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@Reuters
pictures taken this decade: (1/9)
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@Reuters
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2013: 'We showed the world what was going on, and the world cared. It showed that humanity is still alive,' said photographer Yannis Behrakis, who captured this Syrian refugee kissing his daughter during a rainstorm near the Greek village of Idomeni (5/9)
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#MetGala
red carpet: 📷 Andrew Kelly
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2016: Usain Bolt looks at Andre De Grasse during the 100m semi-finals at the Rio Olympics. 'I thought the picture was ruined as it would be too shaky but it just happened ... and overnight it became 'the' picture,' said photographer
@KPfaffenbach
(6/9)
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An explosion caused by a police munition at the Capitol Building in Washington. Follow live: 📷
@LeahMillis
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People take part in a 'die-in' during a protest in Boston, Massachusetts. More scenes of protest in America this week: 📷
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On March 11, 2011, a 9.0-magnitude earthquake set off a massive tsunami and meltdowns at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant, leaving nearly 20,000 people dead and devastating the northeastern coast of Japan. Remembering the Fukushima disaster:
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Catherine, Princess of Wales, rides in a car with Queen Camilla during the procession for Queen Elizabeth in London, Britain. More photos of the week: 📷 Peter Cziborra
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Dance captain Shair'Mae Harris, 17, leads members from 'For The Love of Dance Studio' during a Juneteenth parade in Flint, Michigan. More photos of commemorations: 📷
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Enslaved people were branded with a red-hot iron on their chest or shoulder (5/10)
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2017: A Rohingya woman touches the shore after landing in Bangladesh. 'Photographs really helped highlight the plight (of Rohingya refugees),' said
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Ayse, 3, wipes tears from her grandmother's face at home in Enfield, Britain. Ayse's mom Sonya Kaygan, 26, was one of over 100 frontline health workers killed by the coronavirus in Great Britain. Read more: 📷
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Guatemalan mom Ledy Perez begged a Mexican National Guard soldier to let her and her 6-year-old son cross into the United States, in this image by Jose Luis Gonzalez. When the soldier glanced away, Perez ran across the river, where U.S. CBP agents took them into custody (3/9)
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President Donald Trump launched a Twitter attack on Marie Yovanovitch while she was testifying, in an extraordinary moment that Democrats said amounts to witness intimidation. More key moments from the impeachment hearing:
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Yannis Behrakis, one of Reuters' most decorated and best-loved photographers who covered conflicts, disasters and uprisings and led a team to a Pulitzer in 2016 for coverage of the refugee crisis, has died at the age of 58:
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A protester and a police officer clash near Downing Street during a Black Lives Matter protest in London. More scenes of global demonstrations: 📷 Toby Melville
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2018: A migrant family runs from tear gas at the U.S.-Mexico border. 'The girls were in diapers,' Kim Kyung-Hoon said. 'The mother was wearing a T-shirt with characters from Disney's Frozen film. That was one of my daughter's favorite films when she was younger' (9/9)
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An anti-extradition bill protester is detained by riot police during skirmishes outside Mong Kok police station, and more of our Pulitzer-winning images from the Hong Kong protests: 📷 Tyrone Siu
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Joe Biden and Mike Pence greet each other during ceremonies marking the 19th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in lower Manhattan. More photos:
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Bill Taylor and George Kent, both of whom have expressed alarm in closed-door testimony about Trump's dealings with Ukraine, arrive to testify before the House Intelligence committee. Follow live updates: 📷 Joshua Roberts
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A mourner raises his fist in the air next to the casket of George Floyd during a public viewing in Houston. More photos: 📷
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Four months have passed since Russian President Vladimir Putin sent troops into Ukraine in what he calls a 'special military operation' leading to a conflict that has destroyed cities, killed thousands and displaced millions 📷 Alexander Ermochenko
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A team of
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photographers won the Pulitzer Prize in breaking news photography for its coverage of huge and violent protests that rocked Hong Kong for more than six months 1/9
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This tool from the 18th century was used to suspend a slave who was considered stubborn from a tree. The ring at the end of the tool was forced over their already broken wrist. The tool was then attached to a tree branch, holding their entire body weight off the ground (7/10)
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These chains, taken from an 18th-century slave ship and weighing about 80 kg, were used to shackle 20 people together when working in the fields (8/10)
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A copy of a poster advertises the sale of slaves by auctioneer Beard, listing people of various ages, characters, skills and also the terms of sale (9/10)
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From the Notre Dame fire to an exchange between Melania Trump and Justin Trudeau,
@Reuters
photographers covered the biggest news stories of 2019 and captured some of the most viral moments of 2019. Here are the stories behind the images: (1/9)
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Terrence Floyd reacts during the unveiling of his brother George Floyd's statue as part of Juneteenth celebrations in Brooklyn, New York. More images of commemorations across America: 📷 Jeenah Moon
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Firefighting helicopters fill up with water off the beach in the village of Pefki on the island of Evia, Greece where fires were burning for the eighth day. More photos: 📷 Nicolas Economou
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Hundreds of thousands of people marched in Myanmar rejecting the army's assertion that the public supported its overthrow of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi and vowing they would not be cowed in their bid to end military rule. More photos:
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A punishment record from the Friendship Plantation, dated July to December 1827, lists the dates, names, nature of offenses (such as refusing to work or running away), the times, places, nature and extents of punishment, by whose authority, by whom inflicted and witnesses (10/10)
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A supporter of President Trump carries a Confederate flag on the second floor of the Capitol Building. More photos: 📷 Mike Theiler
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American tourist boat Maid Of The Mist, limited to 50% occupancy under New York state rules, glides past a Canadian vessel limited under Ontario rules to just six passengers, in Niagara Falls. More scenes of life in the COVID-19 era: 📷
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A team of 11 Reuters photographers has won a Pulitzer Prize in breaking news photography for images of migrants journeying to the U.S. border. See the photos:
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It’s been a year since the WHO declared a pandemic on March 11, 2020.
The scale of the coronavirus is overwhelming: 2.7 million people have died and 118 million have been infected.
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A butterfly lands on Rafael Nadal's hand during his first round match against Laslo Djere at the Australian Open. More photos of the day: 📷
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Hong Kong front-line protesters Wing and Tony, both 18, pose for a portrait. The two began dating after attending many protests together. More photos of the month: 📷
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Pan-democratic legislator Eddie Chu Hoi-dick scuffles with security and pro-China legislators during the Legislative Council’s House Committee meeting in Hong Kong. More photos of the week: 📷 Tyrone Siu
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President Joe Biden gives his wife, first lady Jill Biden a kiss goodbye before departing the White House. More photos of the week: 📷
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