List of Photo Essay articles
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A man ties a piece of cloth over a demonstrator’s face in Sudan. Sudan’s Citizens Refuse to Give Up
One year after a military coup, activists continue to mobilize despite deadly crackdowns.
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People grieve at the gravesite of a soldier in Dnipro, Ukraine. Ukraine’s War—in Photos
A haunting look at six months of Russia’s war in Ukraine in pictures.
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A child stands by the window of her room at a medical center in Lviv, Ukraine. A Children’s Hospital in Wartime
Pediatric patients from all over Ukraine crowd into a single facility.
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Syeda Lameeya Parween and her partner, Naina, play with their cats at their house in New Delhi on Feb. 21. LGBTQI Muslims in India Find Solace in Their Pets
“The first living being to know that I am a gay was my pet parakeet.”
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Refugees from Afghanistan and Pakistan warm themselves by a fire. For Migrants in Bosnia, the ‘Game’ Is the Road to a Better Life
Hundreds of migrants brace for winter as they try to cross into the European Union.
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Sara wears a U.S. flag hair clip Dec. 7, 2018—a gift from her husband in their last meeting before the travel ban. Separated Iranian Families Have Been In Self-Isolation For Years
Since U.S President Donald Trump's 2017 travel ban went into effect, thousands of Iranians have been separated from their families in the United States.
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An inmate in solitary confinement looks out of his cell at the Penal San Francisco Gótera, one of the only mixed-gang prisons in El Salvador, on Nov. 8, 2018. The facility houses members of MS-13, La 18, Mao Mao, and Mirada Loca. A Nation Held Hostage
The rival gangs MS-13 and La 18 control or influence every facet of life in El Salvador, making the small Central American nation the world’s most dangerous place outside a war zone.
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Families are trucked to al Hol on March 10. They came during and after the fall of Baghouz, a farming hamlet that was the final area under Islamic State control. Most had few belongings left. The Kids of the Islamic State
A lens on the thousands of children detained in northeast Syria’s al-Hol camp and the unanticipated humanitarian crisis brought on by the fight against terrorism.
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A mother carries her sick child inside the respiratory wing of the Indira Gandhi Children’s Hospital in Kabul on Feb. 18. Afghanistan’s Air Is Deadlier Than Its War
Every winter, Kabul’s skies turn black — and children die.
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A porter and a woman in the lobby of Kumgangsan Hotel at Mount Kumgang on Sept. 15, 2018. The hotel is the site of reunion meetings between North and South Korean families, which were most recently held in August 2018. (Tariq Zaidi for Foreign Policy) The Changing Face of North Korea
As Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump prepare for their second summit, is the country shedding its “Hermit Kingdom” image?
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Jaston Khosa, a Zambian in his late 90s and a veteran of Britain’s colonial military, on Nov. 27, 2018. Earlier that day, he spoke with Britain’s Prince Harry at a veterans meet-and-greet to coincide with Armistice Day commemorations, before returning to his home in a shantytown on the edge of the capital, Lusaka. (Jack Losh for Foreign Policy) Britain’s Abandoned Black Soldiers
More than 600,000 Africans fought for Britain in World War II. Now they want a fair deal.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Year in Photos
Looking back at the most arresting images of 2015.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 By Land or By Sea
Looking to escape war and poverty in Syria, the Balkans, and North Africa, thousands of migrants sought refuge in the European Union this summer — or died trying.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 A Bear’s Necessities
At a wildlife rescue center south of Phnom Penh, bears that would have otherwise faced a grim fate -- either killed for their meat, or milked for their bile -- get a new lease on life.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Bringing Down the House that Bush Built
What dismantling 10 years of war in Afghanistan looks like.
