Winners of the 2020 BigPicture Natural World Photography Competition
Top photos from this year’s contest, showcasing the Earth’s biodiversity
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Anthony Heflin / Shutterstock Kentucky: Images of the Bluegrass State
A few glimpses of Kentucky’s landscape, and some of the animals and people calling it home
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Mladen Antonov / AFP / Getty Photos of the Week: Glass Cabins, Ghost Lights, Trumpet Mask
A moonset over Maine, tall grass in a Roman park, a mass grave in Brazil, partitioned tables at a Bangkok restaurant, a thunderstorm in Bordeaux, triathlete training in Belgium, and much more
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Scott Olson / Getty A Socially Distanced Graduation
Graduating students of Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School received their diplomas in a nearly empty auditorium yesterday.
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Visionhaus / Getty Animals During the Pandemic
Images of animals around the globe, both affected by, and coping with, a suddenly changed world
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NASA / JPL / University of Arizona Jupiter and Its Galilean Moons
A virtual photo trip through the dancing spheres of Jupiter and its four major moons, Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto
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Hulton-Deutsch Collection / Corbis via Getty Celebrating Ramadan Before the Pandemic
A collection of historical Ramadan prayer services, dinners, and gatherings around the world, leading up to the coronavirus lockdown
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Chan Srithaweeporn / Getty Arizona: Images of the Grand Canyon State
A few glimpses of Arizona’s landscape, and some of the animals and people calling it home
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Gary Hershorn / Getty Photos of the Week: Pineapple Toss, Deserted Temple, Bioluminescent Waves
Mount Fuji at sunset, a burial in Tijuana, a prison riot in Peru, ballroom-dancing practice in Australia, a social-distancing motorbike in India, and much more
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AFP / Getty Photos: Hard at Work, Despite the Pandemic
The news agency Agence France-Presse recently asked photojournalists around the world to take portraits of workers at their job, and to ask them questions about their current situation, amid varying coronavirus lockdowns.
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Odd Andersen / AFP / Getty Balcony Seats: Watching Movies From Apartment Buildings
Recent images of movies being shown to apartment dwellers in Germany, Colombia, Brazil, and France during coronavirus lockdowns
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Joe Raedle / Getty Florida: Images of the Sunshine State
A few glimpses of Florida’s landscape, and some of the animals and people calling it home
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Alyson McClaran / Reuters Photos of the Week: Tiny Pony, Quiet Wedding, Bosporus Strait
Orthodox Easter in Ukraine, health-care workers on the job, surfers in Australia, idle aircraft in Denver, preparations to reopen Austria, and much more
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Sander Grefte / International Landscape Photographer of the Year Top Shots From the 2019 International Landscape Photographer of the Year
Some of the top and winning images from this year’s landscape-photography competition
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Bettmann / Getty 100 Years Ago in Photos: A Look Back at 1920
A collection of some of the events and sights from around the world a century ago
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