Our world is changing rapidly, and some photos from the past in comparison with the present tell whole stories of decades in length. These pictures from around the world in the style of "then and now— are an illustration of the inexorability of the passage of time. Let's plunge into a small but exciting journey through the years.
Then and now: 30 interesting photos that show the passage of timeThen and now: 30 interesting photos that show the passage of time
Chichen Itza, the political and cultural center of the Maya in the north of the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico, in 1892 and now
Then and now: 30 interesting photos that show the passage of time
Kabul, Afghanistan, 1967 and 2007. The first photo shows what life was like before the Taliban seized power
Then and now: 30 interesting photos that show the passage of time
The Berlin Wall
Then and now: 30 interesting photos that show the passage of time
Native Americans cross the Utah Trail in the Garden of the Gods, USA
Then and now: 30 interesting photos that show the passage of time
Lincoln Memorial, 1922 and 2016
Then and now: 30 interesting photos that show the passage of time
Oxford, UK, 1810 and 2015
Then and now: 30 interesting photos that show the passage of time
Big Oak in Thomasville, Georgia, 1895 and 2020
Then and now: 30 interesting photos that show the passage of time
Flatiron Building, New York, 1917 and 2012
Then and now: 30 interesting photos that show the passage of time
Los Angeles, then and now
Then and now: 30 interesting photos that show the passage of time
Shambles is a medieval street in York, UK, in the 1800s and now. The appearance of Shambles is inspired by the views of Diagon Alley in "Harry Potter"
Then and now: 30 interesting photos that show the passage of time
Chernobyl, 1984 and 2011
Then and now: 30 interesting photos that show the passage of time
Royal Crescent, Bath, England, 1829 and 2020
Then and now: 30 interesting photos that show the passage of time
Singapore, 2000 and now
Then and now: 30 interesting photos that show the passage of time
A shot from "Home Alone" in modern times
Then and now: 30 interesting photos that show the passage of time
Kowloon Island in Hong Kong, 1964 and 2016
Then and now: 30 interesting photos that show the passage of time
Former Urk Island, Netherlands
Then and now: 30 interesting photos that show the passage of time
The famous Hollywood sign, the 1920s and our time
Then and now: 30 interesting photos that show the passage of time
Hiroshima, 1945 and 2020
Then and now: 30 interesting photos that show the passage of time
Seljestadjuvet Road, Odda, Norway
Then and now: 30 interesting photos that show the passage of time
A frame from "Back to the Future" in modernity
Then and now: 30 interesting photos that show the passage of time
Rio de Janeiro, 1880 and 2020
Then and now: 30 interesting photos that show the passage of time
Airship over Bayreuth, Germany
Then and now: 30 interesting photos that show the passage of time
Vilnius, 80 years ago
Then and now: 30 interesting photos that show the passage of time
Mount Rushmore, 1922 and 2018
Then and now: 30 interesting photos that show the passage of time
Dresden, Germany, during World War II and now
Then and now: 30 interesting photos that show the passage of time
Marina Ginesta, Catalan participant of the Spanish Civil War, member of the international brigade. 2016 and 1936
Then and now: 30 interesting photos that show the passage of time
Bondi Beach, Australia, 1910 and 2017
Then and now: 30 interesting photos that show the passage of time
Village Hall in Romania, a photograph of the 1940s in modern times
Then and now: 30 interesting photos that show the passage of time
Dubai, UAE, 1990 and 2020
Then and now: 30 interesting photos that show the passage of time