The Church publishes the Monitor because it sees good journalism as vital to progress in the world. Since 1908, we’ve aimed “to injure no man, but to bless all mankind,” as our founder ...

The oldest surviving world map, known as the Imago Mundi, offers a fascinating glimpse into ancient Babylonian life. Dating ...

Over the past seven years, Scottish photographer Kieran Dodds has been taking pictures of people from around the world with ginger hair. Kieran himself is "pale and ginger", what he calls a ...

The image is an authentic photograph of a researcher from Surrey NanoSystems, a company that produces a product called Vantablack, which they have proclaimed is the world record holder for the ...

Name: Babylonian Map of the World ("Imago Mundi" in Latin) What it is: A clay tablet inscribed with the oldest known map of the ancient world Where it is from: Abu Habba (Sippar), an ancient ...

Political protests hit an international crescendo, violence struck at the heart of America and wartime atrocities tested the world’s resolve. Fifty years later, it’s clear the year left scars ...

A selection of some of the most powerful pictures taken by news agency photographers around the world this year. A woman from the Kirat community wearing traditional dress dances during the Sakela ...

Back in those days, Chandoha’s cat photos were everywhere ... Even camera and film companies promoted him, sometimes as “the world’s most famous cat photographer.” He would photograph ...

Hurricane Milton made landfall near Siesta Key, Florida, Wednesday night as a Category 3 storm. At least 16 people died from ...

Hurricane Milton made landfall around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 9, near Siesta Key. Here's the most recent updates for the ...