Photos by Eric Risberg At the Clift Hotel in San Francisco, there are more than 370 rooms inside and 100,000 bees buzzing above in rooftop hives outside.
Category Archives: May 2016 – 1
May 12, 2016
The Ballad of Trayvon Martin
Photos by Matt Slocum Trayvon Martin has often been in the thoughts of playwright and activist Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj in the four years since the 17-year-old unarmed black boy was shot and killed after a confrontation with neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman.
May 11, 2016
Spain’s Bread Procession of the Saint
Photos by Alvaro Barrientos Every year during spring season, ”Las Doncellas” (White Virgins), hold a basket on their head covered with white cloth while they walk along this old village in Santo Domingo de La Calzada, northern Spain.
World in Review
World in Review is a collection of five photo galleries curated by Associated Press photo editors from each region of the world: Asia, Europe and Africa, the Middle East, Latin America and the Caribbean and the United States.
May 10, 2016
From Drag Queens to Aliens, a Con for all Seasons
Photos by Richard Vogel At first glance, it has all the trappings of San Diego Comic-Con.
May 9, 2016
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.
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.
May 6, 2016
The Fastest Two Minutes in Sports: Kentucky Derby
The starting gate will once again be full with 20 horses for the 142nd Kentucky Derby.
The Remains of Russian Soldiers of WWII
Photos by Dmitri Lovetsky A group of Russian volunteers searching a river bank outside St. Petersburg found the remains of five Soviet soldiers who had died while defending the city during World War II.
Israel’s Golan Cowboys
Photos by Ariel Schalit With his wide-brimmed hat, Wrangler jeans and ornate belt buckle, Yehiel Alon could easily pass for one of the Montana ranchers he once worked with.
May 5, 2016
American Astronauts
On May 5th, 1961, Astronaut Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. became the first American in space aboard the Freedom 7 Space capsule.
Ramadi: A City Destroyed
This is what victory looks like in the Iraqi city of Ramadi: In the once thriving Haji Ziad Square, not a single structure still stands. Turning in every direction yields a picture of devastation.
May 4, 2016
Star Wars Through the Years
Today is Star Wars Day and we searched our photo archive and unearthed images spanning the years 1977 – 2016.
Indonesian Sulfur Miners Brave Volcano, Fumes, Earn Pennies
Photos by Binsar Bakkara Stunning Mount Ijen in eastern Java draws tourists by day and hundreds of sulfur miners by night. They endure toxic fumes and backbreaking loads to earn pennies hauling out a substance used to bleach sugar and vulcanize rubber.
May 3, 2016
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.
May 2, 2016
Fisherman Slaves: Human Trafficking and the Seafood We Eat
Over the course of 18 months, Associated Press journalists located men held in cages, tracked ships and stalked refrigerated trucks to expose the abusive practices of the fishing industry in Southeast Asia.
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.
Daily Life Around the World
Our Daily Life series is a visual exploration of everyday imagery from around the globe.
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