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Winning 2022's Siena Creative Photo Awards' overall prize is Portuguese photographer André Boto. We look through some of the highlights from this year's selection.

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Ukraine

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United Kingdom

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Art

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Destinations

Could this be Europe’s most beautiful digital nomad hub?

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Culture news

Ukrainian mothers photographed with the belongings they fled with

In a searing photo series released by Save the Children, four Ukrainian mothers and their young children reveal the things they took with them when they fled their besieged homes.

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Ukraine

Azov photographer publishes his work just before being taken prisoner

Photographs taken by Mariupol defender besieged for months in the steel plant.

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Culture news

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France

French demonstrators explain why they support Ukraine

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Culture news

10 must-see European films at Cannes 2022

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Food and Drink

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Cult

Portuguese ‘Digital Building’ opens door to country's architecture

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13/05/2022

Culture news

In pictures: How the world celebrated VE day in 1945

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Art

3D imaging reveals biggest ever example of North American cave art

The new technology allows historians to view artworks previously invisible to the human eye etched into thin layers of mud.

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Culture news

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04/05/2022

Food and Drink

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