12 h. ago Sweet thing: a personal look at a photographer’s Cuban slavery heritage – photo essay

From the remnants of my great-grandparents’ Cuban home near the sugar plantation that is part of Unesco’s Slave Route programme – where they were once enslaved - to personal artefacts, each piece reconstructs an uncertain pastGathering information on our origins that might help with constructing self-identities could be a beautiful endeavour.Unfortunately, for millions of people worldwide, retracing a past filled with unfinished stories is like trying to nurture a tree whose roots have been severed.I still remember that narrow ribbon of earth winding down from my grandfather’s house towards the old Triunvirato plantation – the same fields where an enslaved woman called Carlota, who led an uprising in 1843, raised her voice against chains. In the silence of that road, it feels like a place that has been frozen in time Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Afghan women in the UK: amplifying their voice – a photo essay

Over four years have passed since the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan. Claudia Janke’s photographic series features 7 Afghan women who have found safety in the UK after escaping at great personal risk. She worked using an Instant Box Camera, the only type of camera allowed under the Taliban’s first regime, reclaimed for the these women to amplify their voicesSince the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan in 2021, the regime has imposed sweeping restrictions on the rights of women and girls, with devastating consequences for society. Girls are barred from attending school beyond the sixth grade, and women are prohibited from working, appearing on television, leaving the house alone, and singing or speaking in public. They have been systematically erased from public life.A recent UN Women report underscores the scale of this repression. The Afghanistan Gender Index 2025 reveals, among other findings:No female representation in national or local decision-making bodies.A co...

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7 d. ago Back to the front: Ukrainian troops return to the battlefield – photo essay

Photojournalist Julia Kochetova and reporter Dan Sabbagh stayed with Da Vinci Wolves battalion as infantry and drone pilots rotated from Ukraine’s eastern frontlineIt is just before dawn, the December temperature a couple of degrees above freezing; time for troop rotations to start across Ukraine’s 750 mile front.A crew of four from Da Vinci Wolves battalion are loading up into an M113 armoured personnel carrier at a secret location ready to be driven out to a safe point. From there they will walk to their position and remain on the front for 10 or 12 days.Drone pilots of Da Vinci Wolves battalion prepare to return to the frontline. Continue reading...

Events

4 w. ago PHOTO ESSAY: Tibetans depart Nepal, a former safe haven transformed under Chinese pressure

Sonam Tashi refuses to let his son inherit the same fear.

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4 w. ago Jake Paul v Anthony Joshua: boxing, influencers and spectacle collide in Miami – in pictures

Britain’s Anthony Joshua knocked out Jake Paul in the sixth round of their money-spinning heavyweight fight on a surreal Friday night in Miami, where boxing’s oldest realities converged with a new, attention-driven worldAnalysis: Jake Paul’s artless spectacle robbed boxing of its democratic dream Continue reading...

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4 w. ago PHOTO ESSAY: Under watch by Chinese tech, the Tibetan community in Nepal is slowly suffocating

In Nepal, the unseen eye has changed Tibetan life.

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