The shoddy construction of many schools in the quake zone contributed to countless deaths, created scores of grieving parents and a political quandary for the Chinese leadership
Afraid of Insects? Get over it. Bugs are
surprisingly nutritious and far better for the environment than traditional sources of protein.
Photographs by Mark Peterson / Redux for TIME
An exhibit at London's Imperial War Museum chronicles how novelist Ian Fleming used his wartime experiences in British naval intelligence to create the spy story to end all spy stories and spawn a global franchise with James Bond.
After a safe landing in the Red Planet's northern polar region, NASA's probe prepares to search for signs of water and the possibility of life.
Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and its predecessors owe a lot to the movie serials director Steven Spielberg watched as a boy. Here's a gallery of some of the films that may have inspired him.
A rolling pogrom against migrants reveals the social strain of a post-apartheid 'miracle' that failed to transform the lives of the poor
A photographic history of mobile telecommunications
The decade-long dry that blights parts of southern Australia was recorded by some of the country's best documentary photographers. Their work will be on show in the exhibition Beyond Reasonable Drought in Canberra from July 5 to October 26
In Canada's Alberta Province, Syncrude is mining black gold hand over fist
Photographs for TIME by Todd Korol / Aurora Select
The 2008 Child Soldiers Global Report, released Tuesday, finds thousands of children continue to be drafted into armed conflicts in South America, Africa, Asia and the Middle East.
The President concludes his nine-day tour of the Middle East, taking in the likes of Israel, Saudi Arabia and Egypt along the way
In the wake of Cyclone Nargis, the junta is blocking the flow of aid. Is there a case for direct action?
Photographs for TIME by Prashant Panjiar / Livewire Images
The 61st Cannes Film Festival graces us with its usual blend of style, sass and good old-fashioned sense of showbiz
Southern bluefin tuna are not easy to net but South Australian fisherman are catching on
Photographs for TIME by Trent Parke / Magnum
A house in the Israeli town of Ramla bridges the divide between a Jewish woman and a Palestinian man
A Paris exhibition shows how young photographers from a Nairobi Slum capture a truth outsiders miss.
"SHOOTBACK: Photos by the Children of the Nairobi Slums" is on in Paris between May 15-30
Already battered by unemployment, the city struggles to weather the housing crisis. Photographs for TIME by Anthony Suau
Poorly-paid and burdened by debt, an underclass of migrant workers gives the Gulf its glitz. They are the linchpin of the boom, and their anger is rising.
Photographs for TIME by Thomas Dworzak / Magnum Photos
After a massive earthquake strikes the southwest, the Chinese mobilize a massive search and rescue operation
A week after Cyclone Nargis ravaged Burma, the world still waits for the nation's junta to let food and aid workers in
Photographs for TIME by Prashant Panjiar
Two days after Vladimir Putin yielded power to his hand-picked successor, Dmitry Medvedev, the Russians revive the Soviet-era tradition of parading symbols of the nations's military prowess across Red Square
Photographer Cedric Delsaux brings a new take to the Star Wars legend. He shoots French landscapes, then adds the characters digitally to get the right height, light, and perspective. Here's the cast as you've never seen them before
On the eve of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Jewish state, photographer Tivadar Domaniczky finds a silver lining of hope in the region's cloudy future.
Tom Friedman
August 30 - September 5, 2008
Video: The Three-Minute Convention
(Sort of) Celebrating Jacko's 50th Birthday
The Web's Word: Obama Is Not the Antichrist
Updating Beverly Hills, 90210