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Winners of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026 - A collection of some of this year’s winning and honored images, selected from more than 65,000 submissions from 121 countries and territories. Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

An elephant splashes water toward zebras and a giraffe at a watering hole. (© James Lewin / Wildlife Photographer of the Year)

A coyote pads along a trail in a park overlooking San Francisco. (© Loren Elliott / Wildlife Photographer of the Year)

A pair of mating Moray eels, seen against a black background, underwater (© Tony Wu / Wildlife Photographer of the Year)

A flock of flying birds appears blurred against a backdrop of bare birch trees. (© Michał Michalski / Wildlife Photographer of the Year)

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Alan Taylor @kokogiak.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Photos: Fall Is in the Air - Autumn, the best season, has arrived once again—the season of harvests, festivals, migrations, and, of course, spectacular fall colors. Collected here are early images from this year. Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

A bull moose walks through shrubs, some showing fall colors. (Stan Grossfeld / The Boston Globe / Getty)

An aerial view of a wide mountain slope covered in fall-colored trees (Lokman Vural Elibol / Anadolu / Getty)

A person shows the effort on their face as they paddle a giant pumpkin to the finish line of a race. (Ellen Schmidt / AP)

Sunflowers and purple flowers cover a field, seen under a partly-cloudy sky. (Patrick Pleul / DPA / Getty)

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Alan Taylor @kokogiak.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Hard for me to describe what an impact 'Horror Head' had on me back in the 90s - a hurricane of swirling guitars and vocals.

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Alan Taylor @kokogiak.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Photos of the Week: Sleep Competition, Foggy Landscape, Virtual Taekwondo - Oktoberfest’s closing party in Munich, rally racing in Italy, traditional handheld fireworks in Japan, a pet-blessing ceremony in Chile, and much more. Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

A person stands close to a huge circular curved mirror, their face magnified and distorted in the reflection. (Kin Cheung / AP)

A tennis player yells in celebration. (Achmad Ibrahim / AP)

A woman holds a small dog that barks as it is sprinkled with holy water. (Franklin Jacome / Agencia Press South / Getty)

A leashed dog sits on a sidewalk, its fur dyed in multiple bright colors. (Dimitar Dilkoff / AFP / Getty)

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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This tree is very tall, very old and has clearly Seen Some Things. Also possibly Done Some Things #SpookyNature 🌿

A black and white photo of a big bare tree on a foggy day. It has irregularly shaped and angled branches and is much larger than the trees around it. It looks like it could be some kind of forest spirit.

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Alan Taylor @kokogiak.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Photos: The Student Protests in France - For much of the past month, students in France, alongside teachers and unions, have been protesting against poor conditions in schools. Thousands have been arrested following nationwide demonstrations yesterday. Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

People gather on and around a large statue in Paris during a student protest. (Dimitar Dilkoff / AFP / Getty)

A large crowd of protesting students carrying many hand-made signs (Stephane Mahe / Reuters)

Student protesters tear down a traffic light. (Jean-Francois Badias / AP)

Student protesters, including one wearing a pigeon mask, push on the shields of several riot police officers. (Lou Benoist / AFP / Getty)

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Alan Taylor @kokogiak.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Photos: Human-Tower Season - As autumn nears in Spain, teams at festivals & competitions can be found forming human towers ('castells') up to 9 levels tall. The Catalan tradition is thought to have originated with local dance groups in the 18th century. Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

Spectators in an arena look on as teams wearing different colors gather on the floor, with one team working to create a human tower about eight people tall. (David Ramos / Getty)

An overhead view of a large crowd of people wearing blue-green shirts, gathered in roughly concentric circles, smashing together, preparing to build a human tower (Albert Gea / Reuters)

Children at the top of a human tower wear safety helmets and goggles. (Josep Lago / AFP / Getty)

An overhead view of a team of people wearing purple and white uniforms, piled on top of each other after a fall while they were attempting to build a human tower (David Ramos / Getty)

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Alan Taylor @kokogiak.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This is reminding me of when I was young and saw a TV ad for The Shining. I'd just read the book, and was excited, but I somehow misinterpreted a brief over-the-shoulder shot of Nicholson lurching through the snow as some sort of loping creature and it absolutely terrified me (and lured me deeper)

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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 04/10/2026

"Well, looks like another day foraging in the sand" "FUCK YES BECAUSE I FUCKING LOVE FORAGING IN THE SAND!" 🪶

A sanderling looking tired on the sand with a ton of sand on their beak

A sanderling with their beak in the front of their beak in the front of their face buried almost up to the eye and you can see the sand being moved out of the way ..

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Alan Taylor @kokogiak.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Early October sky, my favorite tree, just starting to show its colors.

The upper part of a tree in early autumn colors, orange with some green remaining, under a blue sky with some wispy high clouds

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Alan Taylor @kokogiak.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Photos of the Week: Mermaid Dance, Medieval Village, Alpaca Café - The world’s tallest wind turbine in Germany, scenes from Moscow Fashion Week, a procession of judges in London, yodeling in an underground garage in Austria, and much more. Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

A model wears a fanciful house as a full-head adornment, their face visible through the front door. (Pavel Bednyakov / AP)

A drone view of high waves caused by a hurricane battering a small island with houses (Christian Ruano / Reuters)

A model, wearing a long veil and dress, seen in silhouette, while waiting backstage (Pavel Bednyakov / AP)

Two people, seen in silhouette, in front of the full moon (Emrah Gurel / AP)

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Alan Taylor @kokogiak.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Scenes From the 2026 Asian Games - More than 10,000 athletes from 46 countries are now gathered in Japan, competing in 469 events across 43 different sports, during the 20th edition of the Asian Games. Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

An athlete, seen in mid-air, upside-down, during a leaping kick, with a ball flying toward an opponent (Toru Hanai / Getty)

An athlete poses while making a fierce face during a martial-arts competition. (Long Lei / Xinhua / Getty)

A weightlifter celebrates after a lift, their barbell bouncing in front of them. (Mark Baker / AP)

A runner starts a race, seen in silhouette on a rainy day. (Katsura Tanioka / Getty)

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Alan Taylor @kokogiak.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Selections From the 2026 Audubon Photography Awards Top 100 - Organizers of this year’s Audubon Photography Awards shared some of their top-100 selections—featuring a rainbow-bearded thornbill, a northern pygmy-owl, Andean condors, and more. Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

A black bird with white wingtip feathers spreads its wings wide while flying above a bush. (Veronica Donoso / 2026 Audubon Photography Awards)

A very small owl perches on a tiny branch, close to a large tree trunk, in a forest. (Fei Cheng / 2026 Audubon Photography Awards)

A small yellow bird hops near a swarm of flies on a beach. (Cody Cianfrance / 2026 Audubon Photography Awards)

A dense flock of blackbirds taking wing fills the image. (Dotty Doherty / 2026 Audubon Photography Awards)

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Alan Taylor @kokogiak.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Photos of the Week: Human Tower, Pumpkin Pyramid, Monster Town - Scenes from the Asian Games in Japan, livestock in the Swiss Alps, the European Tram Driver Championship in Warsaw, a cycling race in Montreal, and much more. Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

A crowd of people at Oktoberfest smile and raise mugs of beer toward the camera. (Felix Hörhager / DPA / Getty)

A basketball player reacts, their mouth wide open, as an out-of-focus basketball passes in front of the camera. (Lindsey Wasson / AP)

Police officers in dress uniforms march in a parade, carrying puppies in hi-viz-colored pouches. (Raul Bravo / AFP / Getty)

Two people wearing traditional clothing each carry an alpaca on a pathway. (Fabrice Coffrini / AFP / Getty)

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Alan Taylor @kokogiak.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Yes indeed. Get the flannel out, people, it's time. 🍂

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Alan Taylor @kokogiak.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Winners of the Bird Photographer of the Year 2026 - A selection of some of the winning entries from this year’s bird-photography contest. Competition organizers were kind enough to share some of the winners & runners-up, chosen from over 24,000 entries. Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

A small bird flies up, chasing an insect. (© Paula Czaeczine / Bird Photographer of the Year)

A puffin rests on a bluff, backdropped by out-of-focus reflections of sunlight on the distant ocean. (© Volker Widmann / Bird Photographer of the Year)

A seabird shoots through the water, shaped like a torpedo, after diving in search of food. (© Henley Spiers / Bird Photographer of the Year)

A young frogmouth, perched beside two siblings on a branch, holds one wing over the others' heads on a rainy day. (© Donald Chin / Bird Photographer of the Year)

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Alan Taylor @kokogiak.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Photos: Wildflowers Bloom in the Atacama Desert - Javier Torres, a photojournalist with AFP, recently visited the Atacama Desert in Chile, capturing images of a desert in bloom after a spell of unusually wet weather. Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

An aerial view of patches of blooming wildflowers in a desert, with small mountains in the background (Javier Torres / AFP / Getty)

A close view of purple wildflowers in bloom (Javier Torres / AFP / Getty)

An aerial view of a car driving through a flower-covered area of a desert (Javier Torres / AFP / Getty)

A dark sunset, under a cloudy sky, above a field of blue-and-white wildflowers (Javier Torres / AFP / Getty)

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Count Trashula @trashmobminis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

What you need to understand is nothing we built was “off the shelf.” Store-bought environmental assets for stop-motion features do not exist. We were given concept art and told “make it look like this.” Everything you see here, down to the dirt and moss, was meticulously designed and crafted.

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Alan Taylor @kokogiak.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I see a lot of posts from Gen X folks talking about us being feral kids, drinking water from a hose, staying out all day unsupervised, and a lot of that rings true, but there's often a sort of gloss that colors that. Things could also be hard, lonely, boring. I just don't want to lose sight of that.

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Alan Taylor @kokogiak.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Sometimes, when I remember my Mom, I think of that bell sounding, how the house would smell, warm and inviting, dinner already on the table - nostalgia. I didn't know then that my folks were unhappy with each other, I just lived in the 'now' of a kid with wheat in my hair and scrapes on my knees.

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Alan Taylor @kokogiak.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Each farm had its own bell and each Mom had their own rhythm, so we'd know immediately. "Aw, I gotta go..." and start trotting home. Our bell was a big triangle, our neighbors had a sort of steel plate. I remember even our dogs would respond to it - you could hear them thundering through the brush.

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Alan Taylor @kokogiak.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Farm kid storytime: Even though our farm was fairly big (400 acres), we happened to live close to a couple of other farms that just happened to have boys my same age. We'd roam the fields and forests playing until sunset, when our parents would call us home using dinner bells (way before cellphones)

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Alan Taylor @kokogiak.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I can hear this whole scene in my head as if it were playing live.

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Alan Taylor @kokogiak.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

My cousin and I were terrified of using the thruster at first, just stayed centered and slapped the 'hyperspace' button in desperation when we were about to get hit. Took us weeks to get used to flying around the screen. I can hear the sounds in my head now - the panic induced by the creeping tempo.

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Alan Taylor @kokogiak.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Asteroids was the first arcade game I had access to, and it was the most mind-blowing at the time. It seems so simple these days, but back then, in 1980, it was unlike anything I'd ever played before. It was the only game in a nearby taco shop, and I spent a whole summer there, one quarter at a time

A screenshot of an old vector-based video game, Asteroids, showing one triangular ship near center, and many irregularly-shaped asteroids across the screen.

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Alan Taylor @kokogiak.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I was tinkering in my garage today when I saw a small shape moving & thought 'Oh no, one of the cats got out', but then I saw it was just our resident bunny paying me a visit. It seemed curious about the space and me, sniffing everything for a while, then gave me one last look-over and hopped off.

Two photos of a wild rabbit in a garage workshop, one closer than the other.

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Alan Taylor @kokogiak.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Photos of the Week: Misty Morning, Haunted House, Light Festival - More than 100 go-kart racers in England, swimming pigs on a Greek island, military training in Syria, a scene from Beijing Fashion Week, and much more. Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

People stand on a track alongside a jet-powered dragster as it prepares for a race, blasting flames and smoke behind it. (Oli Scarff / AFP / Getty)

A model walks a runway, wearing a spiky metal headdress that circles their face. (Lintao Zhang / Getty)

Riot police officers line up, backdropped by a tall statue of a giraffe. (Vadim Ghirda / AP)

A small pig swims in clear ocean water, close to a rocky beach. (Aris Messinis / AFP / Getty)

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Alan Taylor @kokogiak.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Photos: Fighting Against Desertification in China - For decades, residents & workers in northern and western China have been battling growing deserts using multiple methods, including “straw checkerboards,” to slow the shifting sands & boost fertility. Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

A drone photo of a road passing through sand dunes in a desert, the left side of the photo shows most dunes covered by a criss-cross pattern of straw windbreaks. (Chen Shuo / Xinhua / Getty)

A person works on windbreaks made from straw planted in sand dunes in a crisscross pattern. (Gao Hongshan / Xinhua / Getty)

People water a small shrub in a desert, using a hose attached to a small tanker truck. (Lian Zhen / Xinhua News Agency / Getty)

An aerial view of a green belt—parallel rows of planted trees running alongside a highway through a desert. (Ding Lei / Xinhua News Agency / Getty)

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Alan Taylor @kokogiak.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Last night, I switched on the bathroom light to discover Marigold had found a new nest. I ended up having to brush my teeth using the bathtub faucet.

A young gray tabby cat, curled up in a bathroom sink, all snoozy-like.

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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 15/09/2026

Given all the *flails hands* you all deserve one of the most adorable pictures I took of Baby Bird Season 2026. A snowy ploverlet peeking through a little sand shrub. Perhaps a once in a lifetime shot. 🪶 🐣

a tiny snowy plover chick, about 2 inches tall, looks through a shrub as if theyr hiding, on a beach

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Alan Taylor @kokogiak.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Photos of the Week: Night Harvest, Heavy Surf, Pumpkin Kong - A dog fashion show in the Philippines, the West Indian Day Parade in Brooklyn, an ice cave in the French Alps, a traditional rodeo in Mexico City, and much more. Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

A person wearing a wingsuit flies overhead, with trees in the background. (Wang He / Getty)

A person wears a giant butterfly costume during a parade. (Adam Gray / Getty)

A praying mantis perches on the stem of a heather plant. (Frank Hammerschmidt / DPA / Getty)

Two basketball players from opposing teams talk on a court. One looks up at their much-taller opponent. (Ebrahim Noroozi / AP)

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Alan Taylor @kokogiak.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Photos: 9/11 Memorials - Images from this morning’s ceremonies, as well as preparations from the days leading up to this somber anniversary. Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

Two people take pictures as a drone light show depicting the twin towers appears alongside the New York City skyline. (Jeremy Weine / Getty)

A person adjusts an American flag among a display of several thousand flags arranged on a grassy slope. (Mario Tama / Getty)

People watch as about 20 artists draw chalk portraits of the passengers and crew of Flight 93, alongside a pathway. (Matthew Hatcher / AFP / Getty)

A man holds his young daughter, standing beside a memorial adorned with flowers and American flags. (Jeenah Moon / Getty)

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Alan Taylor @kokogiak.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I remember that thread. My contribution: "Here in Seattle, there are no planes in the sky. It's a surreal scene, a quiet clear blue sky with no planes, contrails, helicopters or sound. I've never seen it like this before. I'm numb as well. I hope we don't lash out at random, or at the wrong people."

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Alan Taylor @kokogiak.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Incredible. Once or twice I've witnessed something close to this while looking down Turnagain Arm in Alaska, it's just breathtaking

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Alan Taylor @kokogiak.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Winners of Ocean Photographer of the Year 2026 - Images from this year’s Ocean Photographer of the Year competition, featuring some of the best coastal, drone, and underwater photographs selected from more than 15,000 entries. Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

A crocodile, seen underwater, swimming just beneath the surface, near mangrove roots and seagrass (© Jenny Stock / Ocean Photographer of the Year)

Three surfers on a very tall wave—two are standing, holding a camera between them, looking toward the third, who has fallen from their board and is tumbling upside-down just in front of the wave. (© Marc Lenfant / Ocean Photographer of the Year)

A black-and-white image of an adult seahorse beside two much smaller ones. (© Julien Anton / Ocean Photographer of the Year)

Many snorkelers and scuba divers swim around a large whale shark. (© James Ferrara / Ocean Photographer of the Year)

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Alan Taylor @kokogiak.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Photos of the Week: Nomad Games, Pushkin Puppet, Lunar Simulation - A 90-year-old bodybuilding champion in Japan, a memorial for King Harald V of Norway, a kite festival in Indonesia, a marching-band performance in Atlanta, and much more. Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

A person in a samurai costume, wielding two swords, seen in silhouette against a yellowish full moon (Ahsan Mohammed Ahmed Ahmed / Anadolu / Getty)

A small airplane leaves a winding trail of smoke during an aerobatic performance. (Vadim Ghirda / AP)

Five police officers and one dog dangle on a long cable, hanging beneath a helicopter. (Andreea Alexandru / AP)

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Alan Taylor @kokogiak.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

It's a bit late, but I'm on a similar vibe & wanted to share this little device/appliance I just finished building. It's a weatherstation that reads outside/inside temps from a pair of sensors, fetches data from weather.gov, & mashes it up in a TRMNL e-ink display housed in a roughly art-deco frame.

An e-ink display showing weather info, housed in a sort of art-deco wooden frame, set on a windowsill.

Another view of an e-ink display showing weather info, housed in a sort of art-deco wooden frame, set on a kitchen windowsill.

Cat tax. A young tabby cat sits in a kitchen sink, near an e-ink display showing weather info set on a windowsill.

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Alan Taylor @kokogiak.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

The 2026 Audubon Photography Awards - Winners and honorable mentions from the Audubon Society’s 17th annual competition featuring some of the best images of bird life from around the world. Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

A merganser flies over water with a fish in its beak. (Gail Bisson / 2026 Audubon Photography Awards)

Two raptors stand on the ground near a lake, with dramatic rocky mountains standing in the background. (Timothy Dhalleine / 2026 Audubon Photography Awards)

A colorful hummingbird hovers near flowers. (Camilo Sanabria Grajales / 2026 Audubon Photography Awards)

A spoonbill with pink feathers splashes around in shallow water. (Jacqueline Burke / 2026 Audubon Photography Awards)

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Alan Taylor @kokogiak.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Photos: The Aftermath of Nepal’s Devastating Flash Floods - Images from hard-hit mountain villages where rescue and recovery efforts continue. More than 900 deaths have been confirmed, while nearly 4,000 remain missing, following the August 26 floods. Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

A group of rescue workers in a narrow mountain river valley look up toward a large drone carrying supplies on a long cable. (Jiang Fan / Xinhua / Getty)

A drone view of rescue workers inspecting damaged and mud-covered structures (Rajesh Kumar Singh / AP)

A drone view of a bridge toppled and damaged by flooding, still resting in a river (Rajesh Kumar Singh / AP)

A person lights a funeral pyre beside a river. (Athit Perawongmetha / Reuters)

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Alan Taylor @kokogiak.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Photos of the Week: Death Dive, Cool Breeze, Castle Pull - A sheep-crossing-water contest in Turkey, a pilgrimage festival in Portugal, a devastating flood in Nepal, robot racing in China, a tomato-fight fiesta in Spain, and much more. Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

Two young children run inside an exhibit space with walls illuminated by bright striped projections. (Juni Kriswanto / AFP / Getty)

An aerial view shows houses lying deluged in sludge alongside a river, after a powerful flash flood. (Prabin Ranabhat / AFP / Getty)

People run down a road, in front of a giant rolling ball, as onlookers watch from barriers on either side. (Rafael Bastante / Europa Press / Getty)

A person takes a photograph of a large mural of Dolly Parton. (Justin Sullivan / Getty)

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Alan Taylor @kokogiak.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton: Photos from an Extraordinary Life and Career - Parton, the singer, songwriter, actor, and philanthropist, died today at the age of 80. Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

Dolly Parton performs onstage, singing, in 1977. (Paul Natkin / Getty)

Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner perform onstage in 1967. (Michael Ochs Archives / Getty)

Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton, and Jane Fonda, in costume on the set of the 1980 movie '9 to 5' (WENN / Reuters)

Dolly Parton and Miley Cyrus perform together. (Kevin Winter / Getty for The Recording Academy)

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Alan Taylor @kokogiak.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Scenes From the 2026 World Humanoid Robot Games - More than 600 teams brought 2,000 robots to Beijing for the second edition of this annual competition, where humanoid robots compete in a wide variety of events, including athletics and household tasks. Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

A humanoid robot riding on a four-legged robotic vehicle waves a flag during an opening ceremony. (Lintao Zhang / Getty)

Dozens of robots parade on an indoor track. (Pedro Pardo / AFP / Getty)

A low-angle view of a humanoid robot in midair during a long jump competition (Tingshu Wang / Reuters)

Staff members douse a burning robot with fire extinguishers. (Lintao Zhang / Getty)

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Alan Taylor @kokogiak.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Photos of the Week: Robot Training, Straw Chickens, Blessed Dogs - Harvest festivals in Germany, a solar-energy base in a Chinese desert, high-diving in Slovenia, hurricane damage in Hawaii, a traveling circus in France, and much more. Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

Several children float in a swimming pool during a training session. (Omar Ashtawy / Getty)

A woman is silhouetted against the setting sun while holding up her phone. (Lindsey Wasson / AP)

A lion, its mouth open wide, in a zoo enclosure (Tobias Schwarz / AFP / Getty)

A red panda cub, with its tongue sticking out (Alex Martin / AFP / Getty)

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Alan Taylor @kokogiak.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Photos: Releasing Animals Back Into Their Habitats - Recent images of the moment of release—when animals were reintroduced to their natural habitats after rehabilitation, or as part of repopulation efforts, or to help grow an ecosystem. Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

A tiger leaps out of a container in a truck bed, after being released. (Kazakh Ministry of Environment / Anadolu / Getty)

A person holds a small bat in their gloved hand before it is released. (Maria Derhachova / Global Images Ukraine / Getty)

Several wild horses run through a field of brush after being released. (Henning Kaiser / DPA / Getty)

A griffon vulture flies into the sky after being released from the back of a pickup truck. (Özkan Bilgin / Anadolu / Getty)

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Alan Taylor @kokogiak.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Photos: Drone Attacks on Russia’s Wildberries Warehouses - Over the past month, Ukrainian drone attacks inside Russia have targeted the online-retail giant, destroying massive warehouses. Ukraine accuses Wildberries of supporting Russia’s military. Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

A man stands on a roadside, looking at at thick black smoke rising from a burning warehouse. (SOPA Images / Reuters)

Two tall plumes of dark smoke rise from burning warehouses, seen beyond a church and other buildings. (Reuters)

The vast interior of an online retailer's warehouse, filled with tall stacks of shelves and goods. (Andrey Rudakov / Bloomberg / Getty)

A pair of satellite images showing a warehouse before and after it burned down (Maxar / DigitalGlobe / Getty)

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Alan Taylor @kokogiak.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

We've had our kittens at home for 100 days now. How it started (May): ---------> How it's going (Aug):

Two curious tabby kittens climbing under an easel.

Two young tabby cats being held together by a young man.

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Alan Taylor @kokogiak.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Photos of the Week: Mudflat Trot, Waterfall Jump, Pole Vault - A pig-squealing championship in France, the annual City2Surf fun run in Australia, a total solar eclipse over Spain, and much more. Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

A wakeboarder holds onto a tow rope as they take a jump, kicking up a spray of water. (Lintao Zhang / Getty)

A long-exposure photo of wildfires burning across a mountainous area at night (Noah Berger / AP)

A man stares into the camera while wearing costume pig's ears and a false pig nose. (Valentine Chapuis / AFP / Getty)

A search-and-rescue dog stands, leaning against its handler, looking up and asking for affection. (Raquel Cunha / Reuters)

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Alan Taylor @kokogiak.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Ocean Photographer of the Year 2026 Finalists - The finalist selections for this year’s competition were just announced by organizers at Oceanographic Magazine, featuring coastal, drone, and underwater photographs chosen from thousands of submissions. Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

A freediver is surrounded by a vast school of sardines, seen from below. (© Benjamín Yávar / Ocean Photographer of the Year)

An aerial view of waves crashing on a beach, with clear green water behind them. (© Daniela Tommasi / Ocean Photographer of the Year)

A translucent shrimp shelters inside a larger marine creature. (© Maryline Renault / Ocean Photographer of the Year)

A dramatic view of a large crashing wave (© Ben Thouard / Ocean Photographer of the Year)

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