Olivia Jennifer

07/21/2023

Common Sense published in 1776 was widely read and with it, Paine solidified his spot as the scribe of the revolution. Paine donated his earnings from the publication to the Continental Army for mittens.

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07/18/2023

The water ripples where a grey whale has just slipped below the surface outside the Boca de Soledad, where the Pacific Ocean meets the Bahía Magdalena, in Baja California Sur.

07/07/2023

This 16th-century library is perhaps most famous for being methodically plundered by a crime ring in 2012. Approximately 80 percent of the stolen books have since been recovered, thanks to the help of antiquarian booksellers and collectors.

06/28/2023

A man stands in the shade of the 400-year-old Prosopis cineraria tree, known famously as the “tree of life.” It is also Bahrain’s loneliest tree, as it stands alone, with no other tree in sight on a barren hillside about 15 miles south of Bahrain’s capital city, Manama. It survives because its tap root can reach into groundwater 115 feet beneath the surface.

06/20/2023

Samburu warriors stand on a ridge surrounded by the 975,000-acre Namunyak Wildlife Conservation Trust in northern Kenya. This photo appeared in a May 2017 story about Samburu warriors who save and care for orphaned elephants.

06/02/2023

A group of Japanese macaques—also known as “snow monkeys”—soak in a hot spring in Japan’s Jigokudani Monkey Park.

05/26/2023

Picasso captured the mountain town of Horta de Sant Joan—with its lush vineyards and charming alquerías, or farmhouses—in his famous painting “Horta de Ebro,” completed after his second visit to the village in the summer of 1909. (Read more about Picasso’s hometown.)

05/18/2023

Somehow the world-class mountain biking in Sun Valley, Idaho, remains relatively under the radar. But with more than 400 miles of singletrack (including lift-accessed downhill trails on the ski area), 30 miles of paved bike paths, and spectacular alpine views, Sun Valley really is one of the great riding destinations, period.

05/05/2023

Your Shot photographer Jen Lucas documented her 11 year-old son as he cracked eggs into a a cornbread mixture.

05/02/2023

"Usually the top draws at boxing events are the boxers for obvious reasons," writes Your Shot photographer Micky Kalita. "But I find the moments between furious bouts of boxing equally fascinating. The ring fringed by lights. The anxious coaches. The edgy boxers. The we-mean-business referees. The ring girls. The TV crews. It's not just boxing. It's performance art."

04/27/2023

Your Shot photographer Yuliy Vasilev made this still life image of tomato soup.

04/26/2023

Madeira, Portugal’s “Floating Garden of the Atlantic” is 310 miles off the African coast, a 90-minute flight from Lisbon. In Funchal, the island’s largest city, buildings, streets, and storefronts bloom with floral murals, sculptures, and intricate flowering carpets during the annual Flower Festival (May 9 to 15). The main event is Sunday’s Flower Parade. Dozens of elaborate floral floats and thousands of costumed folk dancers move to the castanet rhythm of Madeira’s folkloric brinquinho—a whimsical, puppetlike percussion instrument powered by dancing wooden dolls. Saturday morning’s smaller Children’s Parade attracts hundreds of flower-costumed youngsters, each carrying a single bloom. Snag a viewing spot along Avenida Zarco’s black-and-white mosaic sidewalk, or wait in the Praça do Município (Town Hall Square) to watch the children build a blooming “Wall of Hope” with their flowers. Following the parade, dress in your “smart casual” best for afternoon tea at the Old World Reid’s Palace Hotel. Book a Tea Terrace table to savor panoramic Atlantic views along with buttered scones and a pot of Reid’s signature blend.