Photos: The Brazen Pirates of Somalia

This year, close to 90 ships have been seized in and around the Gulf of Aden, more than triple the number of 2007

[November 19, 2008]

The Politics of Water
in Central Asia

Four former Soviet Republics fight
for control of a precious resource

[November 18, 2008]

Pictures of the Week

November 7-13, 2008

[November 13, 2008]
Past Pictures of the Week

Mass Suicide at Jonestown: 30 Years Later

On November 18, 1978, 909 men, women and children died in "revolutionary suicide" at Jim Jones' Peoples Temple in Guyana

[November 17, 2008]

Fade to Black

Reflecting the season's somber mood, onyx and black enamel lend a graphic backdrop to diamonds
Photographs for TIME by Anthony Cotsifas

[November 18, 2008]

Bao Xishun, the World's Tallest Man

A herdsman from Inner Mongolia travels a long way after being placed in the Guinness Book of World Records

[November 14, 2008]

Planet Earth: An Illustrated History

A stunning new photography book, "TIME Planet Earth: An Illustrated History", captures the natural miracles of the world we live in

[November 14, 2008]

Prince Charles Turns 60

The Prince of Wales turns 60 on Nov. 14 and has yet to assume his preordained role. He could have idled away the years, but instead has made a significant — if idiosyncratic — mark on British public life. Here's a look at his princely evolution.

[November 13, 2008]

Barack Obama: The Best TIME Photographs

A commemorative volume tracks the President-elect's path to the White House. TIME Photographer Callie Shell has been with him every step of the way.

[November 14, 2008]

Somalia's Face of Modern Piracy

Photographer Jehad Nga gets a rare glimpse of the men who plunder the shipping lanes off the east coast of Africa

[November 13, 2008]

Congo on the Brink

As the cease-fire becomes more precarious, thousands are once again displaced

[November 10, 2008]

Travel Like Bond, James Bond

Company travel is a given, when you're an international spy. If you're hoping to retrace 007's steps on your next trip, S. James Snyder offers the secret agent's seven most exciting adventures.

[November 13, 2008]

LIFE Magazine's Classic Photos

A new book, LIFE: The Classic Collection gathers 100 of the venerable magazine's most famous and iconic images

[November 12, 2008]

Landscapes of the 'Great War'

During World War I, hundreds of thousands of Allied and German soldiers died in battlefields around Ypres, Belgium. Ninety years on, the scars of war are still visible.

Photographs by Stefan Boness from the book, Flanders Fields.

[November 10, 2008]

William Eggleston at the Whitney Museum

"Democratic Camera Photographs and Video, 1961 - 2008," a new exhibit of work by the famed colorist, opens November 7 in New York

[November 07, 2008]

Lest We Forget: Africa's AIDS Crisis

In sub-Saharan Africa, AIDS kills 6,500 every day, leaving millions of children orphaned. A new exhibition looks at this often forgotten tragedy.
Photographs By Tom Stoddart / Getty Reportage

[November 09, 2008]

James Bond: Escape Artist

For over 50 years, 007 has been foiling villains' spectacular attempts to kill him

[November 07, 2008]

The Best of the Bond Girls

They are sexpots and saviors. They might be threats to the hero's life or the most ornamental distraction. Whatever else may change in the 007 series, you can't have a Bond film without Bond girls. Here are 10 to savor.

[November 07, 2008]

Berenice Abbott: New York City in the 1930s

The photography of an early master of photography is collected in a comprehensive two-volume edition, Berenice Abbott by Berenice Abbott, published by Steidl.

[November 07, 2008]

Kim Jong-il: Doctored Photos?

North Korea experts pore over new photos of the Dear Leader for signs of ill health.

[November 07, 2008]

Prison Life Inside Baghdad's Camp Cropper

Photographer Yuri Kozyrev gets a rare glimpse into a crowded Iraqi detention center.

Reported by Abigail Hauslohner

[November 05, 2008]

Kristallnacht in Words and Photographs

Seventy years later, survivors share their recollections of the day the Holocaust began, in material drawn from Centropa.org, a website devoted to preserving the memory of Jewish life in Central Europe before the rise of the Nazis

[November 07, 2008]

Election '08 in Civil Rights' Ground Zero

Photographer Mario Tama visits Selma and Birmingham as the nation elects its first black president

[November 06, 2008]

A New King for A New Bhutan

The fifth king of the reclusive Himalayan nation is crowned as the country struggles to come to terms with modern world around it

[November 07, 2008]

Scenes from Voting Day

Turnout is heavy on an historic election day

[November 04, 2008]

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