Photography
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Raghu Rai’s masterful images of Indian life – in pictures
Recruited to Magnum Photos by Henri Cartier-Bresson in 1977, the veteran photographer, who has died aged 83, m…
- Art and design, Art and design books, Books, Culture, Kyrgyzstan, Photography, South and Central Asia, World news
‘They tore up everything’: the wolf hunters of Kyrgyzstan – in pictures
In the remote village of Ottuk, men protect their precious sheep by heading into the mountains. Luke Oppenheim…
- British empire, Colonialism, Global development, India, Photography, South and Central Asia, World news
Manure dryers and devil dancers: the British empire’s attempt to use photography to control India
In a new exhibition, the featured images reflect Britain’s attempts to classify and curb the subcontinent’s po…
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Nepal’s uprising took their loved ones. Now they hope for change – gallery
Seventy-seven people were killed during youth-led protests that toppled Nepal’s prime minister Continue readin…
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Nepal’s uprising took their loved ones. Now they hope for change – gallery
Seventy-seven people were killed during youth-led protests that toppled Nepal’s prime minister Continue readin…
- Art and design, Child marriage, Global development, Human rights, India, Photography, Society, South and Central Asia, Women, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
Women behind the lens: ‘I met 14-year-old Arti a day before her wedding. Her suicide six years later hit home’
Despite being illegal, child marriage is still common in much of India. Saumya Khandelwal, a photojournalist, …
- Afghanistan, Photography, Refugees, South and Central Asia, Taliban, United Nations, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
Afghan women in the UK: amplifying their voice – a photo essay
Over four years have passed since the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan. Claudia Janke’s photographic s…
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Women behind the lens: six of our most striking images from 2025
A few of our favourite photographs taken by women from the global south and capturing moments of everyday life…
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Afghanistan’s historic Ariana cinema torn down by Taliban – in pictures
A renowned Kabul cinema that for decades attracted the city’s film fans is being demolished to make way for a …
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The fading of Japan’s Shōwa era – in pictures
Lee Chapman’s photographs document the scenes, signages and family businesses of the postwar Shōwa era Japan. …
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‘A perfect coincidence’: rare red lightning captured in New Zealand skies
Photographers capture extremely unusual phenomenon – also known as red sprites – against backdrop of the Milky…
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Visions of resistance: women fighting to save their homeland – in pictures
The theme of this year’s Women By Women exhibition, Rooted in Resistance, is to showcase images of women defen…
- Art and design, Culture, Global development, India, Photography, Sexual violence, South and Central Asia, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
Women behind the lens: ‘I thought, who is this woman? I need to know her’
Indian artist Indu Antony was mesmerised when she first saw 78-year-old Cecilia and has put her at the heart o…
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Myanmar refugees in Thailand face health crisis after USAid withdrawal – in pictures
Thousands of people who fled Myanmar’s civil war to refugee camps in Thailand are struggling to find healthcar…
- Art and design, Culture, Domestic violence, Global development, India, Photography, Society, South and Central Asia, Women, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
Women behind the lens: ‘Through needle and thread, a quiet defiance of patriarchy’
One of a series of photographs taken across India in which women, many of them abuse survivors, use traditiona…