The View from the Floor of the DNC

TIME photographer Brooks Kraft provides a delegates-eye view of the Democrats celebration in Denver

[August 26, 2008]

Thai Protesters Raise the Stakes

After months of daily protests, some 30,000 anti-government demonstrators clashed in Bangkok this week with Thai police in the what activists called a "final war" to force Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej and his government from office

[August 27, 2008]

The World Bog Snorkelling Championships

As the Olympic Games ended in Beijing, the attention of the serious sports fan — and photographer Ben Stansall — moved to Llanwrytd Wells in Wales, for the World Bog Snorkelling Championships. Honest.

[August 26, 2008]
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Barack Obama's Rise to the Nomination

Photographs for TIME by Callie Shell / Aurora

[August 21, 2008]

Joe Biden

Obama's pick for Vice President is one of the most experienced men in Washington

[August 23, 2008]

Volcanoes in Our Times

125 years ago this week, Krakatoa exploded over Indonesia, unleashing the deadliest eruption in modern memory. A gallery of some of its most spectacular successors suggests that a similar disaster may lurk beneath the planet surface.

[August 25, 2008]

Barack Obama's Family Tree

With roots in Kansas, Kenya and beyond, the candidate is a one-man melting pot.

[August 21, 2008]

Olympic Highs and Lows

The dramatic highlights of the 2008 Beijing Games

[August 22, 2008]

The Beatles in Liverpool

Five decades of the Fab Four and their hometown, now a thriving cultural capital.

[August 22, 2008]

Olympic Tattoos

TIME takes a look at some tattoos among the highly decorated competitors out in Beijing

[August 22, 2008]

Georgia Conflict Aftermath

On patrol with Russian troops, TIME photographer Yuri Kozyrev witnesses signs of ethnic hostility in the conflicted region

[August 20, 2008]

Olympic Shoes

The 2008 Games are a premier venue for state-of-the-art footwear technology.

[August 21, 2008]

Microminiature Art

Russian miniaturist Nikolai Aldunin creates works of art so tiny, a microscope is needed to see them.

Photographs by Gennadiy Makarichev / Russian Look / Zuma

[August 21, 2008]

Greenland Odyssey

Photographer Hakan Ludwigson takes an environmental tour of the great frozen island

[August 20, 2008]

The Rise and Fall of Pervez Musharraf

The Pakistani strongman's tumultuous nine years in power come to a close

[August 18, 2008]

The Beijing Olympics Photo Gallery

The best images from the games by the photographers of Sports Illustrated

[August 09, 2008]

Michael Phelps — Eight Golds in Beijing

The 'Aquaman' has been stalking medals since he first appeared in the pool at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia. A brief history of Phelps at the Games.

[August 15, 2008]

Patterns of Mars

A high-resolution camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captures the abstract beauty of the Martian landscape

[August 15, 2008]

The Russians in Ossetia

TIME photographer Yuri Kozyrev travels with Russian units in the separatist enclave

[August 13, 2008]

Japanese Design's Greatest Hits

The generation of young artists and designers working in Japan today have been inspired by half a century of their predecessors’ visionary work. A few of Japan’s phenomenally successfully designs since the 1950s

[August 15, 2008]

The Battle for Culiacan

Murder proliferates in the home of Mexico's $25 billion drug-trafficking industry

Photographs by Anthony Suau for TIME

[August 14, 2008]

The World's Longest Yard Sale

Four days a year, vendors set up along a 650-stretch of highway, from Ohio to Alabama, selling everything under the sun.

Photographs by Greg Ruffing / Redux for TIME

[August 13, 2008]

War in Georgia

Fighting escalates in the separatist enclave of South Ossetia

[August 11, 2008]
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Solar Cookers for Darfuri Refugees

An extremely simple device provides relief for imperiled women

[August 11, 2008]

The Jewelry of Carnet

Designer Michelle Ong creates exquisite pieces of extraordinary detail

[August 11, 2008]

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