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New Year's Celebrations Around the World

People around the world celebrate the beginning of 2013.

Photos: A Winter Storm Ruins Xmas

Photos: In India, a Rape Sparks Violent Protests and Demands for Justice

An alleged gang rape in Delhi has prompted calls for change by women's rights groups and violent clashes between police and anti-rape protests in the nation's capital.

Connecticut Community Copes After School Shooting

In a massacre so vicious it left a President in tears, 20 young children, six adults and a shooter are dead in Newtown, Connecticut following the second-deadliest school attack in U.S. history.

Syria's Slow-Motion Civil War

More than 18 months of violence, largely wrought by the Assad regime, has led to a reported death toll of more than 30,000

Tiny Beauties: Visions From Under the Microscope

Olympus are now in their tenth year of sponsoring the Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging competition, soliciting photographs captured under the microscope by competitors from around the world

The Nanjing Massacre: Scenes from a Hideous Slaughter 75 Years Ago

75 years ago, on Dec. 13, 1937, Japanese troops captured the city of Nanjing, and went on a six-week campaign of carnage and slaughter that would be forever remembered as the "Rape of Nanjing."

Eagle Eye: The Best Satellite Views of the Earth

If you really want to know where you are, you need to pull back - way back. DigitalGlobe has rounded up the most amazing satellite images of the Earth created this year.

Forty Years Later: Apollo 17's Final Footprints

Apollo 17 was the sixth and last successful moon landing mission. Look back at some of the visual highlights 40 years after the last man left the moon.

The New Battle for Egypt

Egyptians take sides and take to the streets as President Mohamed Morsi assumes emergency powers he says are necessary to help pass a constitution

Voyager, 6 Billion Miles Later: Photos from the Depths of Our Solar System

For 20 years, America's Voyager spacecraft have been flying toward the edges of our solar system. TIME surveys the most notable interstellar scenes captured by the Voyager's cameras along the way.

Window on Infinity: Pictures from Space

From Mars Curiosity's self portrait to a destructive Saturn cyclone, view our monthly roundup of cosmic highlights from November 2012.

Congo's Crisis: Rebels Launch Offensive in Country's East

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, rebels belonging to an armed group known as the M23 have launched a devastating offensive against the government of President Joseph Kabila, capturing the main provincial capital of Goma.

The Toil After the Storm: Life in Sandy's Wake

Communities up and down the U.S. Atlantic seaboard — in particular the greater New York City area — begin picking up the pieces following Hurricane Sandy.

Thousands Protest Morsi's Decree

Is it more of the same in Egypt? Thousands of protesters gathered in Cairo on Friday, kicking off several days of protests against a new constitutional decree by Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, giving him sweeping powers

Ready, Set, Shop! Scenes from Black Friday

People across the country line up and push their way in as the traditional post-Thanksgiving shopping mania gets underway

Catching Air: Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

For nine decades, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York has been a holiday staple, with millions of people every year lining the parade route.

Line of Fire: Photos from Gaza

The drums of war are pounding across Israel and the Gaza Strip following Israel's targeted killing of Ahmed Jabari, commander of the military wing of Hamas, the Islamist group in control in Gaza.

Obama Abroad: Scenes of a U.S. President in Burma

President Obama tours the Shwedagon Pagoda with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Rangoon, Burma, on Nov. 19, 2012.

The Earth as Art: Satellite Images of Our Planet from Orbit

The images that satellites like the U.S. Geological Survey's Landsat 7 become instant feedback about our effect on the planet, how the Earth is shaped by processes both human and natural.

Europe Rises Up: Anti-Austerity Rage Grips the Continent

From Portugal to Greece, activists and workers furious with the new conditions of austerity governments are imposing on their societies took to the streets in what was dubbed the continent's first ever united General Strike

The Waiting House: Caring for Burma's HIV Patients

Half of the estimated 240,000 people living with the disease in Burma are going without treatment and 18,000 are dying from it every year.

Mali's Militiamen: A Country Split in Two Readies for War

In the districts abutting Mali's vast north, war looms

Veterans Day: Reflecting on the Cost of War

From World War I to current conflicts, people around the world pause to remember the sacrifice of veterans and victims of war.

China's Communist Party Shuffles the Deck

Scenes from the halls of power in Beijing where China's authoritarian government is in the midst of a once-in-a-decade changing of the guard.

Venice's Hungry Tide: Floods Hit 70 Percent of Italian City

The tourist mecca of Venice experienced a dramatic bout of "acqua alta" - or "High Water"- flooding this Sunday, brought on by heavy rains that led to much of the coastal historic city of bridges and canals getting swamped.

The Recession in Pictures: America Copes with a Stagnant Economy

Over the past 18 months Magnum Photos has sought to record the American experience of the stagnant economy

Guatemala Earthquake Kills 48, Injures Hundreds

A 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck Guatemala Wednesday killing more than 48 and injuring hundreds.

Election 2012: Photos from the Finish Line

Battleground America: Photos from Swing States

An inside look at the presidential campaign in nine crucial battlegrounds: Colorado, Ohio, Iowa, Florida, Virginia, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Nevada and North Carolina.

Window on Infinity: Pictures from Space

From the final journey of Space Shuttle Endeavour to the destruction of Hurricane Sandy, view our monthly roundup of cosmic highlights from October 2012.

Hurricane Sandy: Scenes of Wreckage

Superstorm Sandy slammed into the New Jersey coastline Monday night, hurling seawater at New York City. The surge flooded tunnels, subway stations and parts of the city's electrical system.

Military Photos: A Month Inside the Armed Forces, October

TIME's photo editors bring you the best pictures from the front lines from around the world, and the home front.

Tiny Wonders: Beauty in Miniature

Microscopic scenes from our amazing planet, Nikon's Small World competition reveals more than meets the eye.

Political Pictures of the Week, Oct. 26 - Nov. 1

TIME's photo editors bring you the best pictures of the past week from the Beltway and beyond.

Recalling the Great Hurricane of '38

Hundreds of people were killed across New York (especially Long Island), Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont and New Hampshire when the Category 3 storm made landfall in mid-September of that 1938.

Halloween: It's a Small, Creepy World

The annual Nikon International Small World Contest for photomicrography captures insects, spiders and other creepy-crawlies that are downright scary.

Portraits of Vanishing Glaciers

Breathtaking pictures show how erosion and melting temperatures take their toll on the glaciers, shrinking and carving them.

Scenes from Inside China's Prison System

China's criminal justice and prison system is known for being notoriously opaque — here are images from inside after government authorities took journalists on a recent tour of facilities.

Political Pictures of the Week

TIME's photo editors bring you the best pictures of the past week from the Beltway and beyond.

Where the Internet Lives

Google offers an unprecedented look inside some of its global data centers.

Beirut Bomb Blast Kills 8, Shocks Lebanon

A large bomb blast ripped through a predominantly Christian neighborhood in Beirut, killing eight including a top intelligence official - the presumed target of the attack - and wounding many others.

Anti-Austerity Protests Sweep the Eurozone

The seasons of discontent roll on in Southern Europe as protesters in debt-ridden Spain, Greece, Italy and Portugal took to the streets in reaction to the continuing economic crisis paralyzing all their societies.

Cambodia Mourns Former King Norodom Sihanouk

Cambodians prayed for former King Norodom Sihanouk on Tuesday and world leaders sent their condolences as the country prepared for the return of his body.

Remembering the Cuban Missile Crisis: 50 Years from the Brink of Armageddon

During a panic-filled October fifty years ago, the world teetered on the brink of annihilation.

Political Pictures of the Week

From the campaign trail to the Oval Office, TIME's photo editors bring you the week's best political images

From the Edge of Space: Preparing for a Death-Defying Dive

Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner will step off a mighty high ledge Tuesday morning, nearly 23 miles above the Earth's surface, in an attempt to clinch the world record for highest skydive.

The Balkan Wars: Scenes from the Frontlines

On Oct. 8, 1912, the tiny Kingdom of Montenegro declared war on a weakened Ottoman Empire, kicking off what is now known as the First Balkan War. TIME looks back at photos from the war.

Six More Years: Hugo Chávez Wins a Third Term in Venezuela

It was not as huge a rout as his previous victories, but the Venezuelan president knew how to turn on the electoral charm-and clout-despite a serious bout with cancer.

Ringing In the New Year

People around the globe usher in 2012