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Monday, March 2, 2026

Troops from the U.S. Army’s 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum, New York, stand assembled on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) as it heads toward the Caribbean to participate in Operations Able Vigil and Support Democracy off the coast of Haiti

Protest in Venezuela against government censorship

Sailors from the USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) attend a ceremony commemorating the arrival of three ships from China's People's Liberation Army-Navy [PLA(N)] at Naval Station Mayport as part of a routine goodwill port visit

Soldiers from the U.S. Army’s 10th Mountain Division, based at Fort Drum, New York, gather on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) as it departs for the Caribbean to support Operations Able Vigil and Support Democracy near Haiti

Venezuela protests against the Nicolas Maduro government, Altamira Square

Economy & Politics

Why Washington is drawing red lines in the Caribbean?

Inside the escalating showdown over fraud, refugees, narcotrafficking, and rival powers in America’s closest sphere

Sambar in Horton Plains, Sri Lanka (c) Gehan de Silva Wijeyeratne

Birdwatching in the highlands of Sri Lanka

Tea country and Horton Plains National Park

Silhouette of a woman in traditional attire by the window

The long way back to myself

Survival, motherhood, emotional healing, and the birth of purpose

Active prayer, watercolour, 16 × 12 cm, Mark Weighton, 2025

Spiritual cleansing in a season of shared prayer

Virgo Full Moon

On the Street

The lush greenery within the glass dome of the building illustrates the concept of regenerative design, where buildings create and renew their own resources

Architecture & Design

Using nature as a blueprint in architecture

Regenerative design, biomimicry, and ecomimicry are the secrets to next-generation architecture

An obese boy holding cutlery, ready to eat

The hidden danger on our plates

How ultra-processed foods fuel childhood obesity

A healthcare professional presenting a cannabis leaf and cannabis oil bottle in front of a white wall, highlighting the therapeutic potential of medical cannabis

Science & Technology

Shaping the future of medical cannabis with innovation

Innovative technologies driving safety, sustainability, and transparency in medical cannabis production

Two hands reaching out to connect

Culture of separation

Understanding where your desires come from

An old attic filled with a treasure chest of historical photographs and handwritten letters

First love and first heartbreak

A daughter, a journal, and the secrets time forgot

Serenella and David Ciclitira

It is all about the artists

An exclusive conversation with art collectors and entrepreneurs David and Serenella Ciclitira

Architecture & Design

View of Santorini, Greece, with iconic white houses and blue-domed churches

How travel shapes empathy and innovation in design

Global encounters inspire designers to move beyond visuals and create work rooted in culture, connection, and respect

Life in the Jōmon period as recreated at the Municipal Museum of Archaeology in Ichikawa: a prehistoric woman sits before a fire where fish are being grilled on skewers, and, behind her, a heap of discarded clamshells (shell midden) and a wooden rack on which whole squids are being dried

How pottery shaped the human mind

Early ceramics and the rise of symbolic thought

Art

Gesti Scolpiti at the Teatro Antico di Taormina in Taormina, Italy transforms ancient stone into a dialogue between memory, gesture, and contemporary resistance

Jago at the ancient theatre of Taormina

In Gesti Scolpiti, the Italian sculptor transforms marble and bronze into a meditation on gesture, memory, and visibility

Vicsek Viktor & Rodrigo Guzman: Saeculum, 2025 ® David Biro

More than human at LAM Budapest

Where light, technology, and art reshape perception and human identity

Culture

Sunlight shining through a leaf, representing love through one's capacity to feel love everywhere if they know how to identify it

The Sun rises every day

Today it dawned again, as always

Silena Santoni ultimately presents My Creature as a story of survival, where writing becomes an act of self-preservation

Silena Santoni and the birth of a monster

Reimagining Mary Shelley’s “year without a summer” in My Creature

Economy & Politics

A figure treading on scattered coins, illustrating the commodification of progress and success

The economy of passion

How financial logic increasingly governs self-worth, ambition, and everyday pleasures

A frayed American flag hangs in quiet testimony to a nation grappling with democratic strain

Trump administration: corruption and collapse

Justice, opposition, and the perilous state of American politics in 2025

Entertainment

The award-winning American family sitcom Modern Family

The history of comedy in modern TV and cinema

The rise, fall, and reinvention of comedy in film and television

A gamer playing a video game in a dark room while wearing a gaming helmet

Why playing together is the new dating

Forget dinner dates; modern romance is built on teamwork, trust, and surviving boss fights without rage-quitting

Fashion

A model showcasing Dior’s iconic New Look from 1947, symbolizing post-war elegance and the rebirth of feminine style

Fashion and post-war recovery

How style helped conceal injuries and restore dignity

Behind all the glamour, the quiet truth: the atelier is where a small army of skilled hands safeguards irreplaceable techniques

Haute couture: where craft, fantasy, and luxury collide

An entertaining deep dive into the history, importance, critiques, and evolution of fashion’s most exclusive universe

Feature

Silhouette of a person standing by neon lights at night

Map of your head

A couple reconnecting in front of the ocean

Following his senses

Some memories never fade

Food & Wine

Hyperlipidemia is a significant factor that contributes to cardiovascular diseases globally. Thankfully, it is one factor that is easy to modify through medications and lifestyle changes

Feeding your microbiome to lower your cholesterol

Focusing on a pro-gut microbiome diet can improve cholesterol and other lipid levels

A man with a beer glass in his hand, sitting in a bar, enjoying pint of his beer

The world of beer: exploring styles and flavors

From crisp lagers to complex stouts, a journey through beer’s diverse landscape

Science & Technology

Exploring human genetics through advanced genome sequencing and detailed DNA mapping

The completion of the Indian gene database

A new era for human genomics

Male doctor holding a model of a human heart

Homocysteine: the silent killer of the heart

Why this lesser-known amino acid could be the key to preventing heart attacks and strokes

Sport

Back view of a shirtless man posing to showcase his muscles and physical fitness

HIIT: the athlete’s secret weapon

From sprints to plyometrics, discover how HIIT transforms fitness and performance across sports

An Adidas soccer ball resting on the grass pitch, ready for the game

From Sialkot to stadiums: the hidden price of football

The impact of football production on workers in Sialkot, Pakistan

Travel

A Lesotho herder wears a Basotho blanket, a covering commonly worn, which has become a national symbol

Lesotho, a kingdom in the sky

The only independent state in the world that lies entirely above 3,281 feet in elevation

The Warsaw Uprising Monument, Poland

Warsaw: the phoenix city

How a capital reduced to rubble rose again through art, memory, and the unbreakable will of its people

Wellness

A lone figure sitting on a bench beneath a tree, capturing a quiet moment of solitude

The generation of silent loneliness

How AI became the mirror of our empty hearts

A woman taking a brief rest on a rocky mountainside, reflecting the balance between effort and self-compassion

Finding strength when life knocks you down

How small choices, daily habits, and perspective shifts build resilience

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Mouteea Murad, Trial no. 166 - I am not Jackson Pollock VII (detail), 2024. Courtesy of Ayyam Gallery

Exodus through the maze: disorientation as fate

4 Mar — 10 Apr 2026 at the Ayyam Gallery in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Komelia H. Okim, Spring march (detail). Courtesy of Kate Oh Gallery

Inner routes: cartographies of becoming

4 — 14 Mar 2026 at the Kate Oh Gallery in New York, United States

Sara Naim, A chickpea, hummus (detail), 2025. Courtesy of The Third Line

Mother practices her tongue

4 Mar — 7 Apr 2026 at The Third Line in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Alan Chapman, Kate Moss (detail). Courtesy of Cramer St Gallery

4 Mar — 8 Feb 2026 at the Cramer St Gallery in London, United Kingdom

Tad Savinar, Stage. Courtesy. Courtesy of PDX Contemporary Art

A logbook through darkness

4 — 28 Mar 2026 at the PDX Contemporary Art in Portland, United States

Andy Dixon, Red composition with butter (detail), 2025. Courtesy of Opera Gallery

Dreaming in colour

5 Mar — 6 Apr 2026 at the Opera Gallery in London, United Kingdom

Emma Richardson, Double infinity (detail), 2026. Courtesy of Liminal Gallery

Between waking and wanting

5 Mar — 6 Apr 2026 at the Liminal Gallery in Margate, United Kingdom

Gregory Crewdson, The ice machine (detail), 2021-2022. Courtesy of Templon Gallery

5 Mar — 18 Apr 2026 at the Templon Gallery in Brussels, Belgium

Laurry Ramirez Gallardo. Courtesy of Azur Gallery

Optical affairs

5 Mar — 20 Apr 2026 at the Galeria Azur in Miami, United States

Hugo Winder-Lind, The landscape of my belly (detail). Courtesy of Isabel Sullivan Gallery

Clouds of limitless and expanding joy

5 Mar — 11 Apr 2026 at the Isabel Sullivan Gallery in New York, United States

Jivan Lee, Strong upward lift. Courtesy of William Havu Gallery

Infinite landscape

6 Mar — 9 May 2026 at the William Havu Gallery in Denver, United States

Cho Sung Hee, White globe (detail), 2026. Courtesy of Opera Gallery

6 — 29 Mar 2026 at the Opera Gallery in Miami, United States

Cecilie Waagner Falkenstrøm, A black hole calling us (detail), 2025. Courtesy of ARoS

A black hole calling us

6 Mar — 26 Apr 2026 at ARoS in Aarhus, Denmark

Julia Kochetova, A young recruit of the 92nd brigade during the training course at the shooting range, 2025. Courtesy of Foam

War is personal

6 Mar — 25 May 2026 at the Foam in Amsterdam, Netherlands

Verena Blok, Nikki & Sallie (detail), December 2023, The Hague. Courtesy of Foam

6 Mar — 25 May 2026 at the Foam in Amsterdam, Netherlands

Désert du Tsaïdam, 3000 m. Fin mai, mont Kitin Kara, dans la chaîne des Kuen Lun, 1935, Qinghai, République de Chine © Succession Ella Maillart et Photo Elysée, Lausanne

Photographic encounters

6 Mar — 1 Nov 2026 at the Photo Elysée in Lausanne, Switzerland

Luc Delahaye, A rally of the opposition candidate Alexander Milinkevich, 2006 © Courtesy of Luc Delahaye et de la galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris / Bruxelles

The echo of the world

6 Mar — 31 May 2026 at the Photo Elysée in Lausanne, Switzerland

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