California, where terrifying wildfires are a rhythm of life
Image of the Week: Nothing but heavy rain seems capable of halting the infernos wracking the state. Same goes for ball games.
Photography
Tim Hortons and Barbie: two minutes each for delay of game
Image of the Week: Tim’s was set to roll out an exclusively white Hockey Barbie when it suddenly woke up to the times
The Maid of the Mist, coronavirus and America’s ship of fools
Image of the Week: The contrast between U.S. and Canadian pandemic policy can be seen aboard the countries’ respective tour boats below Niagara Falls
Trump’s impromptu security force gives a scary glimpse of things to come
Image of the Week: That shadowy team of officers yanking people off the streets of Portland, Ore. is one more hallmark of the autocrat the U.S. president seems to wish he could be
The look on Donald Trump’s face when he’s been proven wrong
Image of the Week: Either the U.S. president succumbed to weeks of expert consensus on masks, or he had an attack of common sense. Which is more likely?
Texas governor Greg Abbott, look at this picture
Image of the Week: This haunting photograph was taken in a Texas hospital just as COVID-19 cases in the state surged after an aggressive reopening plan
Saving the right whales
As North Atlantic right whales migrate north for summer feeding, pandemic restrictions may hamper critical research—but they might also help keep them alive
Don’t like classical music crowds? This one will grow on you.
Image of the Week: A concert staged exclusively for house plants restores Barcelona’s reputation as the capital of out-there art
Chuba Hubbard, football phenom from Canada, gets results on race
Image of the Week: Not long ago, teeing off on his coach over a racially charged photo might have derailed the career of a young running back. This time, it was the coach scrambling to keep his job.
The perplexing sight of cops saluting George Floyd’s casket
Image of the Week: Campus officers in uniform—most of them people of colour—stood at attention. Some saw it as a moment of healing; others as an insult.