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    Goats and Soda
    Children play on the street in a village outside of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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    Need A Reminder Of How Gorgeous Earth Is? Peep These Photo Award Winners

    Nov 07, 2020
    Awash in color, texture and movement, the winners of the Siena International Photo Awards offer a nostalgic glimpse of life before the pandemic.
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    'Kobe Bryant Bill' Makes It A Crime For First Responders To Photograph Dead Bodies

    Sep 29, 2020
    The bill, signed into law on Monday, came after reports surfaced of gruesome photos being shared of the helicopter crash site that killed Bryant and others.
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    The Picture Show
    A house designed by Paul R. Williams in La Cañada Flintridge, Calif. The first licensed Black architect west of the Mississippi, Williams was known for using curves to create a sense of intimacy, even in grand spaces.
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    'Regarding Paul R. Williams' Honors Legacy Of LA's Barrier-Breaking Black Architect

    Sep 15, 2020
    Janna Ireland's photography has focused on Black life in America. Now, she turns her lens to Paul R. Williams, the first Black architect in the American West. He put good design within reach of all.
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    Science
    Romanesco broccoli, as seen by a 3.2 billion pixel camera. Scientists chose to take a picture of the broccoli because of its fractal shape.
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    California Scientists Build A Camera To Take Pictures Of Huge Swath Of Sky

    Sep 08, 2020
    Scientists and engineers in California are building a unique 3.2 billion pixel camera for a telescope under construction in Chile. The camera has taken its first test pictures — of broccoli.
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    Goats and Soda
    A single Ficus elastica tree forms the backbone of a double-decker bridge near the village of Nongriat in the Indian state of Meghalaya.
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    PHOTOS: Living Tree Bridges In A Land Of Clouds

    Aug 01, 2020
    In the Indian state of Meghalaya, one of the wettest places on Earth, villagers are separated by rivers and valleys. To stay connected, they coax tree roots to grow together into living bridges.
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    Goats and Soda
    "No Walls." India
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    Prize-Winning Phone Pix Dial Up Moments Of Freedom And Serenity

    Jul 25, 2020
    The winners of the iPhone Photography Awards for best photos taken by an iPhone or iPad were announced this week. They span the globe and the range of human emotion.
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    Friday Photo
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    Friday Photos: Still Lives

    Jul 17, 2020

    The good news: We got outside a little bit! The bad news: Photos suffused with a mood of quiet despair

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    The Picture Show
    Paradise Road, Waldo, Kan.
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    Searching For The American Dream On Paradise Road

    Jul 11, 2020
    A photographer has crossed the United States to explore the American dream on roads named Paradise.
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    The Picture Show
    Ethiopia Berta, an activist and educator who has been fighting for a change for many years, marches in Washington, D.C., on June 6. Last year she worked to keep Democracy Prep Public Charter School in southeast Washington, D.C., from closing.
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    As Black Photographers Document Protests, They Tell Their 'Own History In Real Time'

    Jun 13, 2020
    NPR talked to eight black photographers about documenting the protests against police brutality and systemic racism. They spoke of personal histories and of witnessing compassion for black protesters.
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    Obituaries
    Ringo Starr and Astrid Kirchherr in an undated photo.
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    'Her Gift To The Beatles Was Immeasurable': Photographer Astrid Kirchherr Dies At 81

    May 15, 2020
    "I was just amazed how beautiful these boys looked. And being a photographer then, it was a photographer's dream," Kirchherr told NPR about the first time she saw the Beatles.
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    The Picture Show
    The sun rises and falls in my room. I feel more grounded to reality.
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    Documenting Self-Isolation: 14 Days Through 14 Instant Photos

    May 13, 2020
    While self-quarantining amid the coronavirus pandemic, photographer Kisha Ravi took instant photos to help process her time isolating in a triggering place: her childhood bedroom.
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    The Picture Show
    The Procession of Steps is a journey that marks the last Friday of Christian Lent. This year, the procession continued without the presence of any followers and with the entire church group wearing masks and gloves. Olinda, Recife.
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    Life, Interrupted: Photos Of Brazil Under Lockdown

    May 06, 2020
    Brazilian photographers portray a country that's deeply anxious while living through the coronavirus.
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    Goats and Soda
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    A Flying Photographer Looks Down On Earth In Awe And Sorrow

    May 03, 2020
    In his new book, The Human Planet: Earth at the Dawn of the Anthropocene, George Steinmetz offers a bird's eye view of the mark humans have made on the global landscape.
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    The Picture Show
    Dorothea Lange, <em>White Angel Bread Line, San Francisco</em> (1933). Sarah Meister, MoMA's photography curator, sees new resonance in Lange's photographs of aid lines like this one, which stood nearby Lange's studio in Northern California.
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    'A Community Of Desperation' Finding Sympathy And Solidarity In Dorothea Lange

    Apr 30, 2020
    The American photographer intimately documented the upheavals of the Great Depression. Now, amid the upheavals of the coronavirus, Lange's portraits of humanity and adversity still have a lot to say.
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    Goats and Soda
    A delivery worker on a motorcycle on an empty street in Wuhan. Despite the city's lockdown measures to prevent the spread of disease, a handful of delivery companies are still in operation. Their workers provide supplies and necessities to residents coop
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    PHOTOS: In A Coronavirus Crisis, Delivery Workers Can Be A Lifeline

    Mar 08, 2020
    The city of Wuhan may be in lockdown — but its couriers are still on the move, delivering everything from medical supplies to instant noodles.
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    Goats and Soda
    On Feb. 4, beds were installed in the Wuhan Keting Exhibition Center. With 2,000 beds planned, the center will accommodate patients with mild cases of COVID-19.
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    PHOTOS: Scenes From The Epicenter Of The Coronavirus Outbreak

    Feb 15, 2020
    A photojournalist in Wuhan, China, portrays a city under quarantine in the midst of COVID-19.
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    Friday Photo: Skaters, banks, and terror pits

    Jan 24, 2020

    Snapshots of life in Southern Nevada, two of them kind of scary

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    Goats and Soda
    Nesma (left) and Anys are Algerian siblings who came out to each other at a party. They live in Paris, and both identify as queer. "It now makes us stronger and committed together for the queer and Algerian causes," Anys says.
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    'Un-African'? Photos Challenge Notions Of LGBTQ Identity In The African Diaspora

    Nov 02, 2019
    Mikael Owunna's new book captures the stories of LGBTQ African immigrants, refugees and asylum-seekers reconciling their identity and their heritage.
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    Goats and Soda
    Addario's coverage of maternal mortality took her to a remote village in Badakhshan province, Afghanistan in 2009, where she photographed a midwife giving a prenatal check in a private home. "In these areas someone will announce that a doctor and a midwi
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    PHOTOS: Why Lynsey Addario Has Spent 10 Years Covering Maternal Mortality

    Oct 19, 2019
    The Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist, known for her work in war zones, turns to a topic that is often shied away from: the risks women face when giving birth.
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    What Hurting Looks Like: Photographer Translates Pain Into Visceral Still Lifes

    Sep 09, 2019
    In How I Hurt, a series of photos from Justin J Wee, chronic pain is depicted through everyday objects. Wee created the series to help spark talk about chronic pain and elicit empathy for sufferers.
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    Goats and Soda
    Hassan Hajjaj, born in Morocco in 1961, is often called the Andy Warhol of Marrakesh for his fusion of glamour and everyday life. Both are evident in his 2017 portrait <em>Cardi B Unity. </em>The rap star, dressed in a high-fashion outfit, sits on utilit
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    PHOTOS: 'African Spirits,' From A Guy On A Bike To Cardi B

    Aug 17, 2019
    The images at an exhibit at the Yossi Milo Gallery in New York are infused with the spirit of African identity.
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    Goats and Soda
    This costume, with corn husks and feathers and paper flowers, is worn by a member of a dance group that gathers in cemeteries and other places to mark Day of the Dead festivities (called Xantolo, the word written above the mask). The idea of combining a
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    A Photographer's Vision Of The Magical Masks Of Mexico

    Jul 28, 2019
    On festivals that range from Day of the Dead to Easter, Mexicans hide their true identity behind fantastic masks that conjure up both indigenous — and European — traditions.
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    Goats and Soda
    A kid tries to beat the heat in New Delhi on June 15. The changing climate is especially brutal in India. Temperatures are soaring. Asphalt roads are melting. People are dying.
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    Temps Have Topped 120 In India. How Are They Coping With The Heat Wave?

    Jul 02, 2019
    The changing climate is especially brutal in India. Temperatures are soaring. Asphalt roads are melting. People are dying.
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    Goats and Soda
    Fatima Dahiru, now 17, lives with her sister and mother in an internally displaced persons camp in Maiduguri, Nigeria. Her village was attacked two years ago.
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    PHOTOS: The Powerful Faces Of Women Who Faced Danger

    Jun 07, 2019
    In a new project, photographer Robin Hammond made portraits of women who've lived through fighting and violence. He found pain, sorrow, anger, hope — and even joy.
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    All in
    Carlos Manzo
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    A Closer Look

    May 28, 2019

    These images didn’t win our Focus on Nevada photo contest, but something about them made us want to know more.

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