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Police and protesters clash in Minsk, Belarus – in pictures
Police in Minsk use rubber bullets and stun grenades against protesters during second night of violence
The aftermath of the explosion in Beirut – in pictures
Lebanon is in mourning and surveying the damage to its capital, Beirut, after a massive explosion ripped through the city’s port and surrounding areas on Tuesday. At least 100 people were killed and 4,000 injured, with many still feared trapped under rubble
Continue reading...Beirut explosion – in pictures
An explosion has rocked central Beirut in Lebanon, shattering windows and shaking buildings for several hundred feet. The source of the blast is still unclear
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Fights break out in Taiwan parliament – in pictures
Brawls erupted inside and outside Taiwan’s parliament on Friday over the disputed nomination by President Tsai Ing-wen of a senior aide to a top government watchdog post, which the main opposition party has said is cronyism
Continue reading...Masked not muzzled – the art of the political mask
Wearing a mask may feel like being muzzled to some, but across the world people are using masks to send political messages
Continue reading...Scorching temperatures hit the UK – in pictures
People across the UK make the most of relaxed coronavirus restrictions to get outside and enjoy the sunny weather
Continue reading...How do teenagers live in lockdown? – photo essay
Jean-Marc Caimi and Valentina Piccinni investigated how Italian teenagers were coping with the coronavirus lockdown, working with them to take pictures using video chat apps
Some can’t wait to go out again, others don’t really want to, happy to stay home connected to the outside world only through their computer. Some are worried about the virus and others, instead, are more concerned about the climate crisis.
To give an answer to this important question, we adopted the same means teenagers use to study and communicate within their community. Zoom, Skype, WhatsApp … these video chats were our eyes to take the pictures, remotely.
Teens (and their parents) allowed us to take snapshots using the camera of their computers, tablets or mobile phones, at home, in their bedroom or where they are spending the quarantine, while they study, read, chat, play music, watch TV or exercise.
Continue reading...The UK coronavirus lockdown by Guardian and Observer photographers
From an unusually quiet Millennium bridge to dawn swimmers on Portobello beach, the sights and ambience of lockdown
Continue reading...High noon in a coronavirus-stricken world – in pictures
Lockdowns have brought silence to some of the world’s busiest places. Transport hubs normally teeming with people such as New York’s Grand Central station or Istanbul’s Eminönü ferry docks are all but deserted. Reuters photographers captured the hush that had descended on some of the world’s best-known places on the same day, at noon
Continue reading...Clap for carers: applauding the NHS – in pictures
People across the UK have taken part in a mass round of applause in support of the NHS workers battling the coronavirus pandemic.
In the Clap For Carers initiative people took to their doorsteps and balconies applauding, banging pans and letting off fireworks. Notable buildings around the country were also lit up in blue
Continue reading...South Korea’s booming drive-ins – in pictures
Box office numbers for drive-in cinemas in Seoul, South Korea, are on the rise as people find a way to avoid crowds during the coronavirus outbreak
Continue reading...Belgium enters lockdown over coronavirus crisis – in pictures
Belgium is the latest country to go into lockdown, with citizens asked to stay at home and limit contact to their closest family. From noon on Wednesday, all non-essential shops and open-air markets closed and people were expected to work at home
Continue reading...Europe empties its streets to slow coronavirus – in pictures
Several European governments have ordered partial or complete lockdowns to stem the spread of Covid-19, leaving once-buzzing streets all but silent
Continue reading...Billions of locusts swarm through Kenya – in pictures
Huge locust swarms in east Africa are the result of extreme weather swings and could prove catastrophic for a region still reeling from drought and deadly floods. Dense clouds of the ravenous insects have spread from Ethiopia and Somalia into Kenya, in the region’s worse infestation in decades
Continue reading...Richmond, Virginia gun rally – in pictures
Advocates and militia members gather in Virginia’s state capitol to protest potential gun control measures
Continue reading...Ashen landscapes of the Philippines after Taal volcano eruption – in pictures
The eruption of Taal volcano near Manila spewed lava into the sky, leaving villages blanketed by heavy ash. The falling ash pushed aviation officials to temporarily shut down the capital’s main airport, forcing the cancellation of hundreds of flights and stranding tens of thousands of travellers.
Continue reading...Lava gushes from Taal volcano in Philippines – in pictures
Red-hot lava gushed out of the Taal volcano in the Philippines after a sudden eruption of ash and steam forced villagers to flee en masse and shut down offices and schools. Clouds of ash blew more than 60 miles north, reaching the capital, Manila, and forcing the shutdown of the country’s main airport. There have been no reports of casualties or major damage from the eruption that began on Sunday
Continue reading...Protests and prayers after the killing of Qassem Suleimani – in pictures
Iran has vowed revenge for a US airstrike at Baghdad international airport that killed Gen Qassem Suleimani, the head of the elite Quds force and architect of Iran’s spreading military influence in the Middle East
Continue reading...2010-2019: a decade in pictures
The Guardian’s picture editors take a look back at some of the news photography that has defined the past 10 years
From the earthquake in Haiti at the start of 2010, the decade was defined by successive international refugee crises, natural disasters and conflict. In the UK, a joyful London Olympics preceded the spectre of a split with Europe as the world’s population faced up to an overheating planet.
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