In Memoriam

Notable deaths in 2018

A look back at the esteemed personalities who've left us this year, who touched us with their innovation, creativity and humanity

• Photos: Barbara Bush 1925-2018
• Photos: The Rev. Billy Graham 1918-2018

Royals

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's royal wedding

See the stunning photos from Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's May 19 wedding at Windsor Castle

• Photos: Crash course on Meghan Markle
• Photos: Royal wedding gowns
• Photos: "Remembering Diana: A Life in Photographs"
• Photos: Princess Diana: A photo album
• Photos: Pippa Middleton's wedding
• Photos: Queen Elizabeth II through the years
• Photos: Kate's stunning looks in India and Bhutan

Through The Lens

Photographer James Aldred on tree adventures

The Emmy Award-winning wildlife photographer has spent a career up in the trees, in jungles and forests across the globe. His life's work is documented in his new book, "The Man Who Climbs Trees"

• Photos: Harry Benson's photographs through the years
• Photos: Faces of the world's extreme poor
• Watch: Photojournalist Carol Guzy
• Watch: Into the wild with Thomas D. Mangelsen
• Watch: Photos from the other side of the tracks
• Watch: A gallery en route: Commuters' daily rituals
• Watch: Photographic memories of love and grief

Fashion Forward

Billboard Music Awards 2018 red carpet

See music's biggest stars

• Photos: Tony Awards 2018 red carpet
• Photos: 2018 CMT Music Awards red carpet
• Photos: Met Gala 2018 red carpet
• Photos: Janelle Monáe in black and white
• Photos: Oscars 2018 red carpet
• Photos: Grammys 2018 red carpet
• Photos: Fashions by Stella McCartney

Space

Longest lunar eclipse of the 21st century

Observers across much of the world turned their eyes skyward to watch a "blood moon" eclipse

• Photos: Stunning views of Jupiter
• Photos: Jupiter's Great Red Spot
• Photos: Envisioning black holes
• Photos: Astonishing Pluto in sharp focus
• Photos: Gorgeous abstract Martian landscapes
• Photos: Astronaut Scott Kelly's year in space
• Photos: Rosetta's historic 12-year mission
• Photos: Cassini captures Saturn and its moons

Artistic Visions

Art created by artificial intelligence

A computer has also been programmed to recognize elements of art created by humans and then to create its own

• Photos: Tarsila and the birth of Brazilian Modern Art
• Photos: The art of Takashi Murakami
• Photos: Iconic movie posters by designer Bill Gold
• Photos: Portraitist Amy Sherald
• Photos: German Post-War master Anselm Kiefer
• Photos: Art by Guantánamo detainees
• Photos: The divine drawings of Michelangelo
• Photos: The art of courtroom illustrators

Infamy

America's deadliest mass shootings

More than 50 years after the notorious Texas clock tower shooting, a look at the worst mass killings in the U.S. in recent memory

Olympic Games

Winter Olympics wipeouts

When skaters, skiers and snowboarders push themselves to the limit, sometimes things go wrong

• Photos: 16 crazy Olympic sports that actually exist
• Photos: Best of the 2018 Winter Olympics: Week 1
• Photos: Best of the 2018 Winter Olympics: Week 2
• Photos: Spectacle and fireworks at Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony
• Photos: U.S. athletes to watch at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Remembering World War II

Pearl Harbor - Day of infamy

Remembering December 7, 1941, when an air attack on Hawaii pulled the U.S. into WWII

• Photos: D-Day: When the Allies turned the tide
• Photos: The Battle of Midway
• Photos: Breaking the Nazis' Enigma codes at Bletchley Park
• Photos: World War II graveyard off the American coast
• Photos: World War II's ghost army

Humans Of New York

Photographer Brandon Stanton shares stories from the road

The photographer-blogger behind the website Humans of New York says what makes his photography so unique is "the randomness of it"