Nick Brandt is a contemporary English photographer whose work focuses on the destructive environmental impact that humankind has on both the natural world and humans themselves. Among his best-known ...

This photo gallery, curated by photo editor Eloy Martin, highlights some of the most compelling images worldwide made or published by The Associated Press in the past week.

It’s like a horror scene out of some crazy science fiction movie,” says Quentin Nardi, Smithsonian magazine’s chief ...