featured galleries
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Bees under the macro lensAlejandro Santillana’s new macro images of bees are being showcased by the University of Texas at Austin at their Insects Unlocked project
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Giants of modernist architecture – in picturesEver since Le Corbusier’s rallying cry in 1929, sleek slabs on stilts and levitating levels have proliferated. Here we celebrate 90 years of playful, efficient elegance -
Bombay Bicycle Club's Jack Steadman: my trip around the world – in picturesAhead of recording his new soul album as Mr Jukes, Jack Steadman, frontman of Bombay Bicycle Club, made a global voyage of discovery from cargo ships to Japanese ‘kissas’. He shares his travel snaps -
Paleoart: the strange history of dinosaurs in art – in picturesSince the 19th century, artists have depicted colourful – if sometimes fictional – dinosaurs and prehistoric environments, mingling science with unbridled fantasy
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Wildfires across southern Europe – in picturesFirefighters are battling wildfires across the countries of southern Europe. Dry hot weather and strong winds have caused fires to spread
highlights of the day
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Best photos of the day: sunbathers and Comic-ConThe Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of photo highlights from around the world, including summer swims and opening of Vladivostok’s Patriot Park
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the picture essay
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Vietnamese smallholders help end deforestation – photo essayIn the foothills of Vietnam’s Annamite mountains, hundreds of small forest owners are joining forces to produce sustainable acacia used in furniture around the world. With much of the country’s plantations owned by individuals, expanding the approach may be the best chance for saving forests in the Greater Mekong
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Allez allez! Le Tour de France - a photo essayAlicia Canter went to Puy to watch the Tour storm into the mountains
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Fight like a girl: the female boxers of the Democratic Republic of the CongoPhotographer Hugh Kinsella Cunningham met four of DRC’s 22 female boxers and spoke to them about their personal journeys in a patriarchal society
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Inveraray Highland games – in picturesThe Games celebrate Scottish culture and heritage with field and track events, piping, highland dancing competitions and heavy events including the world championships for tossing the caber
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Venezuela's shield-bearing protesters – in picturesDrawing inspiration from Ukraine’s 2013-14 revolt, young protesters in Venezuela carry Viking-like shields during protests against President Nicolás Maduro
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The grime scene in London and beyond – in picturesDocumenting grime’s emergence from the underground, photographer Paul Hackett finds artists expressing their individuality and solidarity
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