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A stand of trees — some dead, some still clinging to their leaves — in Blackwater Wildlife Refuge on the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland.

'Painting' The Ghost Forests Of The Mid-Atlantic Coast

A photographer uses watercolors sensitized to light to make ethereal images of dying trees on the Chesapeake and Delaware bays. As sea levels rise, these haunting sights will only continue to grow.

Iole Liguore, 11, plays the violin on her terrace while Italy is under a coronavirus lockdown.

Italian Lockdown: Images Of Life In Isolation

Three independent photographers based in Italy share their perspectives with images showing normally busy cities that are now empty, the Mona Lisa wearing a mask and a reassuring Post-it note.

New arrivals take their belongings to their rooms in a coronavirus quarantine center at a small college dorm on the outskirts of Hanoi, Vietnam.

Quarantined In Vietnam: Scenes From Inside A Center For Returning Citizens

The photographer, a photojournalism student at Syracuse University, documents her enforced quarantine after abruptly returning from her study abroad.

Searching For The American Dream On Paradise Road

A photographer has crossed the United States to explore the American dream on roads named Paradise.

Girón Merchy, 45, works in the radiology department at Riotinto Hospital in Huelva. On March 18, she began to feel the symptoms of the coronavirus. One day later it was confirmed that she had been infected with COVID-19. She has been in isolation at her home, avoiding physical contact with her two children and her partner.

In Spain, Photographers Come Together To Tell The Full Story Of The Pandemic

Photographers from around the country are sharing their work via the Instagram account #Covidphotodiaries.

(Left) During the coronavirus pandemic, cleaning has become more intense and important. Gloves used for cleaning photographer Celeste Alonso's house in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Right) Plants on Alonso's balcony.

Photographer Uses Instant Images To Make Sense Of Life In Isolation

When Argentina went into strict lockdown in March, Celeste Alonso was isolated in her home in Buenos Aires. She has been asserting what control she can over daily life, one Polaroid at a time.

Ethiopia Berta, an activist and educator who has been fighting for a change for many years, marches in Washington, D.C., on June 6. Last year she worked to keep Democracy Prep Public Charter School in southeast Washington, D.C., from closing.

As Black Photographers Document Protests, They Tell Their 'Own History In Real Time'

NPR talked to eight black photographers about documenting the protests against police brutality and systemic racism. They spoke of personal histories and of witnessing compassion for black protesters.

"I identify politically and internally as nonbinary and externally practice as masculine, so trans-masculine," Jady says. "Nonbinary to me is being off of the structure that was put into place to categorize/control people. To me, that's the political part of the identification."

Nonbinary Photographer Documents Gender Dysphoria Through A Queer Lens

Photographer Salgu Wissmath says gender dysphoria is "sorely misunderstood by society." They set out to document some of the experiences of other trans and nonbinary people.

The Allegheny and Monongahela rivers converge to form the start of the Ohio River in Pittsburgh, Pa. The 981-mile-long river stretches all the way to Cairo, Ill., where it flows into the Mississippi River. The Ohio River supplies drinking water to 5 million people.

The Colorado and Ohio rivers are among the 'most endangered' in America. Here's why

A new report from the conservation group American Rivers names a stretch of the Colorado River, the Ohio River and eight other rivers as endangered.

Traveling Down The Amazon Road

The Interoceanic Highway will stretch from Brazil's Atlantic coast to Peru's Pacific ports, creating economic opportunities for locals. But conservationists worry about risks to the Amazon rainforest.

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