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Maksim Chepchenko near a burning home in in Irpin, Ukraine, after Russian bombings on Saturday.

World News

A photojournalist in Ukraine heads toward deadly conflict to humanize war

12:56pm March 19, 2022

The deaths of three journalists this week in Ukraine are a reminder of the perils of covering conflicts from behind a camera. Photojournalist Marcus Yam is on assignment in Kyiv covering the war.

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Priests omitted a Moscow bishop's name during services at the Church of St. George in Lviv, Ukraine, on Sunday. Theologians say the move marks a significant shift in the Orthodox Christian world.

Some of Ukraine's Orthodox churches want to break away from their Russian patriarch

7:14pm March 08, 2022

by Lauren Frayer

At church, Ukrainians pray for an end to war. But a rift is forming: The head of the Russian Orthodox Church has defended Moscow's invasion. Some in Ukraine want to break away from his leadership.

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Left to right: Xyenz Fyxion, Asante Amin, and Aidah Z. M.

Arts

Reflecting on the power of affirmations for Black History Month

7:01am February 26, 2022

by Laylah Amatullah Barrayn

Daily affirmations can highlight traits we already possess or summon who or what we aspire to be. Photographer Laylah Amatullah Barrayn says they're an important part of a larger self-care routine.

National

National African American History Museum curator on George Floyd protest photo

3:41pm February 24, 2022

Aaron Bryant curates photography at the National Museum of African American History and Culture Smithsonian's collection. He spoke with NPR about the collection and a 2020 photo he believes is iconic.

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Photograph taken at the start of 2015's Baltimore uprising became a sensation

8:20am February 23, 2022

Curator Aaron Bryant recently spoke to NPR about his favorite Black photographs in the Smithsonian's collection. He recalls an image taken during the 2015 Freddie Gray protests in Baltimore.

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Arts

Kwame Brathwaite exhibition 'Black is Beautiful' comes to Reynolda House

5:45pm February 22, 2022

by David Ford

The iconic photography that championed the

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Photo of entertainer Josephine Baker is one to appreciate at the Smithsonian

9:57am February 22, 2022

Curator Aaron Bryant recently spoke to NPR about some favorite Black photographic subjects in the Smithsonian's collection. He remembers a photo of Josephine Baker in France from the 1920s.

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The U.S. Holocaust Museum has acquired rare photos of a French internment camp where 18,000 Jews were imprisoned before being sent to Auschwitz. (Story originally aired on Jan. 27, 2021 on ATC.)

photography

A photojournalist in Ukraine heads toward deadly conflict to humanize war

Some of Ukraine's Orthodox churches want to break away from their Russian patriarch

Reflecting on the power of affirmations for Black History Month

National African American History Museum curator on George Floyd protest photo

Photograph taken at the start of 2015's Baltimore uprising became a sensation

Kwame Brathwaite exhibition 'Black is Beautiful' comes to Reynolda House

Photo of entertainer Josephine Baker is one to appreciate at the Smithsonian

Not their first rodeo: How Black riders are reclaiming their place in cowboy culture

America's birthplace of organized skiing is in Michigan, here's what it looks like

Discovery of Holocaust-era photos helps a Jewish family connect with its past