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The beautiful, shocking work of artist Hoda Afshar: ‘I don’t take freedom of speech for granted’
Afshar’s experiences as a young woman in Iran have shaped her artistic career in Australia, focusing her eye on the humanity within inhumane systems Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email When Hoda Afshar was a teenager, coming of age in theocratic and authoritarian Iran in…
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Surveillance and sabotage on the Deutsche Börse photography prize shortlist – in pictures
As the prestigious award marks its 30th anniversary, this year’s nominees consider hidden human labour, life in war-torn Ukraine and the Buddhist concept of rebirth
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‘Just come in’: 30 years of Maggie’s cancer care centres – in pictures
A new photography exhibition marks 30 years of Maggie’s centres , which offer free practical, emotional and social support to people affected by cancer. Inspired by the phrase ‘just come in’ – the ethos at the centre of every Maggie’s – photographer Tabitha Jussa ’s images…
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Stars and scars: the art of Atong Atem at the NGV – in pictures
The National Gallery of Victoria presents the first major Australian solo exhibition of the Melbourne artist, whose work references African studio photography, family archives, Catholic imagery and science fiction, while paying tribute to the myths and traditions of Dinka Bor…
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The bare-handed beekeeper who looks like something out of The Odyssey: Holly Lynton’s best photograph
‘Les didn’t wear gloves as he needed to be able to feel the bees so he didn’t crush them. “Should I put them on my face?” he said. “Sure!” I replied’ The jumping-off point for my Bare Handed series was a bird becoming trapped in the netting around the raspberry bushes in my…
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Unlock the vaults! A glimpse of gothic Britain – in pictures
A new exhibition has trawled the Martin Parr Foundation’s archive to find these haunted images – revealing the UK as a place of fear and fascination
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How rebuilding old mosques is bringing Sikhs, Hindus and Muslims together in Punjab
Many Muslims saw their places of worship destroyed or abandoned during the sectarian violence of India’s partition in 1947. Now villagers of many faiths are coming together to revive them Gajju Khan is smiling as he sits in an unfinished building in the northern Indian state of…
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Sea of crimson: vivid ‘red beach’ transforms China’s wetlands and marshes – in pictures
A striking transformation takes place along the coast of Qinqdao in autumn, when a native seepweed turns a brilliant shade of red. The ‘red beach’ phenemon can be seen in the salt marshes and wetlands on the coast of China’s Shandong province, where the Suaeda glauca plant…
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Metropolis: more than four decades of street photography – in pictures
Metropolis: Street Photography 1985–2025 transitions from the tough, film-noir streets of 1980s New York, to the time surrounding the fall of the Berlin Wall, to the modern, colour-saturated, hard-shadowed geometry of contemporary Australian streets.
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‘Approaching desire with curiosity’: the many facets of Black masculinity – in pictures
Through thoughtful conversations and dynamic images, Quil Lemons’s new book Quiladelphia explores how Black men navigate desire and masculinity as well as the stereotypes placed on them.
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Israel goes to the polls – in pictures
Voters head to the polls to elect 120 members of the Knesset in an election that will determine whether Benjamin Netanyahu’s rightwing coalition can remain in power.
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Is that a lion driving the car? Alluring images to buy in the Magnum Square Print Sale – in pictures
From roarsome motorists to indoor beaches, these fascinating images blur fact and fiction – and are available to buy in the Magnum store
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Siena international photo awards 2026 – in pictures
A selection of some of the awarded photography on display in Siena, Italy, at the festival celebrating the 12th edition of the awards , which runs from 10 October to 29 November
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Exciting new talent in photojournalism: the IPPG 2026 recipients – in pictures
The winner of the 2026 Ian Parry photojournalism grant , which spotlights new talent in photojournalism, is Maddie McCuddy , 23, from the US. She receives £10,000, Canon equipment and mentorship from Giles Duley (Legacy of War Foundation).
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Natasha Bedingfield looks back: ‘I had hits in the US that weren’t released in England. It was like being banished’
The singer-songwriter on her unconventional education, her brother Daniel, and her quest to write a classic like Purple Rain Born in London in 1981, Natasha Bedingfield is a singer and songwriter.
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A theatrical dancer on a pristine limestone mountain in East Java: Mohammad Nur Nasikin’s best phone picture
The photographer hopes his image of a father and son practising a traditional Indonesian artform will go some way towards preserving it Early this summer, in a pristine, limestone mountain range in the East Java province of Indonesia, Mohammad Nur Nasikin met with the father and…
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Paddy Donnelly obituary
My husband, Paddy Donnelly, who has died aged 70, was a South African who moved in the early 1980s to London. There he worked for the International Defence and Aid Fund for Southern Africa (IDAF), which funded the legal costs of people tried or imprisoned for anti-apartheid…
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A tender sporting moment with Alex ‘Hurricane’ Higgins | Letter
Paul Mitchell recalls snooker champion Alex Higgins tearfully celebrating his win with his young daughter While I enjoyed your photo feature with its “groundbreaking images [that] have upended assumptions about how men behave, dress and project power” ( Muscles, metrosexuals and…
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Photos fill the frame at the Epson Pano awards 2026 – in pictures
The Epson Pano awards celebrate panoramic photography from first-time entrants and established professionals alike. This year, the 17th iteration, adds a new aerial category to show off the unique format This gallery is best viewed on desktop Beautifully strange: Australian…
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Week in wildlife: a bookworm bear, an angelic spider and a bald hedgehog
This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world
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Proms, parties and gender politics: amazing photos from American dancefloors – and what they tell us about a changing nation
From George Balanchine to the Rockettes, the US magazine regularly ran lavish photo spreads dedicated to dance, with the myriad ways people moved their bodies holding up a mirror to the shifting times Life magazine launched in 1936.
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Take a stroll between Japan’s past and present – in pictures
Giada Ripa’s ambitious project combines archive photography from the 1860s, a modern dominatrix – and the story of a relative who became a muse to 19th-century artists and intellectuals
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A grieving female elephant carrying a stillborn baby: Federico Veronesi’s best photograph
‘She carried the dead calf for hours even though it wasn’t hers. She had had a miscarriage two years before – and now picked up the stillborn babies of other mothers’ My love of African animals, in particular elephants, dates back to when I was three or four years old, growing…
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New Zealand Geographic photographer of the year competition 2026 – in pictures
Almost 70 finalists were chosen from 6,000 entries for New Zealand’s largest photographic competition , with works reflecting the country’s natural environment, wildlife, culture, history and traditions.
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Nikon’s Small World photomicrography competition winners – in pictures
The 52 nd annual Nikon Small World competition honours the world’s most remarkable images captured through a microscope. The first-place prize was awarded to Ole Bielfeldt, a student and experimental photographer, for his image of ink droplets suspended inside an inkjet printer…
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Light, camera … razor blades?! How photography became an art form – in pictures
A new exhibition – which the Guardian gave five stars – tells the story of the birth of art photography. Here are some of the most astounding images, along with tales of the strange techniques that made them
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Nordic wonder and an ancient art – readers’ best photographs
Click here to submit a picture for publication in these online galleries and/or on the Guardian letters page
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‘Unguarded moments’: a lost archive of street photography – in pictures
Little-known photographer John Baer captured everyday life before putting down his camera in 1954. His son discovered the images decades later after his death, and John Baer: The Extraordinary Ordinary / A Memoir in Photographs, 1945–1954 marks their first public release
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‘You have to dance like everybody else!’ Burkina Faso in full colour – in pictures
Sanlé Sory is said to have taken a million photographs over six decades, documenting rapid change in his home country. A new exhibition looks at the moment he embraced colour
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Light and Magic: The Birth of Art Photography review – a rhapsodic show to stop you in your tracks
Tate Modern, London From a Singapore construction worker to a loincloth-wearing Sri Lankan, this awe-inspiring and truly global exhibition finds epic beauty in the everyday I don’t remember the last time I saw such a well-researched and truly globally representative exhibition…
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‘No influencers’: the hotels, restaurants and beauty spots restricting photoshoots
Backlash against content creators includes restricted hours for filming and even outright bans Stand in any vaguely photogenic spot these days on holiday and the chances are you will come across people posing with raised phones and even ring lights.
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Oh my gourd! Pumpkin season is in session – St Abbs in pictures
A barrowful of family fun with gourds galore and even a pumpkin cannon at a patch on the Berwickshire coast
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Great Pottery Throw Down judge Keith Brymer Jones looks back: ‘Men like seeing me be emotional’
The potter and presenter on a tricky childhood, his religious calling for clay, and cross-dressing as Adele Born in London in 1965, Keith Brymer Jones is a potter, ceramic designer and TV judge.
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Pan-European protests and Taylor Swift on stage: photos of the weekend
The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
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The last lace mill – in pictures
MYB Textiles Ltd is the last mill in the world weaving patterned Nottingham lace on traditional looms. Once there were 20 lace mills in the Irvine Valley towns of Newmilns and Darvel alone.
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Sculpture by the Sea 2026: Bondi comes alive with beachside art – in pictures
Australia’s largest free outdoor sculpture exhibition returns to Sydney’s 2km Bondi to Tamarama coastal walk, showcasing work by artists from around the world.
