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President Robert Mugabe has bullied the opposition into submission with violence and terror
Don't call them dweebs. In South Korea, computer-game players are serious athletes driving a sport that is reaching big-money sponsors and millions of spectators worldwide
Photographs for Time by Kemal Jufri / Imaji
Part gymnastics, part tai chi, parkour brings thrills and discipline to
enthusiasts
Photographs for TIME by Philippe Dudouit
Thanks to the international success of players like Yao Ming, street basketball has taken off in urban China
Photographs for TIME by Daniele Dainelli / Contrasto
The world's top tennis players cut a dash at Wimbledon in tuxes, trenches and tutus.
For some, boxing has become a hard-won ticket out of a life of crime in Thailand
Photographs for Time by Philip Blenkinsop / Noor
One of the annual highlights of the British racing calendar, Royal Ascot is always as much about the fashions as the actual horses taking part.
Fascinating images taken across Great Britain in a single week by thousands of professional and amateur photographers capture the distinctive rituals and intimate moments of Britons at work and at play.
TIME Photographer Anthony Suau tracks the progress of the US effort to build a permanent barrier between the United States and Mexico.
The histories of the brewery and city are closely intertwined
The beleaguered state fears that the worst may still lie ahead
On June 18th, 1983 Sally Ride became the first American woman to reach outer space. 25 years later, 40 women have traveled into orbit.
TIME photographer Danny Wilcox Frazier photographs his fellow Iowans as they grapple with their flooded state
A look at the U.N. World Food Program's efforts to feed the people of Uganda.
Photographs for TIME by Walter Astrada
Outdoor dining reaches new heights: Three companies bring dining back to the source of the food as chefs prepare gourmet meals in the actual fields where the food is grown.
A team of photojournalists from the famed Magnum photo agency disperses around the globe to document the work of The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Eight European nations are left to battle it out for the right to be crowned the champions of the continent. TIME takes a look back at the early highlights
Photographer Kenneth Jarecke and reporter Jeremy Caplan visit with a young rancher from Montana
Photographer Ian Teh meets China's new crop of Olympic Hopefuls
All 16 teams have now shown off their skills in arguably the world's 2nd biggest soccer tournament, taking place in Austria and Switzerland
As the world's best golfers start the U.S. Open, Time.com looks at the sport with the world's worst dressed athletes
Heavy rains strike the heartland, swelling rivers and creating havoc for thousands of residents
Spanish truckers block roads and the French border, sparking similar action in other parts of the world
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