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Maha Kumbh Mela 2025: The Largest Gathering in the World

Maha Kumbh Mela 2025: The Largest Gathering in the World

As many as 400 million Hindu pilgrims are expected to visit Prayagraj, India, during this year’s 45-day Maha Kumbh Mela festival. Held every 12 years at one of four places in India, the Kumbh Mela is considered to be an especially auspicious time to bathe in the Triveni Sangam—the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna, and mythical Saraswati rivers—for purification from sin. Gathered below are images from the first days of this year’s Maha Kumbh Mela. To receive an email notification every time new photo stories are published, sign up here. Source link

50 Years Ago in Photos: A Look Back at 1975

50 Years Ago in Photos: A Look Back at 1975

Half a century ago, the Vietnam War came to an end with the fall of Saigon, the blockbuster movie Jaws was released, and U.S. President Gerald Ford escaped two assassination attempts. Also in 1975, the Soviet Union and United States teamed up for a historic cooperative space mission, the first wedding ceremony ever performed in a hot tub took place in California, and much more. To receive an email notification every time new photo stories are published, sign up here. Source link

2024 in Photos: A Look at the Middle Months

2024 in Photos: A Look at the Middle Months

As the end of the year approaches, here is a look back at some of the major news moments of 2024. Events covered in this essay (the second of a three-part photo summary of the year) include the opening of the Paris Olympics, widespread flooding in Brazil, an assassination attempt on the presidential candidate Donald Trump, and much more. Check back tomorrow for the last installment, and be sure to see the first part and our “Top 25 News Photos of 2024.” To receive an email notification every time new photo stories are published, sign up here. Source link

Winners of the European Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2024

Winners of the European Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2024

The German Society for Nature Photography (GDT) recently announced their winning images from the European Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2024, selected from nearly 18,000 entries from 38 countries in 11 categories. This year’s overall winner was Jaime Rojo, with a remarkable photograph of Monarch butterflies clustered in trees in Mexico’s El Rosario Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary. Competition organizers were kind enough to share some of the winning and honored photographs with us here. To receive an email notification every time new photo stories are published, sign up here. Source link

Photos: Florida Braces for Milton’s Wrath

Photos: Florida Braces for Milton’s Wrath

Residents of Florida are preparing themselves for Hurricane Milton, currently a Category 4 storm, which is expected to make landfall later tonight or early tomorrow morning. Milton arrives less than two weeks after many Florida cities and towns were hit by Hurricane Helene—piles of storm debris still line the streets. Mandatory-evacuation orders are in place in cities along Florida’s central west coast, and residents have spent recent days boarding up windows, piling sandbags, and looking out for loved ones as they ready themselves for this enormous storm. To receive an email notification every time new photo stories are published, sign up here. Source link

Photos: California’s Massive Park Fire Continues to Grow

Photos: California’s Massive Park Fire Continues to Grow

An enormous wildfire—one of the largest in state history—is currently raging in northern California. Over the past five days, the Park Fire has expanded to more than 360,000 acres, and is only 12 percent contained, according to Cal Fire. Dry conditions and strong, gusty winds have driven the rapid growth of the blaze, reportedly caused by a man pushing a burning car into a ravine in the city of Chico. Thousands of people have been forced to evacuate, and more than 100 structures have been destroyed so far. To receive an email notification every time new photo stories are published, sign up here. Source link

Photos of the Week: Oval Office, Park Fire, Typhoon Gaemi

Photos of the Week: Oval Office, Park Fire, Typhoon Gaemi

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. Source link

Photos: Olympic Preparations in Paris

Photos: Olympic Preparations in Paris

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 published, sign up here. Source link

Photos of the Week: Gruffalo Maze, Panama Swing, Luminous Mane

Photos of the Week: Gruffalo Maze, Panama Swing, Luminous Mane

An orangutan rehabilitation center in Borneo, an iceberg-filled fjord in Greenland, a holy waterfall in Bali, green slime at the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards, scenes from the Republican National Convention, a fire festival in Japan, a hot summer day in New York City, and much more To receive an email notification every time new photo stories are published, sign up here. Source link

Photos of the Week: Grim Reaper, Wicker Man, Met Gala

Photos of the Week: Grim Reaper, Wicker Man, Met Gala

The ruins of a mountain monastery in Turkey, tornado damage in Oklahoma, a dress rehearsal for the Eurovision Song Contest in Sweden, devastating floods in southern Brazil, a drone expo in South Korea, ongoing Russian drone attacks in Ukraine, camel rides in a Chinese desert, fireflies on a forest trail in Taiwan, and much more To receive an email notification every time new photo stories are published, sign up here. Source link