Sandstorms Hit Beijing

Beijingers awakened Monday to yellow-orange skies, marking the second time in three days that the Chinese capital had been scoured by sandstorms

Selma to Montgomery: Pivotal in Civil Rights

The 54-mile walk was a pivotal moment of the civil rights movement

Pictures of the Week

Aum Shinrikyo and Cults that Went Wacko

On the 15th anniversary of the Waco conflagration, a catalog of the murderous and suicidal groups that stunned the world

Photos: Gourmet Food Trucks

Chefs around the nation are using trucks to bring high-end food to the masses at drive-through prices.

Baby Dictators

Danish-Norwegian artist Nina Maria Kleivan dressed her daughter as some of the past century's most infamous dictators to highlight the human potential for evil

Real Life Rock Bands on Screen

The Runaways is but the latest cinematic effort to bring the story of a real life rock band to the big screen

New Jobs for a New Economy

Companies in Austin are on the hunt for talented workers to help them build their businesses

Photographs by Jeff Wilson For TIME

Saddam's Palaces Today

The former dictator's architectural excesses have been transformed into operations centers for the U.S. military.

Photographs by Richard Mosse / Leonore Annenberg Fellowship in the Performing and Visual Arts

Afghan Tragedy: Death of a Snow Leopard

A rare and beautiful creature is rescued, but then lost

Palestinian 'Day of Rage'

Anger over Israel's plan to build an additional 1,600 Jewish homes in East Jerusalem draws hundreds to the streets in protest

A Brief History of David Beckham

The English soccer player's dream of appearing in a fourth World Cup is over after he suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon. TIME looks back on the highs and lows of his colorful career
By Glen Levy

Moment in TIME: Covering the Pacific War

A gallery of TIME covers from World War II

The 2010 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees

A before-and-after look at this year's class

Love and Marriage in Prime Time

TIME looks back at some of TV's greatest real-life newlyweds. Because, as the ol' saying goes, first comes love, then comes marriage, then comes an 8 p.m. time slot on network TV

Photos: Scenes from the Pennsylvania Senate Race

Incumbent Arlen Specter faces challenges from both a Republican and a Democrat

Photographs by Mark Peterson / Redux for TIME

The Rise and Fall of Mikhail Gorbachev

A look back at the political career of the former Soviet leader who was elected General Secretary of the Communist Party 25 years ago

How to Dress Yourself Thin

In her book How to Never Look Fat Again, Charla Krupp reveals wardrobe secrets to make you look slimmer without hitting the gym

Photos: Brief History of the Tiger Woods Scandal

Tiger Woods says he will return from self-imposed golf exile to play in the Masters in April. A look at how he got here

Remembering Corey Haim

A former teen star, the actor died suddenly at age 38 on March 10, 2010

The Secret World of Cosplay

A behind-the-scenes look at how cosplayers bring their favorite characters from Japanese anime, comic books and video games to life

Photographs and story by Joseph Chi Lin

Battlefield Priest

Father Carl Subler travels Afghanistan, ministering to US troops in need of spiritual sustenance

And the Oscar Fashion Winners Are ...

TIME's Belinda Luscombe rates the best and worst of the gowns at the 2010 Academy Awards

Top 10 Post-Oscar Busts

You've won an Oscar! Now what? For these 10 Academy Award winners ... nothing. A look at the worst post-Oscar careers in movie history

Top 10 War Movies

As The Hurt Locker and Inglourious Basterds fight it out for Best Picture, TIME's Richard Corliss takes a look at cinema's 10 greatest war flicks

The Urbanization of the World's Refugees

The United Nations estimates that more than half the planet's displaced people now live in cities

Photographs by Zalmaï / UNHCR