympic opening ceremony to ever take place outside a stadium. Gathered here are images from Paris (and Tahiti) from the past week. To receive an email notification every time new photo stories are publi ..read more

A hundred years ago, more than 3,000 athletes from 44 nations gathered in France for the Paris 1924 Summer Olympic Games (compared with 2024, when more than 10,000 athletes are expected from 206 nations). In 1924, competition took place in 126 events across 23 disciplines, at 17 Olympic venues in and around the city. Gathered below are images of the many events, athletes, and spectators at the 1924 Summer Olympics. To receive an email notification every time new photo stories are published, sign up here. Original caption from July 9, 1924: "Rocquencourt, France—The American Olympic candidates ..read more

Last week marked the second anniversary of when the first images were released from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The telescope was launched in December 2021 and remains in orbit around a point in space about 1 million miles from Earth. In the past year, JWST has continued to fuel new discoveries, as well as returning more spectacular views of the universe around us. Gathered here is a collection of images from JWST’s second year in space. To receive an email notification every time new photo stories are published, sign up here. JWST's observations of NGC 628, a face-on spiral gal ..read more

A stegosaurus fossil up for auction in New York, a newborn pangolin at the Prague zoo, a “Volleyball on Water” tournament in Slovenia, a lightsaber training session in Mexico City, a scene from this year’s Tour de France, and much more To receive an email notification every time new photo stories are published, sign up here. A polar bear rests on ice cubes that were brought to its enclosure during a heatwave at the Prague Zoo in Prague, Czech Republic, on July 10, 2024. ( David W Cerny / Reuters ..read more

The Yadnya Kasada festival is a month-long event that for centuries has been celebrated by the Hindu Tenggerese people, an ethnic group in Eastern Java, Indonesia. A part of the festival involves worshippers carrying offerings up the slope of Mount Bromo, an active volcano, and throwing them into its crater as sacrifices, praying for blessings from the gods. Offerings of money, rice, fruits, vegetables, flowers, and livestock are tossed toward the caldera from the rim of the crater—with many being caught or later retrieved by local villagers who wait just below with nets on long poles. Gathere ..read more

The annual nine-day Fiesta de San Fermín began in Pamplona, Spain, last week. The festival, including the famous running of the bulls, attracts thousands of visitors every year. The fiesta kicks off as massive crowds await the chupinazo in Pamplona’s town square, followed by a carnival, fireworks, the running of the bulls, and many bullfights. Gathered here are images from some of the first runs this year. To receive an email notification every time new photo stories are published, sign up here. Revelers brace themselves as a steer jumps over them at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, Spain ..read more

A greased-pole walk in Massachusetts, a heavy metal music festival in France, destructive wildfires in California, hurricane damage in Barbados, a hot-dog-eating competition at Coney Island, scenes from the Glastonbury Festival in England, sumo wrestlers at the Lincoln Memorial, and much more To receive an email notification every time new photo stories are published, sign up here. The Sphere lights up on June 29, 2024, in Las Vegas, Nevada. ( Ethan Miller / Getty ..read more

Over the past five days, the annual Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts took place at Worthy Farm, near Somerset, England. More than 200,000 music fans gathered to hear performances by Coldplay, Dua Lipa, Cyndi Lauper, Idles, Janelle Monáe, and many more artists. The festival wrapped up last night, and today workers and volunteer cleanup crews are tidying the trampled farm grounds. Gathered below are images from this year’s Glastonbury Festival. To receive an email notification every time new photo stories are published, sign up here. Confetti flies above a crowd listening to ..read more

A field of blooming flowers in Italy, a “space capsule camp” in China, flooded rivers in the American Midwest, Olympic track & field trials in Oregon, a haute couture fashion show in Paris, a camel traffic light in a Chinese desert, and much more To receive an email notification every time new photo stories are published, sign up here. A wooden statue of a bull, the symbol of the city of Turin, burns atop a bonfire during the San Giovanni (Saint John) festival in Turin, Italy, on June 23, 2024. ( Stefano Guidi / Getty ..read more