Sort through old photos. It’s that to-do list item that keeps getting pushed down to make room for tasks that aren’t so overwhelming. Who even knows where all those digital files are?

Known by various names across India—rangoli in most regions, muggulu in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, kolam in Tamil Nadu, alpana in Bengal, and rangavalli in Maharashtra—this vibrant art form ...

When TIME’s photo department got together to create our annual list of the year’s top 10 photos, we first had to tackle the definition of an influential photo. Because those images gained so ...