5 h. ago Sebastião Salgado captured the world like no other photographer

The death of the esteemed black-and-white photographer leaves behind a rich library of over 500,000 images showing Earth in all its beauty and darkness‘I photographed the world’: the career of Sebastião Salgado – in picturesIt’s a testament to the epic career of Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado, who died this week at age 81, that this year has already seen exhibitions of hundreds of his photos in Mexico City, France and southern California. Salgado, who in his lifetime produced more than 500,000 images while meticulously documenting every continent on Earth and many of the major geopolitical events since the second world war, will be remembered as one of the world’s most prodigious and relentlessly empathetic chroniclers of the human condition.An economist by training, Salgado only began photographing at age 29 after picking up the camera of his wife, Lélia. He began working as a photojournalist in the 1970s, quickly building an impressive reputation that led him to the pres...

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61 h. ago What is going on with the floods in southern France? Everything we know

Three people have been killed as severe weather swept through southeastern regions of France

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63 h. ago ‘There is nothing left’: Seaside town destroyed by violent storm as flooding kills three in southern France

Three pensioners died after becoming swept away by floodwater while in their cars

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63 h. ago ‘There is nothing left’: Seaside town devastated by violent storm as flooding kills three in southern France

Three pensioners died after becoming swept away by floodwater while in their cars

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63 h. ago Three dead and two missing as violent storms spark flooding in southern France

The floods were compared to ‘scenes of war’ by one regional mayor

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3 d. ago At least three dead as 'truly violent' rainstorms and floods ravage the French Riviera in 'natural disaster'

The floods reportedly caused cars to be swept away by waters, roads and bridged destroyed which one official described as 'scenes of war' in southern France .

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2 w. ago How a humble Chicago schoolboy Robert Prevost with a veteran father rose to become America's first Pope

Newly elected American Pope Robert Francis Prevost came from humble beginnings in southern Chicago suburbs, where he was regarded as an integral part of the local Catholic community.

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3 w. ago Sea bass in space: why fish farms on the moon may be closer than you think

The Lunar Hatch project aims to blast eggs into space, hoping that aquaculture will provide protein for astronauts on missionsAt first glance, there doesn’t seem to be anything special about the sea bass circling around a tank in the small scientific facility on the outskirts of Palavas-les-Flots in southern France. But these fish are on a mission.When fully grown, they will produce offspring that will be the first to be launched into space as part of a scientific project called Lunar Hatch that is exploring whether sea bass can be farmed on the moon – and eventually Mars – as food for future astronauts. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Hong Kong allows outspoken Cardinal Joseph Zen to attend Pope Francis' funeral

Hong Kong’s outspoken Roman Catholic Cardinal Joseph Zen has been allowed to leave the southern Chinese city to attend Pope Francis’ funeral in Vatican City

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