Tag Archives: AP Images Collections

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.

Bolivia Grandmothers’ Handball

Photos by Juan Karita Dozens of traditional Aymara grandmothers ease many of the aches and pains of aging by practicing a sport that is decidedly untraditional in Bolivia — team handball.

Cuba’s Horse Business

Photos by Ramon Espinosa Already renowned for fine rum and fancy cigars, Cuba is carving out a new luxury niche that is attracting Latin American elites to the communist-run island: elite jumping horses.

Madrid’s Fashion Week

Photos by Daniel Ochoa de Olza Madrid Fashion Week has celebrated its 30th anniversary with presentations from 44 designers and brands by models on catwalks in Spain’s premier fashion showcase.

Mexican Heroin Trade

Photos by Dario Lopez-Mills Red and purple blossoms with fat, opium-filled bulbs blanket the remote creek sides and gorges of the Filo Mayor mountains in the southern state of Guerrero.

New England Snowstorm 2015

Trudging through knee-high snow, New Englanders began digging out from a blizzard Wednesday with grudging respect for the forecasters, who missed the mark in New York but were right on the money in the Boston area.

Daily Life Roundup: Jan. 26, 2015

For this week’s installment of AP’s Daily Life series, we feature photography from all over the world: A Tanzanian girl smiles as she makes her way back from school, skiers take to the slopes of Nanshan ski resort in Beijing, and a baby cries after being vaccinated against polio in Islamabad.  Click any image to launchContinue reading “Daily Life Roundup: Jan. 26, 2015”

APTOPIX Roundup: Jan. 23, 2015

Throughout the day, Associated Press photo editors comb through and designate a selection of the most newsworthy and visually breathtaking images as APTOPIX.

Ukraine Unrest 2015

Photos by Manu Brabo Shelling in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk killed at least six civilians Tuesday, as fighting intensified between government and rebel forces.

Haiti Earthquake Anniversary

A look at the 2010 earthquake in Haiti and its aftermath:

CES Gadget Show 2015

At the International CES, the largest trade show in the Americas, tech enthusiasts are meeting in Las Vegas to see their dreams and fantasies about the future move closer to reality.

New Years Eve in Times Square

New York City’s Times Square is the site of one of the celebrated New Year’s Eve gatherings in the world.

2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami

Friday marks the 10th anniversary of one of the deadliest natural disasters in world history: a tsunami, triggered by a massive 9.1 earthquake off the Indonesian coast, leaving more than 230,000 people dead in 14 countries and causing about $10 billion in damage.

Army Navy Rivalry Resumes

Saturday, Dec. 13, 2014, marks the 115th renewal of the Army–Navy college football rivalry.

Ebola: Life at Ground Zero

Photos by Jerome Delay When 2-year-old Emile Ouamouno caught a fever, started vomiting, passed blood in his stool and died two days later, nobody knew why.

Wings For Autism

Photos by Patrick Semansky With boarding passes in hand, children with autism spectrum disorders and their families took part in an air travel rehearsal at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.

Worldview: Mexico Daily Life

For today’s installment of AP’s Worldview: Daily Life series, we focus on Mexico.

Sports Roundup: Nov. 21, 2014

Over the last two weeks, we have gathered a selection of some of our favorite sports moments captured by AP photographers.

Close Up: Photographer Rebecca Blackwell

Rebecca Blackwell joined the AP as West Africa photographer in 2007, before moving to the Mexico City bureau in 2014.

A Look At Veterans Day Around the U.S.

In small communities and large cities alike, people gathered Tuesday to honor those who have served in the U.S. armed forces.

Sports Roundup: Nov. 11, 2014

Over the last two weeks, we have gathered a selection of some of our favorite sports moments captured by AP photographers.

Berlin Wall: When the Wall Stood and Today

Berlin’s appearance has changed enormously since the fall on Nov. 9, 1989 of the Berlin Wall, which for nearly three decades divided the communist east from the city’s west — a capitalist enclave deep inside East Germany.

Burkina Faso Political Crisis

Photos by Theo Renaut Opposition leaders and members of civil society met Thursday, Nov. 6, 2014 in Burkina Faso, West Africa, to establish ground rules for a transitional government and what they expect from its leader after the country’s president of 27 years resigned last week amid mounting opposition to his bid to seek yet anotherContinue reading “Burkina Faso Political Crisis”

APTOPIX Roundup: Oct. 30, 2014

Throughout the day, Associated Press photo editors comb through and designate a selection of the most newsworthy and visually breathtaking images as APTOPIX.

Superstorm Sandy: Before and After

Hurricane Sandy, also known as Superstorm Sandy, began as a tropical wave in the Caribbean Sea on October 22, 2012.

Sports Roundup: Oct. 27, 2014

Over the last two weeks, we have gathered a selection of some of our favorite sports moments captured by AP photographers.

Ukraine Elections 2014

Ukraine braced for decisive parliamentary elections Saturday, Oct. 25, 2014 against the backdrop of unrest in eastern regions roiled by conflict between government troops and pro-Russian separatist forces.

Mexico’s Missing Students

Officials said that a drug gang implicated in the disappearance of 43 students in a southern city essentially ran the town, paying the mayor hundreds of thousands of dollars a month out of its profits from making opium paste to fuel the U.S. heroin market.

Brazil’s Poor Voters

Photos by Felipe Dana Children play amid tumbledown shacks in some of Rio de Janeiro’s poorest hillside “favela” slums, places where armed drug traffickers lay down the law, stray bullets fly and raw sewage oozes into the streets.

Worldview: United States Daily Life

For today’s installment of AP’s Worldview: Daily Life series, we focus on the United States. 

Cuba’s Violin Shortage

Photos by Ramon Espinosa In a light-filled workshop cluttered with tools and pieces of old string instruments, three men carve strips of imported wood and silently measure the angles of violin pegs and viola necks bent out of tune by years of use.

Turkey Syria Conflict

Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab, and its surrounding areas, has been under assault by the Islamic State group since mid-September and is being defended by Kurdish fighters.

Sports Roundup: Oct. 10, 2014

Over the last three weeks, we have gathered a selection of some of our favorite sports moments captured by AP photographers.

Venezuela Horse Mafia

Photos by Fernando Llano It sounds like a page-turning novel: Venezuelan authorities say a gambling ring poisons one of the country’s most popular race horses ahead of a key derby, nearly killing the animal and shining a light on an underworld where millions of dollars in bets are made under the table.

Brazilian Catadores

Photos by Eraldo Peres Against a distant skyline of high-rise buildings, huge vultures dive over the nearly 9 tons of rubbish that arrive daily at the enormous dump in Brazil’s capital as nearly 3,000 trash pickers set aside recyclable plastic, metal and paper to sell.

Hong Kong Democracy Protest

AP photojournalists are currently in Hong Kong covering the pro-democracy protests. Below is a photo gallery of a selection of their most recent work. 

Close Up: Photographer Wong Maye-E

Wong Maye-E joined AP as a staff photographer in 2003. Based in Singapore, Maye-E’s work is centered around Sports reportage, entertainment, politics, and regional news stories.

Worldview: Spain Daily Life

AP’s Daily Life series is a visual exploration of imagery from around the globe. From bustling Chinese cities, to ice caves in Minnesota, to the rural farms of northern India, these stunning images depict the world beyond the familiar and remind us of the global community to which we belong. Whether inspiring or devastating, theseContinue reading “Worldview: Spain Daily Life”

Close Up: Photographer Julie Jacobson

Julie Jacobson joined the AP in San Francisco as a staff photographer in 2001 and was based in New York for 8 years before transferring to Las Vegas in 2009. In 2014, she returned to New York City.

Ramadan Iftar From Around the World

For the millions of Muslims abstaining from food and drink from sunrise to sunset every day during Islam’s holiest month of Ramadan, that first sip of water after a grueling fast is by far the most anticipated moment of the day.

Twitch and Shout Summer Camp

Eleven-year-old Blake Desadier thought his mom was lying when she told him there were other kids like him with Tourette’s syndrome. Then he went to “Camp Twitch and Shout,” a weeklong summer camp for children with Tourette’s, a neurological disorder that makes people have different types of involuntary muscle movements or speech. The camp helpsContinue reading “Twitch and Shout Summer Camp”