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Ethiopian photographer Aida Muluneh challenges preconceptions about her country and continent with her bold, colourful images

Photographer Christopher Roche reflects on the ‘unforgettable’ experience of walking alongside pilgrims in the Andes

From an eerily misty loch in Cumbria, to Dorset’s chalky cliffs, a new book celebrates 10 years of the Landscape Photographer of the Year award

From a tenacious woodpecker to a grizzly bear swiping for salmon, these images from the last 50 years of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition have been selected for a new book. They [...]

A photo of swirling graphene ink in alcohol, which can be used to print electrical circuits on to paper, has won the overall prize in a national science photography competition

A photographic exhibition, #IAmYezidi, conveys the resilience of Yezidi women in Iraq and coincides with International Women’s Day

From a fluorescent jumping spider to a hungry kingfisher, we cast an eye over the shortlisted images in a competition designed to spark passion for wildlife conservation in young people

Through my lens: the story behind a photo taken in Mumbai’s red-light district

From ‘dancing’ octopuses to hospitable clownfish, the winning images from this year’s Underwater Photographer of the Year awards celebrate the breadth and beauty of aquatic ecosystems

Women who survived the horrors of the second world war have taken part in an unconventional beauty pageant

From a flower on a balcony in Manchester to a herd of elephants in South Africa, the winning images from the 2016 Outdoor Photographer of the Year competition celebrate the beauty of nature

From a portrait of the teen who escaped child marriage by rapping about it, to a shot capturing a moment of underwater compassion, we select 10 inspiring photographs from Positive News in 2016

The latest in our Through My Lens series, a photographer describes his experience of being caught between two giants of the deep

We meet the photographer who captured a young Kurdish-Syrian superhero at a refugee camp in Greece

A group of Aymara women who support intrepid travellers embark on their own adventure

Photographer Leejiah Dorward reflects on his epic journey to capture soaring seabirds at the far edge of the Shetland Islands

Safety on the river Thames is in the hands of volunteers like Matt Allchurch. When the Royal National Lifeboat Institute (RNLI) needs him, he swaps his day job as an architect for a shift at [...]

Photographer Ilvy Njiokiktjien describes what it was like to capture images of refugees in a Finnish sauna

A portrait of Harnaam Kaur, who beat bullying and depression to become an advocate for positive body image

In our new Through my lens section, a photographer describes what it was like to be in the moment, capturing an experience framed and frozen in time