Posted By: Marc Martin
Posted On: 1:00 p.m. | March 3, 2011
The day after Libyan government forces were repelled in their attack on the rebel-controlled city of Port Brega, which houses a key oil facility and air base, rebels buried the dead and recruits of all ages began training at a site in nearby Benghazi. The victory at Port Brega has greatly raised morale among the rebels and boosted the number of able-bodied men volunteering for the fight... View Post»
Posted By: Alan Hagman
Posted On: 1:51 a.m. | March 2, 2011
During the recent uprising in Cairo, One small section of Tahrir Square, in front of a branch of the American fast food chain Hardee’s, was transformed into the nascent opposition headquarters. A stage was erected, former opposition leaders, average citizens and grass roots organizers gathered there to speak to the masses via a scratchy public address system. View Post»
Posted By: Kathy M.Y. Pyon
Posted On: 6:58 a.m. | March 1, 2011
What are those gigantic faces looking at me on the side of building around town all about? View Post»
Posted By: Marc Martin
Posted On: 2:45 p.m. | February 28, 2011
Gunmen set up a checkpoint on the outskirts of Marsa al Burayqah, the western edge of territory under the control of Libyan revolutionaries. Beyond lies the city of Sirte, the hometown of Moammar Kadafi and a stronghold of forces loyal to the dictator. View Post»
Posted By: Jerome Adamstein
Posted On: 11:53 p.m. | February 27, 2011
Los Angeles Times photographer Al Seib takes us backstage at the Academy Awards for a unique behind-the-scenes glimpse of the anticipation, the excitement and the energy of Hollywood's biggest night. For full coverage of the 2011 Oscars, please visit The Envelope. View Post»
Posted By: Alan Hagman
Posted On: 3:41 p.m. | February 26, 2011
Thousands of foreigners continued their exodus from Libya as Moammar Kadafi reportedly deployed mercenaries in Tripoli. In the Libyan port city of Benghazi, guest workers stood in line for hours to board three ships as they evacuated the town currently under the control of anti-government protesters. In the Tunisian border town of Ras Ajdir, refugees flooded the barren landscape as they jostled... View Post»
Posted By: Times Editors
Posted On: 9:58 p.m. | February 25, 2011
Snow levels dropped below 1,000 feet, bringing a dusting to local hillsides in Southern California. A low-pressure center from Alaska is expected to bring overnight temperatures down into the 30s. View Post»
Posted By: Bryan Chan
Posted On: 6:57 p.m. | February 25, 2011
The winners of the 68th Annual Pictures of the Year International competition were announced this week by the University of Missouri School of Journalism. Los Angeles Times photojournalist Barbara Davidson won several top awards in the newspaper division for her work documenting the pain and suffering of victims and their families in the aftermath of gang violence. Stories from Davidson's... View Post»
Posted By: Jerome Adamstein
Posted On: 3:43 p.m. | February 25, 2011
Inspired by revolutions in neighboring Tunisia and Egypt, Libyans have taken to the streets against Moammar Kadafi. Many of Libya's diplomats, officials and soldiers have already turned against him.
Foreign journalists have been all but barred from traveling to Libya, although many have entered eastern Libya, much of which is now under the control of the opposition. View Post»
Posted By: Alan Hagman
Posted On: 2:54 p.m. | February 25, 2011
As political unrest spread across the Middle East and North Africa, the times dispatched photojournalists Carolyn Cole, Michael Robinson Chavez, Rick Loomis and Luis Sinco to cover the often violent clashes between anti-government protesters and government forces. View Post»
Posted By: Marc Martin
Posted On: 11:06 a.m. | February 25, 2011
Thousands of firefighters crowded into the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels for the funeral service for Los Angeles city firefighter Glenn Allen, who was fatally injured while battling a house fire in the Hollywood Hills the night of Feb. 16. View Post»
Posted By: Bryan Chan
Posted On: 4:07 p.m. | February 24, 2011
Times staff photographers Rick Loomis and Luis Sinco are covering the turmoil in Libya. Sinco is in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi which is under protesters' control and Loomis is on the border in Tunisia. View Post»
Posted By: Bryan Chan
Posted On: 6:10 p.m. | February 22, 2011
When farrier John Gorton fires up the forge and starts to shape a horse’s shoe, he opens a door onto an ancient trade that thrives in this modern region. The work is physically demanding. The clients can be skittish and their owners temperamental. But in the company of these animals -- alive to the flicker of their ears and the darkness in their eyes -- he finds a wildness that is beautiful... View Post»
Posted By: Jerome Adamstein
Posted On: 11:40 a.m. | February 20, 2011
In the Moroccan capital of Rabat and in cities across the country, tens of thousands of protesters marched peacefully Sunday to demand a new constitution to bring greater democratic reform to the North African kingdom amid the wave of Arab world upheaval. In Bahrain, protesters swept back into Manama's Pearl Square after Crown Prince Salman ibn Hamed Khalifa ordered troops and armored vehicles... View Post»
Posted By: Bryan Chan
Posted On: 11:11 a.m. | February 20, 2011
By Robert Gauthier, Los Angeles Times
It’s known as the largest migration of people on Earth. Millions in China pack trains, buses and planes in big cities, such as Beijing, and head to their hometowns and villages to celebrate the Lunar New Year, their most important holiday.
On assignment with Los Angeles Times bureau chief Barbara Demick and reporter Megan Stack, we set out to... View Post»
Posted By: Bryan Chan
Posted On: 9:04 a.m. | February 20, 2011
Every year, millions of of migrant workers in China make their way home to celebrate the Lunar New Year with their seldom-seen families. This is the world’s largest human migration, bringing the great gears of China’s booming economy to an abrupt stop as workers flee the big cities and industrial hubs en masse and head for their ancestral villages. For most families painfully split by... View Post»
