EditorialSheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates, attend Eid Al Fitr prayers at the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi
EditorialSaudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Welcomes leaders to attend the 18th consultative meeting of the leaders of the GCC & the Gulf summit with the central Asian countries C5 in Jeddah
EditorialPervez Musharraf, President of Pakistan, during the United Nations General Assembly in New York, on Nov. 10, 2001. (Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times)
EditorialEgyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi meets with vice President of the United Arab Emirates, UAE's Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt - 27 Oct 2022
EditorialA detail of a mask created by Moshood Olusomo Bamigboye for an Epa festival with a superstructure depicting a ruler, on display at the Yale University Art Gallery in New Haven, Conn., Oct. 13, 2022. (Christopher Capozziello/The New York Times)
EditorialIndonesia: The 5th century Ciaruteun inscription stone, Ciaruteun River, Cibungbulang District, Bogor Regency, West Java. Photo by Isidore van Kinsbergen (1821 - 1905), late 19th century
EditorialJapan: Tokugawa Ieyasu (31 January 1543 – 1 June 1616), founder and first ruler of the Tokugawa Shogunate (1600-1868). Hanging scroll painting by Kano Tan'yu (1602-1674), 17th century
EditorialIndia: 'Humayun's Garden Party / The Princes of the House of Timur'. Gouache and gold on cotton painting by Mir Sayyid 'Ali (1510-1572), c. 1550-1555
EditorialEtienne Dupuis, stands, with Eric Owens as King Philippe ll, the tyrannical but melancholy ruler of Spain in a new production of Verdi’s “Don Carlos” at the Metropolitan Opera in New York on Feb. 25, 2022. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialA carved ivory mask, worn by the oba, or ruler, of Benin during ceremonies, now in the collection of the British Museum in London, Dec. 10, 2019. (Lauren Fleishman/The New York Times)