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A lone freediver hovers in a shaft of light at the centre of a vast, swirling school of sardines that curves around her like a dark tunnel.

How a photographer on an unplanned dive swam into a mass of sardines and captured this breathtaking, ethereal image

By Tom May Published

NEWS This Ocean Photographer of the Year finalist image looks meticulously staged. It wasn't

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These breathtaking aerial shots show climate change from a new perspective

By Tom May Published

NEWS A new exhibition sees world-class photographers turning rivers, mountains and ice into studies of a warming planet

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3F8PJEX Beijing, China. 13th Aug, 2026. This photo taken on Aug. 13, 2026 shows Perseid meteor shower over Tongjiang City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. Perseid meteor shower, which peaks on August 12 and 13 this year, is an annual meteor shower that occurs from mid-July to late August. Credit: Li Wenbin/Xinhua/Alamy Live News

Stargaze around the world without a plane ticket: These are the best 2026 Perseid meteor photos so far

By Hillary K. Grigonis Published

PERSEIDS I'm a photographer in love with the stars – and I think these are some of the best Perseid shots yet

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Poodle being handled by owner

These are the 10 most photographed dog breeds of 2025 – I can't believe bulldogs got muscled out by these guys!

By Alan Palazon Published

News Our four-legged friends are much more than pets, and a new study has highlighted which canine breeds we snapped the most shots of last year

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This viewfinder-free camera teaches lessons no other mirrorless really can. Now it has won a prestigious award for its "contemporary interpretation of what began with the camera obscura"

By Kim Bunermann Published

NEWS The minimalist compact mirrorless has now won two major awards for its radical approach to photography – including Red Dot's 'Best of the Best'

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Solar eclipse above field of sunflowers.

We've been eclipsed: NASA photographers share stellar images from this week's solar event – and there's at least one Easter egg that's worth discovering

By Alan Palazon Published

ECLIPSE NASA has updated its eclipse gallery with shots snapped during this week's total coverage of the Sun – and they contain some hidden details waiting to be revealed

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FRANCE - SEPTEMBER 21: The house of Nicephore Niepce, the inventor of photography, opens its doors to the general public for the first time in Saint Loup De Varennes, France on September 21, 2002 - The first daguerrotype. The first view taken by Daguerre from 17 boulevard Saint Martin in Paris in 1837. Collection Musee Rigaud / Ville de Perpignan. (Photo by Francis DEMANGE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

A painter locked himself in a lab for two years trying to create a lasting image using light. Then he accidentally broke a thermometer – and changed photography forever

By Hillary K. Grigonis Published

HISTORY The first type of photography that took minutes rather than hours was a result of a painter who shut himself in a lab for nearly two years, only to discover the answer by accident

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Nadia Aly diving snorkeling with orcas.

Dive first, shoot second: Underwater photography lessons from two commended filmmakers

By Alan Palazon Published

INTERVIEW From mastering basic dive technique to filming ocean predators, Emmy Award-winning videojournalist, Emily Rhyne, and Canon Explorer of Light, Nadia Aly, give the lowdown on how to shoot underwater

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Alice Seeley Harris' photo of a father looking at the severed hand and foot of his five-year-old daughter. Her photos helped to expose the abuses in the Congo

Alice Seeley Harris took her camera to the Congo on her honeymoon in 1898. Her gruesome photograph of severed hands helped to end one of history's greatest wrongs

By Tom May Published

NEWS Little known and long uncredited, she may have been the first photographer to use a camera to stop human rights abuses

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TOPSHOT - This photograph shows a white stork in a nest at the top of concrete pillars of an unfinished building on the outskirts of Novi Sad, Serbia, on August 8, 2026. The site is considered to be the largest urban colony of white storks in the Balkans and the second-largest white stork colony in Europe, according to Serbia's Bird Protection and Study Society. (Photo by Nenad MIHAJLOVIC / AFP via Getty Images)

Woah! These unusual photographs prove the power of perspective is about more than just camera angle

By Hillary K. Grigonis Published

NEWS From nesting storks to solar eclipses, some of the best news photos of the week illustrate the power of perspective

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