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  1. Stunning Images as a Mob Storms the U.S. Capitol

    Supporters of President Trump broke into the building as lawmakers were certifying the electoral count to confirm Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s victory.

    By Azi Paybarah and Brent Lewis

  2. Photos From Fashion’s Uncertain Year

    A look back at what fashion shows used to be while we wonder what's next.

    By Elizabeth Bristow

  3. The World Through a Lens

    Revisiting the Unseen Corners of the World

    During a year with limited travel possibilities, our World Through a Lens series offered Times readers a weekly escape. Here are some of the highlights.

    By The New York Times

  4. The World Through a Lens

    Wintry Scenes From a Swedish Wonderland

    With his foreign assignments canceled for the year, a photographer refocuses on his homeland — and finds plenty to admire.

    By Marcus Westberg

  5. The World Through a Lens

    In Indonesia, a Blurred Boundary Between the Living and the Dead

    The Toraja people of southern Sulawesi, one of Indonesia’s largest islands, are known for their elaborate death rituals, which include preserving and exhuming the dead.

    By Putu Sayoga

  6. The ‘Mexican Beverly Hills’

    How a former white enclave became an aspirational suburb for Latinos in Los Angeles.

    By June Canedo and Erick Galindo

  7. The World Through a Lens

    Hidden in Plain Sight: The Ghosts of Segregation

    Vestiges of racism and oppression, from bricked-over segregated entrances to the forgotten sites of racial violence, still permeate much of America’s built environment.

    By Richard Frishman

  8. The World Through a Lens

    Snapshots of Daily Life in a Remote Region of Portugal

    The Barroso is one of Portugal’s most isolated areas, known for its rough terrain, abiding agricultural traditions and stunning beauty.

    By André Vieira

  9. The World Through a Lens

    Have a Look at the Fabled Honey Forest

    In northeastern Turkey, the beekeeping traditions of the Hemshin people, an ethnic minority originating from Armenia, are both evolving and at risk of vanishing.

    By Sarah Pannell and Daniel Milroy Maher

  10. The World Through a Lens

    From Iraq, an Intimate Glimpse of the Religious Holiday of Arbaeen

    Every year, millions of pilgrims descend on the central Iraqi city of Karbala to commemorate the Shiite holiday of Arbaeen, one of the largest organized gatherings in the world.

    By Andrea DiCenzo