Produced by Tom Jackson/The New York Times
Here it is: A visual time capsule, capturing our world at seven billion people — and counting. Below, you’ll find a virtual quilt that weaves together about 400 of the more than 1,000 photographs we received. There is little rhyme or reason to the order you see. We sought a mega-snapshot of our world — different regions, subjects, viewpoints.
There is a serendipitous beauty in the chaos.
What will these photos tell the future generation — including some of the newborns who were photographed by Lynsey Addario on Oct. 31 — about our world? Explore the gallery using the search box just below this text. Browse by name, location, or — if you want to get creative — randomly, by word. One of our most successful searches was “hope,” which brings together the optimism we found in so many pictures.
Each image —all of which include the photographers’ captions, mostly unedited — has a special URL. Here is Damon Winter’s photo from Mali. You can’t help but smile at Stefano Buonamici’s shot of Dani Plou Martí practicing tai chi before his wedding. And then there are Rinku Patel’s bumblebees.
Others sought reality’s grim side. Andrea Star Reese photographed Krissy, who may lose her apartment. Henrique Yasuda found a man who is homeless, in Sao Paolo. In Senegal, Alou photographed “global warming.” Steve Neville’s photo is captioned matter-of-factly: “Bleak? Yes … but I think it reflects what a lot of people are feeling here in Ireland, and around the world.”
Thank you to everyone who submitted.
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The interactive gallery was produced by Tom Jackson.
