TIME.com: Top Photoessays and Slideshows

Lockerbie 20 Years On

Sat, 20 Dec 2008 11:35:00

On 21 December 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 bound for New York was destroyed by a bomb, killing all passengers and crew. 11 people in the Scottish town of Lockerbie were also killed as large sections of the plane's fuselage fell in and around the town.

Portraits of Autoworkers

Sat, 20 Dec 2008 09:05:00

Employees at two General Motors plants, unsure of their futures, pause from their work for TIME photographer Christopher Morris

(Christopher Morris / VII for TIME)

Pictures of the Week

Sat, 20 Dec 2008 11:35:00

December 12-18, 2008

(John Kolesidis / Reuters)

Aftermath of a Shoe Attack

Sat, 20 Dec 2008 11:35:00

An Iraqi journalist's small protest inspires the Arab world

(Evan Vucci / AP)

Obama: The College Years

Sat, 20 Dec 2008 09:05:00

A 1980 photo shoot reveals a playful side of the President-elect Photographs by Lisa Jack

Barack Obama on Flickr

Sat, 20 Dec 2008 09:05:00

The historic 2008 election inspired thousands of people around the world to post their Obama-themed photography and art on the image-sharing site Flickr. Here is the best of the 100,000 images TIME examined.

From Emmett Till to Barack Obama

Sat, 20 Dec 2008 09:05:00

The civil rights movement culminates in the election of America's first black president

(Hulton / Getty)

Photos: Obama's Nation of Hope

Sat, 20 Dec 2008 09:05:00

TIME Photographer Christopher Morris travels America in search of the spirit that the historic election has inspired

(Christopher Morris / VII for TIME)

Photos: Fashions of the Russian Czars

Sat, 20 Dec 2008 09:05:00

The lavish taste and grandeur of Imperial Russia seen through the ceremonial dress and uniforms of Emperors and court officials in a new show at London's Victoria and Albert Museum.

(The Moscow Kremlin Museums )

Behind the Scenes on the Set of Che

Sat, 20 Dec 2008 09:05:00

Benicio Del Toro plays the iconic revolutionary Che Guevara in Steven Soderbergh's two-part biopicPhotographs by Alex Harris and Bill Bamberger