Photo Essays

Born Under Fire: The Dawn of Israel, 1948
Sixty-five years ago this week, in the midst of a civil war and at the tail end of the decades-long British Mandate of Palestine, the state of Israel was born...

Into Baghdad
U.S. troops entered Iraq's capital this week. Their mission: show Saddam that U.S. tanks can penetrate his defenses at will

Death of Al-Qaeda's Man in Iraq
A photo portfolio of al-Zarwai's killing and the legacy of his deadly insurgency

American Atrocity: Remembering My Lai
Through the centuries, whether combatants have fought with spears, bows and arrows, muzzle-loading rifles, naval cannons, long-range bombers, nuclear weapons or...

Bushwhacked in Fallujah
TIME photographer Yuri Kozyrev comes under fire on patrol with the 82nd Airborne

Iraq: Photographer Robert Nickelsberg Covers the War
On Assignment: Robert Nickelsberg

A TIME Photographer's Iraq Diary
Photojournalist Robert Nickelsberg has covered the war from before it began

Five Years in Iraq
TIME Photographer Franco Pagetti has covered the war since it began

Iraq's Porous Borders
As smugglers go, so go jihads

Baghdad Rocked by a Series of Bombs
Two truck bombs struck the Iraqi Foreign and Finance Ministries while three roadside bombs exploded in other parts of the city.

Iraq: Photographer Christopher Morris Covers the War
On Assignment: Christopher Morris

Suicide Blasts Rock Baghdad
Three major government facilities are destroyed in a pair of blasts in the Iraqi capital

Iraq: Photographer Benjamin Lowy Covers the War
On Assignment: Benjamin Lowy

Prison Life Inside Baghdad's Camp Cropper
Photographer Yuri Kozyrev gets a rare glimpse into a crowded Iraqi detention center.Reported by Abigail Hauslohner

Iraq: Photographer Yuri Kozyrev Covers the War
On Assignment: Yuri Kozyrev

Magazine photoessay about Election Day in Iraq
Iraqis go to the polls to determine the future of their country

Behind the Scenes with Obama in Iraq
TIME photographer Callie Shell follows the President on his first visit to the war-torn nation as Commander in Chief

Taking Control of Iraq
Led by Paul Bremer, U.S. forces continue the difficult task of remaking a shattered country

Journey Into Baghdad
Iraq's dangerous streets seen through the lens of photojournalist Franco Pagetti

The Surge in Iraq: One Year Later
On the first anniversary of the increase in troops levels, TIME photographer Yuri Kozyrev explores the success and failures of the US strategy


