Photos by Francisco Seco At 84, Manolo del Rio is something of a legend in Spanish boxing, having spent more than 65 years training some of the country’s best fighters and still pledging to keep on until he drops.
Category Archives: May 2016 – 2
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.
Greece Migrants Last Stop
Photos by Petros Giannakouris Before catching the world’s attention, Idomeni was a sleepy village on the Greek border with Macedonia, the last stop on the train before heading through former Yugoslav countries and onto western Europe.
May 27, 2016
Miss Trans Israel
Photos by Oded Balilty Contenders in Israel’s first transgender pageant polished their moves and competed in “Miss Trans Israel.”
Kenyan Police are Under Investigation Because of an AP Photo
AP’s chief photographer and acting bureau chief for East Africa Ben Curtis was in Nairobi covering demonstrations against Kenya’s electoral commission when he witnessed police kicking and beating fleeing protestors with wooden clubs. One image captured the brutality so vividly that Kenya’s police chief has called for an internal investigation.
May 26, 2016
Worldview: Portugal Daily Life
For this installment of Worldview: Daily Life, we focus on Portugal.
Romanians Relive Communism in Play Featuring Lenin and Stalin
Photos by Vadim Ghirda Romanians have relived the horrors of communism in a play featuring Lenin and Stalin, set to patriotic songs of that era, played by actors who mime their roles.
May 25, 2016
May 24, 2016
Born a Refugee
Photos by Petros Giannakouris The women walked across the Syrian border into Turkey heavily pregnant, crossed the Aegean Sea in perilous journeys that risked their own lives and those of the babies they carried, because they dreamed of their children being born in a better world — in a peaceful, prosperous country in central or northernContinue reading “Born a Refugee”
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.
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.
May 19, 2016
Train Brings Water to Drought-Hit Region in Central India
Photos by Manish Swarup Many trains pull into Latur’s railroad station, but none is as eagerly awaited as the train that pulls into the parched town in the dead of the night.
Poor South African Boys Find an Escape in Sandboarding
Photos by Schalk van Zuydam Every Friday afternoon, some South African boys head for the sand dunes that surround Atlantis, a poor area on Cape Town’s outskirts where drug gangs operate and shootings occur regularly.
AP Monthly Staff Photo Contest
Each month The Associated Press management honors photographers for outstanding coverage while on assignment.
May 18, 2016
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.
The ‘Untouchables’ of Yemen Caught in Crossfire of War
Photos by Hani Mohammed They are Yemen’s untouchables.
May 17, 2016
Chilean Fishermen Struggle With Toxic Algae
Photos by Esteban Felix This string of islands off Chile’s coast was once best known for its dramatic landscapes, rich wildlife, quaint stilt homes and colonial-era churches.
For Asylum Seekers, Dutch Prisons Feel Like Home
Photos by Muhammed Muheisen With crime declining in the Netherlands, the country is looking at new ways to fill its prisons.
May 16, 2016
Italy’s Vintage Trams
Photos by Luca Bruno Against the backdrop of Milan’s 19th-century stone architecture, a fleet of nearly 90-year-old trams contribute to the aura of a bygone era that still permeates the city from certain angles.
50 Years Ago, China Launched Cultural Revolution
On May 16, 1966, the Communist Party’s Politburo produced a document announcing the start of what was formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution to pursue class warfare and enlist the population in mass political movements.
Pictures of the Week
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