I'm going to publish in this thread some powerful photos from last 2 years. Photojournalism only.
Warning: Some of these images may contain disturbing content.
Photo: Woman in the aftermath of an earthquake, Indonesia
Warning: Some of these images may contain disturbing content.
Photo: Woman in the aftermath of an earthquake, Indonesia
Petronella Chigumbura (30), a member of an all-female anti-poaching unit called Akashinga, participates in stealth and concealment training in the Phundundu Wildlife Park, Zimbabwe.
Alyona Kochetkova sits at home, unable to face borscht (beet soup), her favorite food, during treatment for cancer.
Alyona shot this self-portrait following surgery and chemotherapy, when, although she knew the vital importance of food, she struggled to eat.
Alyona shot this self-portrait following surgery and chemotherapy, when, although she knew the vital importance of food, she struggled to eat.
An injured man, is evacuated by horse cart after violence erupted at the Gaza border.
Deputy sheriff Dorothy Onikute responds to an overdose call on Feb. 4 in Alcalde, New Mexico, the United States.
The rope said to have been used to execute former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is in the Baghdad home of Mowaffak al-Rubaie, who witnessed the hanging.
The Saudi consulate after Jamal Khashoggi’s murder in Istanbul.
The running of the bulls, Pamplona, Spain.
The San Fermin festival lasts for nine days and even people who don’t like the bulls go, for the music, dance, food and drink. The picture is taken from the balcony of Carmen, a woman who lives on that street.
The San Fermin festival lasts for nine days and even people who don’t like the bulls go, for the music, dance, food and drink. The picture is taken from the balcony of Carmen, a woman who lives on that street.
Road destroyed by earthquake in Alaska
The viewpoint from the plane captured the enormity of the damage. The subtle cracks and splinter patterns in the ice and the lakes around it – it’s so unusual to see it from that perspective. It’s surreal.
The viewpoint from the plane captured the enormity of the damage. The subtle cracks and splinter patterns in the ice and the lakes around it – it’s so unusual to see it from that perspective. It’s surreal.
'Smile of Mom', Vietnam: "It was the first time in her life that someone had taken a portrait of this Vietnamese mother.
'Blissful', Philippines: Two men at the Dinagyang Festival in Iloilo, Philippines, celebrated every 4th Sunday of January. The Dagyang Tribe Dance Competition is the main event of the festival.
It was early spring on the alpine meadowland of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, in China’s Qilian Mountains National Nature Reserve. The hungry marmot ventured out of its burrow to search for plants to graze on. The fox continued to lie still. Then suddenly fox rushed forward...
In a winter whiteout in Yellowstone National Park, a lone American bison stands weathering the silent snowstorm.
Bison survive in Yellowstone’s harsh winter months by feeding on grasses and sedges beneath the snow.
Bison survive in Yellowstone’s harsh winter months by feeding on grasses and sedges beneath the snow.
High on a ledge, on the coast near his home in northern Norway, photographer Audun Rikardsen carefully positioned an old tree branch that he hoped would make a perfect golden-eagle lookout.
The photo captures the eagle’s power as it comes in to land, talons outstretched.
The photo captures the eagle’s power as it comes in to land, talons outstretched.
A tiny ant-mimicking crab spider, just five millimeters long. Many spider species imitate ants in appearance and behavior—even smell.
Infiltrating an ant colony can help a spider that wants to eat ants, or avoid being eaten by them or by predators that dislike ants.
Infiltrating an ant colony can help a spider that wants to eat ants, or avoid being eaten by them or by predators that dislike ants.
These nimble antelopes are high-altitude specialists, found only on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. To survive at elevations of up to 5,500 meters, they have unique underfur.
A million chiru once ranged across this plateau, but commercial hunting in the 1990s left only about 70,000.
A million chiru once ranged across this plateau, but commercial hunting in the 1990s left only about 70,000.
A squirrel appears to take a deep whiff of a flower in Vienna.
When penguins attack. The photo captured in Antarctica.
Something’s Fishy, British Columbia Coast, Canada
Bioluminous Larak, Iran
Huge thunderstorms, like this one over the Pacific Ocean, can penetrate the stratosphere some 18 kilometers up.
Scientists are studying whether such “overshoot” storms are injecting synthetic chemicals that harm Earth’s protective ozone layer into the stratosphere.
Scientists are studying whether such “overshoot” storms are injecting synthetic chemicals that harm Earth’s protective ozone layer into the stratosphere.
A boat drives through an algal bloom in Lake Erie, where excessive nitrogen levels from human activities starve the underwater life and impact human health.
Colorful domesticated potatoes are grown in the fields of the central Andes in Peru. These spuds come from pre-Inca cultures at 3000 - 4500 m above sea level. Researchers hope that diversifying the modern potato could enable it to better fight off diseases and climate change.
A shy ground pangolin unravels in a national park in Mozambique. These mammals are the world’s most poached animal. Captured for their scales and meat, they are inching closer to extinction.
