On November 11, 2022, Ukrainian forces liberated Kherson from Russian occupation. In a crowded square, the crowd falls silent as President Zelensky delivers a speech. Glib, a 13-year-old boy, listens attentively in the front row: after months of fear and uncertainty, for the firs...
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A young boy working in an informal coal mine in Chinarak stands outside the entrance. Hundreds of miners, including children as young as 10 and men over 60, toil every day for a few pennies. Tunnel collapses pose a constant threat to their safety.
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A humpback whale is trapped in a buoy, unable to move and facing a slow and painful death. It’s a tragic consequence of human selfishness and our failure to recognize the impact of our actions and our responsibility to protect the planet.
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A protester is bravely shielding a fellow demonstrator from the violence during a clash between the police and protestors at an anti-government protest against the Indian government’s alleged atrocities on the working-class people.
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Olena Curillo, 56, stands in shock and covered in her own blood after her apartment complex was hit by a Russian missile during the opening hours of the war in Chihuiv, Ukraine on February 24, 2022.
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Oksana, mother of Oleh Skybyk, 27, mourns the death of her son at his funeral at Lychakiv Cemetery in Lviv on April 28, 2022. Oleh, who volunteered to serve in the military at the start of the war, was killed in an artillery attack in Popasne region in Eastern Ukraine, leaving be...
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In 2020 and 2021, tens of thousands of migratory birds died in the Miankaleh wetland in northern Iran for unknown reasons. This picture tries to depict the efforts of the Iranian Environmental Organization agents to collect their bodies and bury them in a hygienic manner.
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During the Flag Parade, Jews clash with an elderly Palestinian woman at the Nablus Gate, in the Old City of Jerusalem. This event is often a source of tension between the two communities involved in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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In mid-2022, a group of 263 elephants was relocated from Liwonde National Park to Kasungu National Park in Malawi, highlighting both a successful conservation effort and the ongoing challenge of fragmented and shrinking ecosystems that make these operations necessary.
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The family of the Ukrainian soldier Ivan Lipskiy grieving at his casket during a military service of 5 Ukrainian soldiers, on March 29, 2022. Lipskiy was killed on March 18 during a Russian airstrike that hit the 36th Ukrainian Naval Infantry Brigade killing more than 40 Ukrainia...
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Juvenile Monroe is being reassured by his keeper Kabba when he woke up from anaesthesia. This procedure was necessary to move the juvenile to a new enclosure as part of the introduction to a new group. The Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary in Sierra Leone protects, cares and rehabili...
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Armenian law enforcement officers stand guard outside the government office during an opposition rally to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. The bare trunk in the middle of the picture, covered by a thin layer of snow, gives the scene a tragic and solemn at...
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It has been more than a year today since Russia invaded its neighbor Ukraine and brought the reality of war back to the European continent after decades. Many people lost their lives due to Russia's bombardments targeting civilian settlements. Ukrainian women affected by Russian...
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A leftist youth supporter fighting against strong water cannons and tear gas attack by the police while another one is trying to save the party flag during a demonstration against the ruling government, demanding education for all, and employment for the youth. The protest went v...
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A displaced woman, who together with others had illegally broken into the UN camp, gets down on her knees and puts up a "performance" the moment she sees the photographer. No violence was actually used and the woman wasn't hurt at all.
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A wounded and bleeding-faced woman is on her knees surrounded by dead and seriously injured people: 61 were killed and 121 injured by a Russian attack on a railway station. A Tochka U missile, launched from the Russian-occupied territory of the Donetsk region, hit a station in Kr...
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In Hanoi, dogs are regularly consumed for cultural or purported health reasons. The animals are either farmed, rounded up from the streets, or stolen from outside peoples’ homes, before they are transported to markets to be butchered. The dogs in this cage, after having watched t...
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A CITES Border Force officer with a confiscated tiger trophy. As part of a major international operation to tackle illegal wildlife trade in 2021, Border Force officers across the UK successfully seized hundreds of products containing endangered species of plants and animals.
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Rescuers carry a survivor pulled out from the Rana Plaza rubble after 77 hours. On 24 April 2013, an eight-story garments factory building collapsed in Savar, killing more than 1,100 workers and injuring over 2,500. Rana Plaza, which housed five garment factories, had been design...
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Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka, former Vice-President of the Republic of Kenya, addresses the crowd during a campaign rally. On August 9 Kenyans went to the polls in what turned out to be the closest race in the country’s history between veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga and Deputy...
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