Ukraine’s Hardest Winter
Weary soldiers and citizens express fatalistic optimism while preparing for the loss of U.S. military support.
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Sasha Maslov for The Atlantic He Was the World’s Longest-Held Death-Row Inmate. He Was Also Innocent.
Each day for 50 years, the Japanese boxer Iwao Hakamada woke up unsure whether it would be his last.
Illustration by Matt Rota ‘The Iranian Period Is Finished’
Hezbollah’s losses have led some in Lebanon to imagine a future without it.
Myriam Boulos / Magnum ‘It’s an Earthquake’
Beirut responds to Nasrallah’s death.
Alexandra Henry / Hans Lucas / Redux The Exploding Pagers of Lebanon
Today’s attack on Hezbollah struck a new kind of blow.
Anwar Amro / AFP / Getty How Not to Hand Populists a Weapon
Keir Starmer needs to address immigration, not because of Britain’s riots, but in spite of them.
Mark Pinder / Report Digital-Rea / Redux The Houthis’ Dream Come True
They have wanted a war with Israel for decades.
Mohammed Hamoud / Getty Clash of the Patriarchs
A hard-line Russian bishop backed by the political might of the Kremlin could split the Orthodox Church in two.
Photo-illustration by Cristiana Couceiro. Sources: Sefa Karacan / Anadolu Agency / Getty; Getty; Gali Tibbon / AFP / Getty. The Houthis Are Very, Very Pleased
Since staking claim to the Palestinian cause, the Yemeni militants have come to seem unstoppable.
MohammedHamoud / Getty Hezbollah Goes to the Theater
The Lebanese militant movement put on a play to stir the faithful. Watching it made me wonder about the real-life dramas that don’t make it to the stage.
Photographs courtesy of Robert F. Worth
