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7 of the best entries from Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2022

The competition aims to highlight the beauty of nature, and humanity’s responsibility to protect it.

Russia

From perestroika to Putin, the life of Mikhail Gorbachev in pictures

As the eighth and final Soviet president is to be interred in Moscow on Saturday, these are some of the key moments in his life and career.

Green News

Viking arrows and long lost Roman 'ghost village' revealed by drought

Rivers across the world are drying up, exposing everything from sunken Dinosaur bones to a Spanish Stonehenge. The latest find is an abandoned Roman military camp.

Culture news

Visa pour l'image : Photojournalism in the spotlight at Perpignan

From the war in Ukraine to witnesses and whistleblowers, this year's international photojournalism festival in Perpignan provides a thought-provoking and stimulating window on the world.

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My Europe Series

Ukrainian who lost everything in war vows a return to her ruined home

“I'll come back here, I want to live here,” said Lyudmila, whose home near Kyiv was destroyed in the early days of the war.

Climate

Shocking photos show one third of Pakistan submerged by deadly floods

The "monster" monsoon has affected 1 in 7 people, and follows the previous “climate blow” of deadly heatwaves earlier this year.

Ukraine

Six months of war in Ukraine: 20 important stories in pictures

After six months of war in Ukraine here are some of the most significant stories of this war in pictures.

France

6 months of the war: refugees on information frontline

6 months away from home: learning to navigate the new reality and how to help Ukraine from afar. Ukrainian refugees tell what keeps them going.

World News

The most striking images from this week's top stories

Here is our selection of the most striking photographs that hit the headlines this week.

Nature

The magical bird photos inspiring dancers, architects and scientists

10 years since starting his celebrated ‘Ornithographies’, Xavi Bou discusses the impact of climate change on bird migrations.

Nature

Striking portraits capture the humanity of endangered orangutans

On International Orangutan Day and World Photography Day, these portraits reveal similarities between great apes and humans.

France

In pictures: France's battle against catastrophic wildfires

These photographs from the epicentre of the natural disaster reveal the scale of damage after wildfires raging in southwestern France for days.

World News

The most striking images from this week's top stories

Here is our selection of the most striking photographs that hit the headlines this week.

Mobility

In pictures: Stargazers enjoy the last supermoon of 2022

Supermoons occur when the Moon is full and at its "perigee," the point when it is closest to the Earth on its orbit around the planet.

Climate

Shocking photos show impact of drought on Europe’s life-giving rivers

From the Loire to the Danube, dried-out rivers are jeopardising Europe's trade, transport, energy and wildlife.

Europe News

Desperate for water: European drought crisis in pictures

France, Italy, Spain, Serbia, Hungary and beyond -- this selection of photographs shows the European countries struggling with the shortage of water.

World News

The most striking images from last week's top stories

Here is our selection of the most striking photographs that made the news this week.

World News

The most striking images from this week's top stories

Here is our selection of the most striking photographs that made the news this week

Green News

Berlin’s Tegel airport to take on new life as eco-neighbourhood

Berlin’s massive new ‘Tegel Projekt’ will provide a ‘blueprint’ for future eco-living, its developers promise.

Ocean

Polar opposite: How climate change is altering the Arctic?

In partnership with the European Commission

The Arctic is warming faster than any other place on the planet, while its wildlife is being slowly poisoned by industrial toxins. Ocean travels to the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard to meet the scientists studying the environmental change taking place in the region.