Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus — in fact, there are quite a few of them — and you can find them all on TIME.com doing everything from delivering gifts to water-skiing. This first annual Chrismas TIME.com photo essay proves that Kris Kringle really does get around. 12/00

TIME.com presents a chronology of 2000's biggest events with some of the year's best photographs. 12/00

Ukraine finally closes the nuclear plant whose Number 4 reactor killed 15,000 people. 12/00

The election night that wouldn't end finally made it to dawn with a Supreme Court ruling and the candidates' acceptance of the outcome.12/00

On Dec. 17, TIME will anounce the Person of the Year. Take a look back at past winners, from Lindbergh to Clinton. 12/00

In an elegant ceremony in Stockholm, the Swedish royal family crowned a new crop of Nobel laureates. 12/00

A pictorial timeline of the history-making events of Election 2000

A centerpiece of the Muslim faith, the holy month of Ramadan is being observed throughout the world. 11/00

As Bill Clinton moves into the final stage of his presidency, his place in history begins to come into focus. How will he be remembered? In photographs and audio from contract photographer Diana Walker, TIME.com looks back at the 42nd presidency of the United States. 11/00

Winter came hard and fast to this northern New York city, as 25 inches fell in 12 hours on Monday. 11/00

More than a century after America experienced one of its darkest hours, the U.S. president tries to build bridges. 11/00

The nation's would-be leaders entered Tuesday evening thinking they'd know their fate by the next dawn. It wasn't to be... 11/00

In exclusive photographs, TIME looks back at the campaigns of one of the closest races in America's history. 11/00

Around the country, Americans are lining up at polling places and voting booths to cast their ballot for the next president. 11/00

The glorious messes that are political campaigns provide plenty of unforgettable images and stories. Some of the best are collected here in photographs by TIME contract photographer Christopher Morris and TIME reporters John Dickerson and Tamala Edwards. 11/00

With just hours left before the polls open, the two presidential candidates are still standing, and delivering. 11/00

In cities, suburbs and even under water, Americans poured their creative juices into Halloween celebrations around the country. 11/00

Russian and Norwegian divers embark on a risky mission to recover the bodies of the crewmen killed in the sinking of the Russian submarine Kursk. 10/00

After four weeks of violence, hostilities between Palestinians and Israelis show no sign of abating. 10/00

With the debates behind them, the candidates hit the trail to make their case in person one more time.10/00

This month, 4,000 athletes from 125 countries will fill Sydney's Olympic Park to compete in the events of the 11th Paralympic Games. Paralympians are world-class athletes who live with a mental or physical disability. 10/00

A sprial of violence threatens to push a volatile region into full-scale war

As the nation takes in the second presidential debate between Al Gore and George W. Bush, TIME.com offers a behind-the-scenes look at the events surrounding the first. 10/00

In a series of famous and not-so-famous Beatles portraits, TIME.com takes a look at the Fab Four in some of their goofiest moments. 10/00

Lowlights on the campaign trail from the first week of October

Serb protestors overcome police and tear gas to seize Belgrade's parliament building. 10/00

TIME.com reflects on the power of the Sydney Games with an exclusive olympic portfolio from TIME contract photographers Sergei Guneyev and Joe McNally. 10/00

Boys don't stay boys for very long in inner-city Baltimore. One experimental program hopes to change that by taking the most at-risk of these troubled kids away from the city to a special boarding school in Kenya. In photographs by Radhika Chalasani, TIME.com tracks their amazing journey from city to savanna and back. 10/00

Tension over the future of Jerusalem turns into full-fledged, deadly conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. 10/00

Four Palestinians are killed after worshipers in the Al Aksa mosque threw stones at Jews praying at the Western Wall. The battle highlights the religious passions underlying troubled negotiations over the fate of Jerusalem. 09/00

A set of stunning pictures recently taken by NASA's Transition Region and Coronal Explorer (TRACE) spacecraft expose the source of the sun's most spectacular heat: The plumes that rise and fall within 10,000 miles of the sun's surface. 09/00

Florence Griffith Joyner, Mark Spitz and Nadia Comaneci are only a few of the Olympic legends who have captivated the world with their larger-than-life feats. Walk back in TIME as we pause to remember the most spectacular competitors in Olympic history. 09/00

Remember the Prague Spring of 1968? Now it's the Prague Fall, and this time the enemy is capitalism. 09/00

An introduction to some of the most important players in the history of hip-hop. 09/00

TIME.com presents images from the world's greatest athletic competition. 09/00

With everything from fireworks to fire-eaters, the 27th Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, started off with a bang. 09/00

Too many Americans spend their final days in a hospital or nursing home, alone and in pain. It doesn't have to be that way, as this photo essay by Eugene Richards shows.

A TIME team, including columnist Joel Stein, descended on the Nevada desert for the recent annual Burning Man arts festival. Here's his pictorial report.

The MTV Video Music Awards take over a tiny corner of the city that never sleeps

On a day when America celebrated with parades and barbecues, Al and George W. worked even harder

For 10 years following the collapse of the Berlin Wall, TIME contract photographer Anthony Suau traveled the lands of the former Soviet bloc. In hundreds of powerful images and audio commentaries, Suau documents in stark detail the people of that region as they shed their former skin and head into an unknown future. 08/00

At least 11 are dead and thousands are displaced as Taiwan endures Asia's worst storm of the year. 08/00

An explosion sinks a Russian nuclear submarine, killing all aboard. TIME.com chronicles the harrowing final days of a futile rescue effort. 08/00

It was the week when Al Gore went very public. Before and after his speech, photographer Diana Walker followed him behind the scenes. 08/00

The Democratic convention has attracted quite a cast of characters: Ghosts, zombies, pigs and protesters all descended on the Staples Center. 08/00

Harry Benson, who has been photographing presidents since Eisenhower, visited with Vice President Al Gore and his family at home in Tennessee and on vacation on Figure Eight Island, N.C. 08/00

Photographer Diana Walker spent the week with Presidential hopeful Al Gore and his VP choice, Joseph Lieberman, as they geared up for the Democratic convention. 08/00

As the worst fires in 50 years raged throughout the West, photographer Bill Campbell covered the devastation in Bitterroot National Forest. 08/00

Take a look back at the 1960 Democratic convention in Los Angeles in this photo essay from the TIME/LIFE vault. 08/00

The Democrats get ready for Los Angeles — but is Los Angeles ready for the Democrats? 08/00

When Al Gore named Connecticut senator Joe Lieberman as his running mate, he gave the Democrats a shot in the arm — and a new lease on morality. 08/00

In one of the worst fire seasons in a half century, 66 fires are blazing in 11 western states, destroying forest land and buildings and forcing terrified residents out of their homes. 08/00

From Danish princes to Jedi Knights, Sir Alec Guinness's career spanned 66 years and countless roles — many of them in the same movie. 08/00

As the candidate took a trip trhough the heartland to Philadelphia, photographer Brooks Kraft captured Bush watching his convention and being moved by its tributes. 08/00

Tiger Woods knows how to make the big shots. Here are some classics from his already illustrious career. 08/00

Dubya delivers the goods in his keynote speech to the Republican National Convention. And then it's to clear out and clean up. 08/00

A plethora of protesters have gathered at the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia. From sit-downs to marches to mayhem, TIME.com brings you the action. 08/00

As the 2000 Republican Convention kicks off, TIME.com brings you scenes of the fun and hijinks of the convention floor. 08/00

Visiting the executive mansion in Austin on a hot July weekend, TIME contract photographer Brooks Kraft found George W. at rest, planning his ranch, and bonding with Dick Cheney. 07/00

Take a look back at the 1948 GOP convention in this photo essay from the TIME/LIFE vault. 07/00

Lance Armstrong wins another Tour de France title, slogging through Alpine rain and wind — and capturing the imagination of fans worldwide. 07/00

On July 25, an Air France Concorde crashed moments after takeoff, killing everyone on board and shaking public confidence in the aircraft's formerly rock-solid safety record. 07/00

A heat wave has gripped the south-central United States, leaving beleaguered residents to find ways of beating temperatures that are hovering around 100 degrees. 07/00

And you thought it was all just boring diplomatic stuff at the Camp David confab. Well, it was -- but we didn't let that stop us. 07/00

In the largest maritime event in history, 150 tall ships and more than 40 military vessels sailed into New York Harbor on Independence Day. 07/00

Images of a celebration, America's first Independence day of the new millennium. 07/00

A TIME photographer steps behind the campaign machinery to take an intimate look at Mexico's presidential front runners. 06/00

After seven months, the tug of war over Elian Gonzalez ends, and the boy and his father return to Cuba. 06/00

Wrestling fans grab your lawn chairs. Teenage boys are brawling in a backyard near you. Photographs by Scott Houston and Chris Ramirez. SHOCKWAVE. 06/00

An emotional funeral marks the passing of longtime Middle East strongman Hafez Assad. 06/00

Two powerful earthquakes shake the the Indonesian islands of Sumatra and Enggano, leaving more than one hundred dead and thousands injured and homeless. 06/00

Youth culture — often fueled by drugs such as ecstacy — is in thrall to deejays and the relentless beat of electronic music. SHOCKWAVE. 05/00

Photographer Mary Ellen Mark has a unique view of America, a fact that comes out loud and clear in this selection of images from her book and exhibit. 05/00

Tens of thousands of protesters came to Washington on Mother's Day to demand stricter gun control, but the opposition rallied its own supporters. 05/00

A wall of fire sweeps through this New Mexico town, destroying hundreds of homes and threatening thousands more. 05/00

As chaos grips the west African nation, British forces arrive to help U.N. peacekeepers restore order . 05/00

The Million Mom March on Washington is inspired by women like these, forever scarred by gun violence. 05/00

In a series of searingly sad images, photographer Seamus Murphy documents the horror of the drought and famine in Ethiopia's Ogaden region. 05/00

Photographer James Nachtwey documents the delicate balance between birth and death in Rwanda in this TIME.com exclusive. 04/00

The government moves to reunite Cuban boy with his father. 04/00

A photographic timeline of the struggle for Elian Gonzalez. 04/00

In a volume of profound, unflinching pictures, award-winning photojournalist James Nachtwey surveys the grave new world of the 1990s. 03/00

Dramatic images from documentary photographer Sebastião Salgado's new book, 'Migrations'. 03/00

TIME.com follows John Paul II on his historic tour of Christianity's holiest sites. 03/00

A TIME.com exclusive photo essay of the Gore campaign by photographer Diana Walker. 03/00

The voters, the victors and the not-so-lucky: Images from March's decisive day of primaries. 03/00

A TIME.com exclusive photo essay of the Bradley campaign by P.F. Bentley. 03/00

Deadly waters overwhelm the African nation and leave thousands of victims stranded on roofs and treetops. 02/00

A TIME.com exclusive photo essay of the McCain campaign by Christopher Morris. 02/00

A TIME.com exclusive photo essay of the Bush campaign by Brooks Kraft and Tomas Muscionico.

TIME.com looks back at the TV and film career of Leonardo DiCaprio. 02/00

Chechnya's capital lies in ruins in the aftermath of the Russian invasion. 02/00

Every four years, Iowa's presidential caucuses make the Hawkeye State the center of the political universe. TIME.com checks in on the candidates and the hoopla. 01/00

The first big snowstorm of 2000 covered the East Coast of the United States with a blanket of the white stuff, frustrating motorists but providing fun for those with time to play. 01/00

Explore the life and times of Albert Einstein, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Mohandas Gandhi

Tumbling temperatures and a sprinkling of snow put the Northeast and Midwest in true winter mood. 01/00

Exclusive photos for TIME and TIME.com from around the globe document the entrance into the new millennium. 01/2000

The year 2000 finally reaches the Western Hemisphere in the third installment of a three-part TIME.com photo essay documenting the arrival of the new millennium. 01/2000