In Pictures

When winter is gloomy – particularly during Covid – cold and ice bring relief and joy to the Netherlands, where a passion for outdoor skating is embedded into the culture.

• The Netherlands
• Nature & Outdoors

While Covid-19 might be a major concern for the Antarctic tourist industry, it could be good news for the region itself.

• Antarctica
• Nature & Outdoors
• Covid-19

Dystopian and singularly beautiful, Lake Abbe is a desolated landscape of limestone chimneys and active geothermal activity that may one day form the world’s next ocean.

• Djibouti
• Ethiopia
• Environment
• Geology

The Bahariya and Farafra depressions have some of the rarest landscapes in Egypt, making one forget, for a moment, that the Pyramids are the country’s biggest attraction.

• Egypt
• Nature & Outdoors

During the Crépissage, residents of Djenné, Mali, work together to repair and rebuild the Grand Mosque, the world’s largest mud-brick structure.

• Mali
• Africa
• Arts & Architecture
• Cultural Traditions

Turtuk was part of Pakistan until 1971, when the Indian army occupied the village during a border war along the Line of Control and never gave it back.

• India
• Remote Places

Hidden in the remote stretches of north-west New Mexico, the Bisti Badlands are one of the US’ most surreal sites.

• USA
• National Parks
• Nature & Outdoors

For centuries, in the flatlands of southern Spain, one of the country’s longest cattle migrations has occurred. But now, technology is opening up new possibilities for farmers.

• Spain
• Cultural Traditions
• Animal