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'I shoot for the common man': Danish Siddiqui's finest work | Pictures | Reuters

Reuters journalist Danish Siddiqui was killed on Friday while covering a clash between Afghan security forces and Taliban fighters near a bo

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Spectacular Drone Views Of Giza Present the Pyramid in an Unusual Perspective

Ukrainian photographer Alexander Ladanivskyy travels the world in search of spectacular images including idyllic scenes of Icelandic waterfa

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The Archaeobotanist Searching Art for Lost Fruit

Renaissance paintings can hide botanical secrets.

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20 Of The Most Iconic Photographs And The Cameras That Captured Them

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Some pictures, however, are worth at least a million. I’m talking about photographs that nearly everyone recognizes and that will forever be etched into our shared history. Even though these legendary photos might be known by all, far from everyone knows about the superstar photographers who took them. Even less know about the cameras they used to capture history in the making. Buckle up, amigos, you’re about to become photography buffs!

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The Vibrant Blue Hues of Morocco's Chefchaouen Village Captured in Photographs by Tiago & Tania

Photography duo Tania De Pascalis and Tiago Marques, known as Tiago & Tania, spent six days capturing the blue-tinted stone architecture of Chefchaouen, a 550-year-old village located in the mountains of Morocco. The photo series presents an interesting juxtaposition of everyday life within a fa

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A legendary Ozark chestnut tree, thought extinct, is rediscovered

The chinquapin was supposed to have been wiped out by blight. Now one determined Missouri naturalist is hand-pollinating trees in secret groves to bring it back.

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The Secret Battle To Save LGBT People From ISIS — And Bring Their Persecutors To Justice

One is the son of a communist who smuggled messages in kebabs for party members. The other is an army widow whose husband was killed by al-Qaeda. Together they want to convince the world that targeting LGBT people is a crime against humanity.

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30 Photos Showing How Time Changes Things | DeMilked

You have to agree that some things only get better when they're worn in - like your favorite pair of shoes or your armchair. And in some cases, as things wear down, they reveal their interesting hidden sides that we normally wouldn't get to see.

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Is this the birthplace of written Spanish?

More than 1,000 years ago in Spain’s La Rioja region, monks made notes in the margins of Latin texts. These are believed to be the Spanish language’s first steps onto the page.

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I Traveled For 10 Years To Photograph Indigenous People; Now Their Portraits Are Exhibited At The United Nations

Hi, my name is Alexander Khimushin. I am a traveling photographer born and raised in Sakha (Yakutia) - the coldest region of the world and one of the most isolated regions of Siberia. 10 years ago I packed a backpack and set out on a journey that continues to this day, traveling alone to the most remote and inaccessible corners of the world.

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Driven

In an age when driving is the next frontier, a 22-year-old mother tries to become the first woman to drive cross-country. Riding into…

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Wool, fleas, plague

During the bubonic plague epidemic of 1665-6, the residents of Eyam in Derbyshire quarantined themselves to help prevent the disease spreading. Simon Norfolk tells the story of this small community’s sacrifice.

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Huge, Shaggy Head of 30,000-Year-Old Wolf Unearthed in Siberia

A well-preserved head belonging to an ancient species of Pleistocene wolf has been pulled from the permafrost of northeastern Siberia. The enormous, well-preserved head could yield important genetic information about the evolutionary history of wolves and the origin of domesticated dogs.

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‘The stories are a bit sinister’: the secrets of London’s hidden rivers revealed

Exhibition including skulls, weapons and toilet seats recovered from unseen waterways beneath Londoners’ feet gives new insight into city’s history

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This Instagram Page Collects The Best Design Ideas Designers Have Come Up With | DeMilked

When going on about our day, we rarely stop to admire all the clever design solutions around us. Lucky for us, an Instagram page called Topdezigners collects all sorts of clever and ingenious designs that designers have come up with for our admiration.