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A viral photo on the subway. A striking aerial view. The top 5 news photos of the week prove the power of contrast in photojournalism
OPINION I'm a journalist and a photographer, and I think these striking photos are the best news photos this week
The aerial image of the year looks almost unreal – "I prioritize capturing the 'money shot' in-camera," says award-winning photographer
NEWS Captured by drone above in China's Elk Park, the striking image won one of aerial photography's highest honors – while its creator champions getting the shot right in-camera
This volcanic eruption image looks like it was shot on a pro camera – but it wasn't, and it just won the top prize at the iPhone Photography Awards
NEWS A three-year-old iPhone was used to capture one of photography's toughest scenes, where glowing lava meets a star-filled sky over Guatemala
"This discovery shows why exploration still matters" – Scientists film alien-esque spookfish in the wild for the first time ever
News These videos feature a spookfish so alien that it seems like a sci-fi concoction, as well as thermal vents spewing life-forming materials into the depths of the Atlantic
Sayuri Ichida spent years photographing her sister after their mother died. Then she refused to let a computer anywhere near the results, hand-printing every image using a 150-year-old etching process instead
The Japanese artist's new show highlights how the slowest, most stubborn part of photography sometimes says more than the camera ever could.
Patagonia Photo Contest celebrates breathtaking landscapes and wildlife – while exposing conservation concerns
News The winners of the seventh Patagonia Photo Contest showcase the region's spectacular scenery and iconic species while shining a light on the growing challenges of human-wildlife coexistence
Shot at 2 AM in broad daylight, this DSLR wildlife image wins its 5th photo award – "I spent several nights in the midnight sun with a small family of foxes here in Finnmark," says photographer
UPDATED A fox hunting a little crab in Norway wins another major photography award – captured with a professional DSLR and popular 70-200mm telephoto lens
I’m a photography educator who disregarded Micro Four Thirds for wildlife photography. I don’t mind admitting when I’m wrong
Features I claimed that a full-frame camera was the only route into serious wildlife photography, but following a backlash from MFT photographers, I headed out with an OM System camera – and ordered a big old serving of humble pie
Astronomers perplexed by new James Webb Space Telescope photos unveiling secrets of a galaxy 11 million light-years away
News The images shed light on the galaxy’s past and colorful stars that other telescopes couldn’t in what the dumbfounded astronomers are calling a case of “galactic archaeology”
In a rural French town, they cherish cows in an annual festival – and this photographer documented it beautifully
Photographer Thomas Savary embedded himself in the rural French town of Allanche, where every year 40,000 people celebrate an age-old tradition: the transhumance of Salers cattle to high-altitude pastures
