Photos by Richard Vogel Long before NWA put the place on the map as the birthplace of gangsta rap and its streets echoed with the sounds of drive-by gunfire, Compton was a cowboy town. And it still is.
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Evicted at Trailer Park “Paradise,” Residents Seek New Homes
Photos by Lynne Sladky At first glance, the 15-acre Little Farm trailer park in El Portal, Florida, looks like a rundown neighborhood in need of a face-lift. But to the residents, many of them Hispanic and Haitian immigrants, this close-knit community was home.
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Thai Farmers Launch (Bee) Sting Operation to Stop Elephants
Photos by Gemunu Amarasinghe To stop wild elephants from rampaging through their produce, farmers in Thailand put up electric fences, set off firecrackers and even switched their crops from pineapples to pumpkins, which the pachyderms don’t relish much. Nothing worked, so the villagers decided on Plan Bee.
In Brazil’s Amazon, Worship with Psychedelic Tea
Photos by Eraldo Peres Canoes slide through a narrow river, dodging branches and trees for more than four hours to reach a tiny village deep in the Amazon jungle of western Brazil.
Cuban Cattle Country Keeps Up Rodeo Traditions
Photos by Ramon Espinosa In the Cuban countryside, many children learn to ride a horse before they tackle a bicycle.
Police, Soldiers Swarm Mexico’s Acapulco, Killings Continue
Photos by Enric Marti Along with beach towels or sandals, there’s a new popular beach accessory that says a lot about the violence gripping this once-glamorous resort: a small black leather tote hanging from the neck or shoulders of some men. It’s not a man-bag, exactly; it holds a small pistol.
Eritrean Migrants Find Escape In Tel Aviv Church
Photos by Oded Balilty Hundreds of faithful gather each week in the makeshift Savior of the World church. With its walls bedecked with Christian paraphernalia, it’s an unlikely scene in the heart of the Jewish state, hidden in a non-descript building in a hardscrabble southern area of the Israeli city of Tel Aviv.
In Greece, Refugee Families Living Life In Limbo
Photos by Gregorio Borgia At Greece’s blockaded border with Macedonia, 10,000 people who arrived hoping to start new lives farther west and north in Europe are settling instead into lives in limbo, sleeping in tents in mud and rain as they wait to find out what happens next.
Small Mexican Town Fetes the Donkey with May Day Festival
Photos by Rebecca Blackwell | Text and Videos by Leslie Mazoch This is a place where every donkey will have his day – a small town just north of Mexico City that gives the beasts of burden a chance every May Day to kick up their hooves.
Archivist Update: Empire State Building Turns 85
On May 1, 2016, the Empire State Building marks 85 years since it officially opened on May 1, 1931, with the press of a button by President Herbert Hoover in Washington, D.C to turn on the lights.
Thousands Celebrate Orthodox Palm Sunday in Romania
Photos by Vadim Ghirda Holding palm fronds and flowers, thousands of Romanians took part in processions and services as they celebrated Orthodox Palm Sunday.
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Haiti Artists Forge Int’l Reputation with Art Made of Junk
Photos by David McFadden Amid a maze of car repair shops in Haiti’s gritty capital, Andre Eugene pitches a shredded tire he found atop a towering sculpture he built out of rusty engine parts, bed springs and other cast-off junk.
Art And Art Lovers Blend Together In Hong Kong
Photos by Kin Cheung Asia’s biggest exhibition of modern and contemporary art brought together 239 galleries from 35 countries and territories in Hong Kong, which has emerged as the region’s top art trading hub.
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Syria Refugee Children Fear For Their Future
Photos by Muhammed Muheisen About half of the 4.8 million Syrians who fled their homeland are children, and some of the most vulnerable live in dozens of makeshift tent camps, including in Jordan, which has taken in close to 640,000 refugees.
Romanians Burn Tires to Mark Orthodox Lent
Photos by Andreea Alexandru Romanian villagers have burned used tires and lit fires in the Transylvanian hills in a ritual that marks the beginning of Orthodox Lent.
Migrants Find Refuge ‘North Of The Middle Of Nowhere’
Photos by Alastair Grant After hiding below the horizon for two long months, the sun has finally risen in Hammerfest, casting a pale pink hue over the Arctic landscape surrounding the world’s northernmost refugee shelter.
Top Entertainment Photos of 2015
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Oscars’ Memorable Moments
The Oscars, or Academy Awards, dates back to 1929, when the first ceremony honoring excellence in film was held at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.
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This year’s coverage of entertainment stories showcases the work of AP’s and Invision’s photographers, offering an up close view, from celebrity portraits, film festivals and concerts, to the industry’s biggest award shows.
Halloween Around the Globe
Halloween, also called All Hallow’s Eve, has roots in pagan rituals dating back more than 2,000 years, and was traditionally a day for marking the end of the harvest season.
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