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A volunteer cleans the road in Bhaktapur past the earthquake

Nepal: after the earthquake

A 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Nepal on 25th April 2015. Many buildings in the older parts of Kathmandu are now rubble, including the Dharahara tower, a 19th century 62-metre tall building...

Photos and text by Suvra Kanti Das
Barricades built under the Maidan independence monument in the last three months are now burning under the repressive assault of the police. Kiev, Ukraine

Deadly crackdown in Kiev – The heavenly hundred anniversary

The violent and dramatic crackdown that followed three months of anti-government occupation of Maidan square resulted in a brutal bloodshed. Both violent and peaceful...

Text and photos by Mstyslav Chernov
Blockade violence in Bangladesh

Victims of Blockade Violence in Bangladesh

Victims of a recent bomb attack in a bus. They receive treatment at a medical college hospital during the ongoing nationwide blockade called by the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)

Text and photos by Suvra Kanti Das
Charlie Hebdo Policeman

Armed commando kills 12 at Charlie Hebdo in Paris

On Jan 7, 2015, at around 11.30, gunmen attacked the headquarters of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, in Boulevard Richard-Lenoir, Paris. The attack resulted in the killing...

Text and photos by Nick Kozak

Celebration for the Eid Al-Adha festival in Dhaka

Bangladeshi Muslims gather at Baitul Mukarram National mosque in Dhakapray during the festival of Eid al-Adha. Dhaka, Bangladesh. Oct. 6, 2014

Text and photos by Suvra Kanti Das

Homebound Bangladeshi Train and Ferry People

Bangladeshi people heading to their respective villages for the upcoming Muslim religious festival Eid-al-Adha. In order to catch a train, they overcrowd stations and train cars beyond imagination...

Tribute in Light for the 13th anniversary of 9/11 in New York

A crowd of some 100 people gathered at the Brooklyn Bridge Park in Dumbo to spectate and photograph the Tribute in Light memorial on the 13th anniversary of 9/11. Sept. 11, 2014. New York, USA.

Under the Rubble – The Rana Plaza Collapse

Updated - The Rana Plaza garment-factory disaster, considered as the deadliest accidental structural failure in modern human history. Savra, Bangladesh
Hot Roman Autumns

Hot Roman Autumns

The term hot autumn has been used by the Italian press to describe autumns with significant amounts of strikes. Such season of strikes have more often...

Photos and text Riccardo Budini
The clashes seen through a gas mask of the kind used by the rioters, Ankara, 11/06/2013

Uprising in Ankara

The World in Pictures. Mstyslav Chernov continues to report from Ankara the Turkish popular uprising. Turkey, 11/06/2013
A rioter seen during the clashes. Istanbul, 04/06/2013

Riots in Istanbul #OccupyGezi

The World in Pictures. Mstyslav Chernov reporting from Istanbul the occupy Gezi Park popular uprising.
Turkey, 04/06/2013.