Articles in the “people” category
Posted Monday, last week
A great collection of photos from the Twisted Sifter – the top galleries from 2011. Often the most popular posts on the site, the galleries not only take our readers around the world, but back in time as well. Some galleries even show us the farthest reaching points of the Cosmos and the thriving microscopic world [...]
Posted last year, at the end of July
Steve McCurry has pictures of the world in your cup. I love this quote: Coffee should be black as Hell, strong as death, and sweet as love. -Turkish Proverb (via)
Posted last year, at the start of May
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, along with members of the national security team, receive an update on the mission against Osama bin Laden in the Situation Room of the White House, May 1, 2011. (White House Flickr stream)
Posted last year, mid-March
The Atlantic: It’s almost impossible to grasp the scale of the tsunami that slammed into Japan yesterday following the 8.9-magnitude earthquake that struck off the coast near Sendai. The quake was a global-scale event, shifting the axis of the entire earth by four inches. These satellite photos may help you grasp just how much water moved from [...]
Posted 2 years ago, at the end of December
The Big Picture has chosen its best photos of the year for 2010. Part one, part two, part three.