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A tour of the vandalized homes of the Tunisian president and his family
Hu Jintao's Day at the White House
Photographer Brooks Kraft captures the Chinese president's historic meeting with Obama
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Obama's First Two Years: An Inside View
Chief Official White House photographer Pete Souza shares his favorite images from his coverage of the first half of the Obama administration. An intimate, behind-the-scenes look at the multilayered world of the President.
Sargent Shriver and the Peace Corps
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A Brief History of People Power
As mass protests in Tunisia seek to bring about regime change, TIME looks at other instances of popular rebellion
Tunisian Protesters Topple the Government
The country's President, Zine el Abidine Ben Ali, flees in the face of a protest movement demanding jobs and democracy
Desert Storm Revisited
Twenty years after the first Gulf War began: a familiar enemy, but a different result.
Dakar Rally 2011
The world's most brutal off-road race runs in South America for the third year in a row
Scenes from Tucson in Grief: January 2011
Photographer Matt Slaby takes the pulse of the stricken city in the aftermath of the tragic shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and 18 others
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Hundreds Die in Brazilian Mudslides
Flash floods and landslides claim lives and level buildings
Risky Crossings: Immigration in Greece
As migrants from Asia pour across the country's borders onto the soil of the European Union, the Greek government considers building a fence
Photographs by Angelos Tzortzinis
Miss America Then and Now
A look back at more than 80 years of the Miss America Competition
Haiti One Year Later
Reconstruction of the regions devastated in the January 12, 2010 earthquake proceeds very slowly — if at all
Photographs by Shaul Schwarz / Reportage by Getty Images for TIME
The Most Notable Assassins in U.S. History
The shooting in Tucson is just the latest in a long line of attempts on the lives of American politicians. TIME takes a look back at the gun-toting men who succeeded — and those who came all too close.
Flooding in Australia Spreads
Brisbane and the coast are devastated by heavy rains and flash floods
Ivory Coast Post-Election Violence Rises
As incumbent Laurent Gbagbo digs in, attacks on opposition supporters increase
The World of Jared Lee Loughner
Scenes from the Tucson home and neighborhood of the alleged Arizona shooter
Messages for the Tucson Victims
The Tucson, Ariz., tragedy inspires an outpouring of grief in words and pictures
Mourning the Victims of the Arizona Shooting
The nation grieves the murders of six people after the assassination attempt on Arizona Representative Gabrielle Giffords
Southern Sudan Goes to the Polls
The referendum on Jan. 9 will likely create the world's newest nation
Wings of Mercy: Medevac in Afghanistan
TIME photographer James Nachtwey photographs the men of Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 214th Regiment
Photographs by James Nachtwey for TIME
The Death of an Aging Nuclear Plant
Technicians have been dismantling the Soviet-era reactor in Lubmin, Germany, for more than 15 years, and the job is nowhere near complete
Photographs by Michael Jungblut / Laif / Redux
Freeing Its Data, London Turns Access into Apps
The London Datastore urges the city's agencies and civil servants to put their data into a public repository where anyone can access it, graph it, map it or track it, making the city more friendly, transparent and efficient
The European Elvis Championships
Eighty contestants gather in Birmingham, England, for a whole lotta shakin', moanin' and rockin'
Photographs by Peter Macdiarmid / Getty Images
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