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Highlights from the collection of winning images in the 60th World Press Photo Contest, which were selected from 80,408 images made by 5,034 photographers from 125 different countries
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The Westminster dog show is America’s oldest continuously held sporting event after the Kentucky Derby. Now in its 141st year, this year’s competition will see 2908 dogs from 200 different breeds or varieties compete over two days for the coveted best in show title as well as various best in breed prizes.
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As a child, Enrique Metinides photographed the bloody crime scenes of Mexico City – leading to a lifetime of ambulance chasing and macabre images
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Frank Brangwyn was an English former apprentice of William Morris, while Yoshijiro Urushibara was an expert Japanese woodblock artist. In the early part of the 20th century, they made prints together that blended their artistic styles and showed their shared adoration of nature
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Atlanta-based artist and neuroscience PhD student Desirée De León makes little things into miniature worlds
highlights of the day
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The Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of photo highlights from around the world
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the picture essay
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The Carnival of Viareggio has been one of the most spectacular Italian folk events for 144 years.
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Photographer Gabriel Scanu talks about his beautiful aerial shots of iconic coastal landscapes
from the agencies
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Aid ship Nautical Aliya brings supplies to Rohingya refugee camps
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Brazil’s south-eastern state of Espirito Santo is grappling with a strike by police that has resulted in a week of violence which has left more than 120 people dead – a toll six times the homicide rate in the state last year. Security duties have now been transferred to the military in an attempt to resolve the crisis.
eyewitness
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Models backstage at the Fashion East runway show during London fashion week at Tate Modern
Behind the scenes at the Baftas 2017