Simone Biles at the Tokyo Olympic Games, the anniversary of the explosion in Beirut and forest fires in California and Turkey – the most striking images from around the world this week Continue reading…
Emeka Ogboh’s Brexit lament, the brilliant Joan Eardley and a Viking hoard – the week in art
Ogboh fills Edinburgh’s Burns Monument with sound, Eardley’s seascapes get a welcome outing and a detectorist’s extraordinary find – all in your weekly dispatchEmeka Ogboh: Song of the UnionA sound installation of Robert Burns’s Auld Lang Syne, sung in…
Friday’s best photos: wildfires and pre-Edinburgh festival songs
The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world Continue reading…
Shadows and silhouettes at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games – in pictures
Utilising the available light at the Tokyo Olympics, whether natural or artificial, has enabled the photographers there give a different view of the action Continue reading…
A bride waving a flag in bombed-out Beirut: Christine Spengler’s best photograph
‘Shortly after arriving, I was kidnapped by a militia group who said I was a spy. A decade later, I went back to show life and beauty returning to the city’I spent my childhood in Madrid and I went to the Prado every week from the age of seven. I would…
Flamingos, fires and a former lake: Wednesday’s best photos
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‘We were once alive’: 100-year-old portraits from rural Sweden – in pictures
A new book showcases self-taught photographer John Alinder’s extraordinary and compelling portraits, discovered in the 1980s, of his Swedish neighbours – revealing their humanity and his artistic brilliance Continue reading…
‘Trespassing on privacy’: Bertien van Manen’s intimate images – in pictures
Over a five decade career, the Dutch photographer has travelled from the former Soviet Union to the Appalachian mountains in search of tender, everyday snapshots Continue reading…
Double golds, baby pandas and a curious dog: Monday’s best photos
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Top seeds: artists capture global efforts to future-proof nature – in pictures
Scientists, ecologists and artists have collaborated to showcase global work to protect seeds in an exhibition at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum & art gallery (Ramm) in Exeter.Seedscapes: future-proofing nature runs until 5 September Continue rea…