Le Monde illustré (title translation: The Illustrated World) was a leading illustrated news magazine in France which was published from 1857–1940 and again from 1945 to 1956. It was in many ways similar to its contemporary English-language newsmagazine The Illustrated London News and should not be confused with the French newspaper Le Monde.

Le Monde illustré was established in 1857.^[1] Many of the highly realistic prints published in the medium of wood-engraving were actually made from photographs (through intermediary drawings), at a time when photographic reproduction in print was not technically feasible until the late nineteenth century. Among its artists were Godefroy Durand and Hector Giacomelli.^{[citation needed]}

• Sakai incident, 1868
• Saigō Takamori (seated, in Western uniform), surrounded by his officers, in samurai attire. News article in Le Monde illustré, 1877.
• Wedding of Crown Prince Gustaf of Sweden 1881
• French colonies in 1891.
  1. Panorama of Lac-Kaï, French outpost in China.
  2. Yun-nan, in the quay of Hanoi.
  3. Flooded street of Hanoi.
  4. Landing stage of Hanoi