LightBox presents a new monthly feature, The Guide, bringing you June's best books, exhibitions and ways to experience photography beyond the web from around the world.
LIFE.com recalls the big, burly taxi cabs that prowled the streets of New York City in the 1940s, and the rough-looking, distinctive characters who drove them.
Hundreds of thousands have taken to the streets across the country, protesting the corruption and social inequities that make up life in this booming, emerging Latin American giant.
As Iran heads to the polls to elect a successor to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, they find themselves torn between making a choice for themselves and a statement to the West.