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More than 100,000 refugees and migrants have arrived in Greece since the beginning of 2016. They cross the Mediterranean, risking their lives to board dinghies after paying smugglers on the Turkish coast. They must survive a boat ride of more than two hours across the waters that separate the Turkish coast from the Greek island of Lesbos. More..

In Artsy

Esther Ruth Mbabazi

These 20 Women Are the New Faces of Photojournalism These early-career photographers bring distinctive and critical perspectives to the photojournalism and documentary field.

The Khmer Fighters

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Pradal Serey or Kun Khmer -free fighting- is an unarmed martial art from Cambodia. Compared to other forms of Southeast Asian kickboxing, Kun Khmer emphasizes more elusive and shifty fighting stances. The Cambodian style tends to utilize more elbows than that of other regions. Evidence shows that a style resembling pradal serey existed in the..

My Country Is My Family

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Surrounded by stunning forest, Beldangi is an example of how a refugee camp should be. Only one banner and a barrier at the main entrance indicate that some 22,000 Bhutanese refugees still live there with the dilemma of not knowing to which country they belong. After Bhutan expelled hundreds of thousands of people following a campaign of ethnic..

Evicting Dreams: The Last Days of the White Building

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On June 6th, the faces of the residents of the White Building showed the sadness of what were their last days home. During those days, people were rushing to say goodbye to each other, using up every last second in conversations about what it had been like to live in this legendary building for so many years. This was the end; the life of..

The Bucolic Life of a Cambodian Grandmother Accused of Mass Killings

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In this dusty mountain hamlet on the Thai border, she is known as Grandma Chaem. The tiny 74-year-old lives peacefully in a snug, stilted house surrounded by papaya, lime, and custard-apple trees. Her children and grandchildren live nearby. She grows cucumbers and donates to her local pagoda, chews betel leaf and tends her cows. But Im Chaem,..

Puerto Rico: Protesta por mal manejo de suministros

NAHIRA MONTCOURT

In NotiCel: Protesta por suministros se muda al Capitolio A story written by NotiCel about Hundreds of protesters swarmed Fortaleza Street on Martin Luther King Day during the early hours of the morning and well into the night to protest the mismanagement of governor Wanda Vazquez after the discovery of a state owned warehouse full of unused..

The Angkor Hell

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Just a few dozen kilometers away from the world-famous Angkor temples, about 300 people have lived for the last three years in a rapidly expanding rubbish dump - fighting the daily realities of extreme poverty. Since 2010, the situation in the Anlong Pi dump has worsened. An exponential increase in trash discarded in Siem Reap doubled the..

La Vie En Jaune

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Hundreds of thousands of “Gilet Jaunes” (meaning “Yellow Vest” in French) have taken to the streets of France every weekend since November 17th, 2018. During 53 consecutive weekends, French citizens from all over the country gathered in the French capital after government officials rejected to meet with them. “We do..

BREAKING OUR CHAINS

Jonathan De Camps

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Breaking Our Chains This was my fourth year documenting The Women's March protests. The first time was in Washington D.C. and the presence of more than a million people protesting the day after Donald Trump's presidential inauguration, you can take a look at that series in "A Sea of Pink" . This time around, in..

Interview: Alma Haser

World Photography Organization (WPO)

Alma Haser was born in Germany and grew up in squat (a former matchstick factory). With both parents full-time artists, Alma was surrounded by art and creativity - an environment she believes was fundamental to her thinking towards her current practice. She has made her name in contemporary photography by using techniques normally associated with..

Alaskan Brown Bears Threatened By Mine – on National Geographic

My most recent project for National Geographic explores how Alaska's densest populations of brown bears – which are watched and beloved by millions of people around the world – are threatened by the proposed Pebble Mine. Please follow the link to read the whole story of this complex issue, written by the talented Douglas Main...

The age of extinction 'This is not how sequoias die. It’s supposed to stand for another 500 years'

'This is not how sequoias die. Itâs supposed to stand for another 500 years' Giant sequoias were thought to be immune to insects, drought and wildfires. Then the unthinkable happened: trees started to die â and scientists began the search for answers

Beetles and fire kill dozens of 'indestructible' giant sequoia trees

Beetles and fire kill dozens of 'indestructible' giant sequoia trees Deadly interaction between insects, drought and fire damage have forced California’s park officials to trigger climate crisis plans intended for the 2050s

Las encrucijadas de América Latina

Análisis | Las encrucijadas de América Latina EL PAÍS publicará una serie de artículos que buscan ofrecer una visión esclarecedora de los complejos procesos políticos que alimentan las turbulencias latinoamericanas

The Guardian — MS prisoners begging for their lives

"People were begging for their lives as they were stabbed. There were fires being set. Trash everywhere. Rats. Roaches. It was just total chaos.” The Guardian sent me to photograph the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman and the Mississippi State Capitol in Jackson where protestors were demanding improvements after a stretch of..

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