Around the world, whether seated in bubbles or next to teddy bears, customers are coming to terms with the new norms of eating out
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Israelis protest against Netanyahu in Jerusalem – in pictures
About 2,000 Israelis rallied outside the prime minister’s residence in Jerusalem on Tuesday amid protests against Benjamin Netanyahu over his handling of the coronavirus crisis and alleged corruption
Continue reading...Great outdoors: life moves outside during pandemic – in pictures
From art to religion, coronavirus has forced educational, cultural and social life into the open air on an unprecedented scale across the world
Continue reading...Prayers and comets: Friday’s best photos
The Guardian’s picture editors select highlights from around the world
Continue reading...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...Lisbon’s back-alley fado legends – photo essay
A portrait of Lisbon, saudade and the fado folk music of the city and its relationship with tourism. Henri Kisielewski is the 2019 recipient of the Joan Wakelin bursary, administrated in partnership with the Royal Photographic Society
Fado is Lisbon’s urban folk music, born in and around the brothels, alleyways and tascas of the city’s poorest neighbourhoods. Fado is to Lisbon what the Blues are to the Delta. Written records trace it back to the early 19th century, though some argue it is much older, connecting it to oral traditions imported from across the Portuguese empire.
At the heart of fado is saudade. This elusive word – apparently untranslatable from the original Portuguese – broadly refers to a sense of sorrow, of yearning, and a resigned desire for what once was. This is the underlying emotion of all fado and perhaps of Lisbon itself.
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...The non-running of Pamplona’s bulls – in pictures
The coronavirus pandemic has brought Spanish bullfighting, long reviled by animal rights campaigners, to a standstill. Dozens of events, including Pamplona’s running of the bulls, have been cancelled. Photographer Jon Nazca explores the evocative locale of the San Fermín festival
Continue reading...Treasures found by the British public – in pictures
The British public have discovered hundreds of thousands of archaeological objects, and the British Museum has revealed that the number recorded by its Portable Antiquities Scheme has hit a milestone 1.5m. These finds have radically transformed what we know about life through time on the British Isles
Continue reading...Indonesia’s Yadnya Kasada festival – in pictures
During the annual Yadnya Kasada festival, the Tenggerese people climb Mount Bromo, an active volcano, and seek the blessing of the gods by presenting offerings of rice, fruit, livestock and other items. Inside the crater villagers use nets to try to catch the offerings
Continue reading...Moscow’s Victory Day parade – in pictures
Russia is holding its postponed Victory Day military parade despite rising coronavirus infections. The parade celebrates the defeat of Nazi Germany and has grown since Vladimir Putin came to power
Continue reading...Li Zhensheng, photographer of China’s Cultural Revolution, dies
Former publisher announces death of Li, known for his book Red-Color News Soldier
The Chinese photographer Li Zhensheng, known for his unflinching portrayal of China’s Cultural Revolution, has died, according to his former publisher.
The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press, which in 2018 published the first Chinese-language edition of Li’s book Red-Color News Soldier – a compilation of photos he had hidden from the period – said Li, 79, had died after spending several days in hospital following a brain haemorrhage.
Continue reading...Black Lives Matter – a photographer’s view from the London protests
Photographer Henry J Kamara writes about his experience photographing the Black Lives Matter protest in London last weekend
Continue reading...Color is not a crime: New York’s Black Lives Matter street art
Across the US, artists have responded to the death of George Floyd and the ensuing protests with impactful and urgent work. In New York, artworks have appeared supporting the Black Lives Matter movement, and remembering the deaths of, among others, Breonna Taylor, Elijah McClain and Eric Garner
Continue reading...Cafe culture returns to France after lockdown – in pictures
In Paris, contented customers sit outside cafes and sip their morning espressos for the first time in 11 weeks. There are, however, strict rules: bars and restaurants have permission to sprawl across pavements but tables must be 1m apart. In the rest of France, customers can now be served inside while maintaining the same distance
Continue reading...Unhappy hour: London’s West End during lockdown – in pictures
British theatre teeters on the brink of total collapse and restaurants, pubs and cinemas are yet to reopen. Photographer Martin Godwin takes a stroll through an eery West End
Continue reading...Picturing lockdown: Historic England’s archive of isolation – in pictures
Today, Historic England reveals 200 new images which have been added to their archive to form the Picturing Lockdown Collection. This follows a call-out asking the public to photograph their lockdown from 29 April to 5 May. The appeal was the first time the public have been asked to submit photographs for the archive since the Second World War.
Continue reading...Minneapolis protests escalate over George Floyd killing – in pictures
Minneapolis was rocked by a third night of protests on Thursday over the death of George Floyd, as thousands of demonstrators took to the streets and fires erupted around the city, including at a police precinct
Continue reading...Masked leaders – in pictures
The issue of wearing a mask to reduce spread of Covid-19 is contentious
Continue reading...Galleries in Europe open doors as lockdown lifts – in pictures
While museums and galleries across the UK remain closed, cultural institutions abroad are beginning to welcome visitors as lockdown eases
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