The Temples of an Atheist State

Today the bunkers of Albania resemble the abandoned ruins of ancient temples, which sometimes surrealistically supplement the urban or rural landscapes of the country.

Limbus

The cemeteries of Manila (the capital of the Philippines) are huge communities on the margins of society. With their own structures and manners of functioning, they are home to small houses, markets, eateries, and many shacks, in a situation that borders extreme poverty.

Tefes

The port of Kafountine, in the Senegalese region of Casamance, attracts every morning hundreds of go-getters coming from West African countries. Here fish is the precious pearl of the ocean.

Love is Blind

Love and Life of Hemraj Dogra, a PhD scholar at The University of Delhi, fighting the societal demons surrounding the love stories of the visually impaired persons.
A man shows himself proudly in the saddle his horse.

Mongolia’s Nomads

They adapt naturally to the environment, despite the coldness, and receive in return life and prosperity: they are Mongolia's Nomads.
Rice manual drying in India

The Manual Drying Process of Rice Grain

Drying of paddy grains are one of the most important step before sending them to Rice mill. Drying reduces grain moisture level to a safe benchmark which is suitable for storage. When rice is harvested it consist of 20 – 30% moisture & high moisture in a grain can destroy the entire sample or encourage development of molds, and increase the likelihood of attack from pests.
waste of Growing Cities

Waste of Growing Cities in India

Pollution from human activities is changing the earth’s climate. We see the damage that a disrupted climate can do on our coasts, our forests, mountains, and cities. Those impacts will grow more severe unless we start Rethink, Reduce and Recycle.

Announcing the 2018 World Press Photo Awards Nominees

The World Press Photo Foundation announces the results of its renowned contests, the 61st annual World Press Photo Contest and the 8th annual World Press Photo Digital Storytelling Contest.

The plight of the Rohingya

As nearly a million survivors of ethnic cleansing struggle to rebuild their lives in Bangladesh, the vestiges of violence, ubiquitous illness and injury, emotional trauma, insufficient resources, and food insecurity permeates their new existence...
Hobos - Rimini

Pleasure Island

Rimini has been the muse and inspiration for great artists:  the renowned director Federico Fellini, in the film Amarcord  portrayed an oneirc Rimini perpetually suspended between childhood dreams and teenage turmoil. Also, native-born photographer Marco Pesaresi contributed with his black and white shots...

Crucifixion – A Painful Devotion

In a remote village in west Bengal, the Gajan festival is being celebrated for more than 100 years now. Devotees pray, fast and sleep on the floor for one entire month. On the last day, youth take part to a painful ritual of the crucifixion.

The Sand Cowboys

About fifteen or twenty kilometers north from Delhi, as one goes along the river Yamuna, one comes upon the sand banks left behind by the shrinking river. That is a source of livelihood for some. A group of youths...