Winners of the 2017 Sony World Photography Awards
The Sony World Photography Awards has announced the winners of its Open categories and National categories for 2017.
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Alexander Utkin / AFP / Getty Anti-Corruption Protests Across Russia
On March 26, 2017, thousands of Russians rallied across the country to protest government corruption, in one of the largest opposition demonstrations in years.
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Eliot Blondet / Corbis via Getty Photos of the Week: 3/18–3/24
The "Sydney Skinny" in Australia, a terror attack in London, Newroz in Iraq, President Trump behind the wheel, and much more.
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Viktor Drachev / AFP / Getty Today Is National Puppy Day
In the spirit of the day, I feel obligated to share some of these adorable images of pups around the world, and through the years.
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Dennis Cook / AP 30 Years Ago: A Look Back at 1987
Take a step into a visual time capsule, for a brief look at the year.
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Cris Bouroncle / AFP / Getty Peru Suffers Worst Flooding in Decades
An unusual bout of heavy rains powered by El Niño conditions have drenched parts of Peru with 10 times more rainfall than normal.
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Guillaume Souvant / AFP / Getty Photos of the Week: 3/11–3/17
A therapeutic greyhound in Spain, a civil defense drill in South Korea, flooding in Peru, a robot-run hotel in Japan, refugees learning curling in Canada, and much more
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Joseph Eid / AFP / Getty In Syria: Six Years of War
For six years now, Syrians have endured the loss and hardship caused by a protracted civil war.
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Carmelo Imbesi / AP Mount Etna, Europe's Most Active Volcano
Mount Etna, on the Italian island of Sicily, is not only the highest active volcano in Europe at 10,810 feet (3,295 meters), but is one of the most active in the world.
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Shailesh Andrade / Reuters Holi 2017: The Festival of Colors
Images of this year's Holi festival from India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka
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Jim Watson / AFP / Getty Photos of the Week: 3/4–3/10
A pharaoh statue discovered in Egypt, a close look at Saturn’s tiny ‘ravioli’ moon, marches on International Women’s Day, colorful Holi images from India, and much more.
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Toru Hanai / Reuters The Wild Boars of Fukushima
Six years after the devastating 2011 earthquake and tsunami struck Japan, the evacuation zone around the crippled nuclear power plant remains devoid of humans—but the boars have moved in.
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Library of Congress / Bettmann / Getty Women at Work in 1917
For International Women’s Day 2017, a glimpse of what the workplace was like for women a century ago, in 1917
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