What happens when isolation goes beyond a pandemic
Photographer Raphael Alves documented how socioeconomic issues worsen the COVID-19 pandemic in the state of Amazonas, Brazil.
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Photos: Dramatic scenes from Kazakhstan's massive protests and crackdown
Here are some of the images of the unrest this week in the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan, where the authoritarian government is fighting to quash large public protests.
This photographer captured how activists helped migrants at the Poland-Belarus border
Polish-based photographer Kasia Strek documented what it was like for migrants and people in Poland as the crisis evolved at the border in November.
Flood survivors, former sex slaves, fantastic masks: Top global photo stories of 2021
The power of photos can be seen in our most popular picture essays of the year, with compelling images from South Sudan, the Philippines, Mexico (check out those artistic face coverings) and more.
Carl Stanojevic, a photographer in Australia, literally took the trash out
A neighbor, who was away, asked Stanojevic to take out his trash. Stanojevic took the green wheelie trash can to a duck pond, a hardware store, Burger King and to a bar. Taking photos at each spot.
Intimate portraits of a hospital COVID unit from a photojournalist-turned-nurse
Alan Hawes hopes his photos of health care workers and COVID patients will show the toll of this pandemic — and persuade the unvaccinated to get their COVID shots.
NPR member station photographers share memorable photos from 2021
Photographers from NPR's member stations across the country share memorable images from 2021. There are stories that document grief to ones that spread joy in a tumultuous year.
Photographer Lola Flash is honored for creating images that challenge invisibility
Lola Flash has challenged gender, sexual and racial preconceptions, and in the '80s was a key figure in ACT UP. Now she's being honored for sustained achievement.
Photos: Scenes from the deadly tornadoes in the South and Midwest
Tornadoes hit several states in the central U.S., killing dozens in a devastating path of destruction.
We meet a man who photographs the sun
By layering 150,000 individual images, an astrophotographer from Arizona has captured what could be the most intricately detailed photo ever captured of the sun.