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The Epstein files. Live-streamed war. An absolute onslaught of generative AI slop. It feels like we are at an important juncture for the way that we see the world, and the decisions we make as to who and what to trust. Across nearly 200 psyche-shattering pages, our special spring 2026 issue asks, which images are most messing with our heads today, and why? Pre order now at VICE.com, the link is in the bio. Music by biiruman Voiceover by @caiahagel Edit by @benzieglerr Featuring images by Vincent Pflieger, David Horton, kingcon2k11, Ivar Wigan, Andrew Miksys, Kai Ghattaura, various drones, and Transracialisms

Presenting the spring 2026 edition of VICE magazine: The Not The Photo Issue, a bumper 184-page special that asks, which images are most fucking us up today, and why? This iconoclastic take on VICE’s cherished The Photo Issue is shipping worldwide now. Order it on presale or subscribe to the mag for a year at VICE.com, the link is in the usual place. “In time, we will come to see the (partial) release of the Epstein files as the point at which reality started to collapse. This, combined with generative AI and live-streamed war, is profoundly altering our relationship with images, making it impossible to know what or who to trust. The Not The Photo Issue marks this moment, asking which pictures are still hitting hard, and why?” BEN DITTO Global Editorial Director “We wanted to make a magazine that wasn’t just a more boring version of your phone.” KEVIN LEE KHARAS Editor in Chief

It’s the year of our Lord 2025, and the world famous VICE magazine is back. To celebrate, VICE host Taji Ameen (@tajcam ) flew in from his home in Puerto Rico and took it out onto the streets of New York City, where it encountered grateful people, happy people, angry people, conspiracy people, and a whole lot of rude people. If you weren’t lucky enough to get a copy from Taji, you can buy VICE magazine at branches of @barnesandnoble or subscribe to get 4 issues a year, delivered right to your front door. Sign up by June 2 to ensure the first of the 4 mags in your subscription is the momentous comeback issue of VICE you see Taji flaunting in the video above—The Rock Bottom Issue is the first issue of VICE magazine to go to print in nearly seven years. Visit VICE.com/membership to get yourself sorted, or click through the link in our bio.

Bail bondsman are the frontline of America's predatory for-profit prison industry. Visit the link in our bio to watch our full 2016 documentary on the bail bonds industry.

How Atlanta became the hip-hop 'hub' Tap the link in bio to watch the full interview with Killer Mike, originally published in 2012

No matter where they go, the Roma have a hard time making friends. For centuries, the French assumed they were Czech, the Eastern Europeans thought they were from the Great Steppe, and the Western Europeans called them Egyptians. The Soviets treated them like criminals and the Nazis accused them of witchcraft. This uncertainty and suspicion bred thousands of years of hostility and persecution, which manifested itself in measures ranging from sedentarization to state child-seizure to death camps. Photographer Andrew Miksys (@andrewmiksys ) has spent the last quarter of a century taking portraits of the young Roma population in Lithuania, as they attempt to go about their daily lives—falling in love, attending discos, wearing excellent leather jackets—without letting the weight of all that history bog them down. Though challenging at first, Miksys gradually pulled together the candid shots that make up his book, BAXT. The photographer’s own grandparents fled Lithuania at the outbreak of World War II. Now, he has returned from Seattle to live with the people in his portraits, fighting against attempts by the authorities to airbrush the Roma from Lithuanian history. Find all the photographs and read the full story by Kevin Lee Kharas (@kevinleekharas ) in The Not The Photo Issue, available now from VICE.com or in select stores internationally. If you want to save yourself some hassle, you can subscribe to receive four issues of VICE magazine in the mail each year.

The “The Not The Photo Issue” launch tour ✈️ To celebrate the launch of the new print issue of @vice , we went on a little continental tour. It was fun but harrowing, just like the magazine. 🇬🇧 Massive thanks to our hosts at @pigallecountryclub @villagebooks.co and @firmamentberlin and to @sureshotbrew for the beers. Thanks @jb_chiara___ for your help and @jake_hanrahan @awaydays.tv for joining us. 🇫🇷 It was good to meet you all ⚡️Tag yourself and we will add you. 🇩🇪 Manchester 📸 @benzieglerr Paris 📸 @alaska___r Berlin 📸 Anon

What is @mrbenmckenzie ’s favorite NFT, and how much is it worth? Swipe to find out 👉 Tap the @VICE link in bio to watch the latest episode of @VICECultureClub with @DangerGarrett and hear about Mckenzie’s wild crypto investigation for his new film @everyoneislyingfilm , including interviews with now jailed crypto CEOs Sam Bankman-Fried and Alex Mashinsky, and a trip to El Salvador to check out Nayib Bukele’s attempt to become the first country to use Bitcoin as an official currency.

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Polly and Sophie are @MyBadSister , the UK rave scene’s most infamous twin sisters. Performing together since early childhood, the duo have made a name for themselves for their zany, hyperactive performances. But a decade of being the biggest wreck-heads in the rave has begun to take its toll. When a new chapter of sobriety threatens the hedonism of their music and relationship, @joe_magowan 's documentary finds out if their sisterly bond can survive getting clean. At this crucial point in their lives, the sisters must decide if they have what it takes to get serious and grow beyond a world that's holding them back. Tap the @VICE link in bio to watch. Edited by @charliefrance_videoeditor . Sound by @timburnssound .

Henry Rollins describes why rock and roll isn't as 'dangerous' as it used to be Tap the link in bio to watch the full video, originally published in 2012

@tajcam heads into the shadows of Puerto Rico with a private detective hunting a suspected romance scammer accused of catfishing a victim and stealing thousands of dollars. What starts as a search for answers quickly turns into a tense stakeout, as Taji gets pulled into the strange, risky world of surveillance, deception, and a fraudster who doesn’t want to be found. Check out this early access to a new episode of Stories from Puerto Rico with Taji Ameen for VICE YouTube Members at the link in bio.