The past 20 years, in 20 striking photos

September 11.
Jacob Lambert
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This article is part of The Week's 20th anniversary section, looking back at how the world has changed since our first issue was published in April 2001.

(Image credit: (Jose Jimenez/Primera Hora/Getty Images, September 2001))

(Image credit: (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File, May 2003))

(Image credit: (REUTERS/Arko Datta, January 2005))

(Image credit: (AFP PHOTO/POOL/Vincent Laforet, August 2005))

(Image credit: (REUTERS/Kevin Coombs, September 2008))

(Image credit: (EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP via Getty Images, November 2008))

(Image credit: (KAREN BLEIER/AFP via Getty Images, April 2009))

(Image credit: (Chris Hondros/Getty Images, October 2009))

(Image credit: (Mark Wilson/Getty Images, November 2012))

(Image credit: (EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP via Getty Images, December 2012))

(Image credit: (Alex Trautwig/Getty Images, April 2013))

(Image credit: (REUTERS/Gary Cameron, June 2015))

(Image credit: (REUTERS/Toru Hanai, February 2016))

(Image credit: (REUTERS/Rodi Said, March 2019))

(Image credit: (REUTERS/Hannah McKay, October 2019))

(Image credit: (STR/AFP via Getty Images, March 2020))

(Image credit: (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images, May 2020))

(Image credit: (REUTERS/Jim Bourg/Pool, October 2020))

(Image credit: (AP Photo/Shafkat Anowar, January 2021)**See last week's best photojournalism**)

Jacob Lambert
Jacob Lambert

Jacob Lambert is the art director of TheWeek.com. He was previously an editor at MAD magazine, and has written and illustrated for The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Weekly, and The Millions.

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