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From epic vistas to the churn of industry, 19th-century American photographers captured a country beginning to define its identity
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Documenting life in the remote wilderness, both at sea and on the shore
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With their murderous rabbits, awkward graffiti and awesome nicknames, the business cards handed out by Chicago gang members in the 1970s and 80s are a peek into a violent underworld
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The photographer David Levene went backstage at the Olivier awards in London, amid the likes of Mark Rylance, Billie Piper and John Boyega
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He was best known for his Pulitzer prize-winning photo, Saigon Execution, but Eddie Adams won over 500 awards for his work, throughout a 50-year career
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By cutting up comic books into tiny fragments and reassembling them, Ben Turnbull builds fiendishly complex visions of war and American culture
highlights of the day
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The Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of photo highlights from around the world, including a media scrum before Iran elections and a Thai water festival
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the picture essay
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Kinnerton operates Marks and Spencer’s Easter egg production site. Graeme Robertson went to see how the confectioner makes Alfie the bunny
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The London borough saw one of the biggest leave votes in Britain last June and Romford is the biggest town in the borough. Photojournalist Sean Smith and Lisa O’Carroll met some of the people behind the politics
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The Zoological Society of London Zoo is home to more than 650 animal species. Photographer Linda Nylind was given exclusive access to spend time with the keepers
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About 20,000 people have been ordered to evacuate their homes in northern New South Wales as flooding continues to hit the area
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As Disneyland Paris prepares to celebrate its 25th anniversary, employees at the workshops build new floats and costumes based on films including Finding Nemo
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The Isles of Scilly are an archipelago of five main inhabited islands located 28 miles off the south western tip of the Cornish peninsula making them the southernmost part of the UK