Category Archives: July 2016 2
Scenes From a City Under Siege in Indian-Controlled Kashmir
Photos by Bernat Armangue In Indian-controlled Kashmir, where violence has come in grim cycles for more than two decades, people know what to expect when tempers rise.
Lebanon Shiite Tattoos
Photographs by Hassan Ammar Hamada Bayloun is not particularly religious, but across his entire upper back spreads a large tattoo of the most revered saint in Shiite Islam, Imam Ali.
July 28, 2016
July 27, 2016
Divided America: Women in Office
Hillary Clinton and Mary Thomas have little in common, except for this: They both hope to add to the meager ranks of America’s female elected officials come January.
Mexico’s Firefly Sanctuary
Photos by Rebecca Blackwell In the village of Nanacamilpa, tiny fireflies are helping save the towering pine and fir trees on the outskirts of the megalopolis of Mexico City.
July 26, 2016
July 25, 2016
Pictures of the Week
Highlights from the weekly AP photo report, a gallery featuring a mix of front-page photography, the odd image you might have missed and lasting moments our editors think you should see.
July 22, 2016
In Rio’s Slums, Gangs, Drugs, Murders Carry the Day
July 21, 2016
In Peru’s Andes, Bitter Cold Devastates Alpaca Farmers
Photos by Rodrigo Abd After three days of heavy snowfall and bone-chilling temperatures, Mateo Mullisaca watches as one of his alpacas falls to the ground in agony on his farm almost 16,400 feet (5,000 meters) high in Peru’s Andes.
July 20, 2016
500 Elephants Relocated in Malawi
Photos by Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi Half a dozen African elephants lay strewn on a riverside plain in Malawi, immobilized by darts fired from a helicopter in a massive project to move 500 elephants, by truck and crane, to a sanctuary for the threatened species.
Uruguay’s Pot Club
Photos by Matilde Campodonico Uruguay is home to the world’s first government-regulated national marketplace for pot, so it’s not surprising that growers have a competition for best marijuana.
July 19, 2016
AP Monthly Staff Photo Contest
Each month The Associated Press management honors photographers for outstanding coverage while on assignment.
July 18, 2016
Britain May be Yearning for a Country That Never Was
Photos by Emilio Morenatti Across Britain, from dilapidated Welsh coal mining towns to English beach resorts frozen in time, people say they voted to leave the European Union and plunge into the unknown to get their country back.
Pictures of the Week
Highlights from the weekly AP photo report, a gallery featuring a mix of front-page photography, the odd image you might have missed and lasting moments our editors think you should see.
Muslims in Japan Observe Fasting Month of Ramadan
Photos by Eugene Hoshiko Yohei Matsuyama breaks his daylong Ramadan fast with chopsticks. He’s seated on the floor at a narrow table with a dozen other Japanese Muslim men and boys as they eat “gyudon,” a dish consisting of rice topped with beef.
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