DOUBLEtruck Magazine Issue 59 January - March 2020

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Adam Delgiudice • Ahmad Halabisaz • Alex Wroblewski • Alexander Ryumin Alison Wright • Ameer Al Mohammedaw • Amru Salahuddien • Andre Lavadinho Andrew Yates • Ashraf Amra • Badiucao • Bai Xuefei • Ben Stevens Bettina Strenske • Carlo Cozzoli • Caroline Brehman • Carsten Koall Chaiwat Subprasom • Chris Putnam • Christian Charisius • Claudio Furlan Daisuke Assuchi • Danny Lawson • Darryl Dyck • Dennis Straub • Donal Husni Dong Naide • Doug Murray • Dr. Li Wenliang • Esteban Biba • Evandro Inetti Graham Macgillivray • Greg Lovett • Hans Gutknecht • Himanshu Bhatt Hoss McBain • Jack Kurtz • Jacob King • James Shaw • Jessica Gallagher Jim Loscalzo • Jorg Carstensen • Karen Ballard • Kenjiro Matsuo • Kevin Dietsch Kevin Sullivan • Kristin Callahan • Leonard Ortiz • Li Liangyong • Lionel Hahn Logan Arce • Marcus Santos • Martin Schutt • Md Rafayat Haque Khan Michael Brochstein • Michael Reynolds • Microscopist Elizabeth Fischer Mitchell Gunn • Mohammad Rakibul Hasan • Nancy Kaszerman • Oliver Contreras Paul Kitagaki Jr. • Peter Kovalev • Pornchai Kittiwongsakul • Qian Weizhong Ramiro Agustin Vargas Tabares • Ren Long • Renée C. Byer • Ringo Chiu Robin Loznak • Robin Utrecht • Rouzbeh Fouladi • Saqib Majeed • Sarah Reingewirtz Scott Mc Kiernan • Shealah Craighead • Stefani Reynolds • Stephen Lock Suvra Kanti Das • Tano Pecoraro • Thomas Bachun • Tom Williams Vanessa Carvalho Victoria Jones • Wei Zhang • Will Lester • William J Simpson • William Volcov Xiong Qi • Yuguo Wang • Zikri Maulana

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February 2, 2020 - Zouping, Binzhou Township, Shandong Province, China - Overwhelmed with emotion, nurses hug. Hands and hugs as nurses comfort each other. They are part of a eight nurse and doctor team taking care of patients who have new coronavirus COVID-19 pneumonia in the isolation ward in Zouping People’s Republic Hostipal with a empty bed behind them.

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y 1, 2020 - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - A woman and a dog participate in the 100th anniversary Polar Bear Swim at English Bay Beach. The event is one of the largest dest Polar Bear Swims in the world. According to the City of Vancouver the initial swim was in 1920 when approximately 10 swimmers participated. 9,000 attendees are expected, etween 2,000 to 4,000 participants. In addition to the icy-cold plunge, the event includes live music, roving performers, and food trucks.

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March 11, 2020, - Frisco, Texas, U.S - English player #22 CHLOE KELLY bringing the ball in over Spanish player #3 AINHOA MORAZA during She Believes Cup. Spain won 1-0.

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SOAPBOX: Letter from the Editor

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A REAL HERO and THE DEVIL

Dr. Li Wenliang vs COVID-19 A Tribute to Dr.Wenliang and Microscopist Elizabeth Fischer

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INDUSTRY FOTOfusion Silver Anniversary

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Welcome to DOUBLEtruck Magazine

WINTER 2020 :: Issue FIFTY NINE THIS ISSUE CONTAINS PICTURES MADE BETWEEN :: JANUARY 1 and MARCH 31, 2020 LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

doubletruck: n. An ad or editorial project that covers two facing pages. The term originates from the days when heavy forms for newspaper pages, largely filled with lead type, were rolled around the composing room floor on heavy carts called trucks. Two pages for one project meant a doubletruck. — The Detroit Free Press

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elcome to DOUBLEtruck Magazine Issue 59 and our 17th year.

We are proud to bring another blockbuster issue, and our BIGGEST ever! Featuring from the award winnning online magazine, zReportage.com, a major in-depth Reportage. This month’s report showcases Woman at Work and the GRIT and GRACE they face as they navigate small businesses and ventures around the planet. Reporting is globe-trotting, award-winning outstanding feature photographer ALISON WRIGHT, best known for her long prolific history of National Geographic work.

Then an elongated version of our 90 days of world news, sports and entertainment from the four corners of the globe, by the greatest visual storytellers of our time. We also share a look at the silver anniversary of FOTOfusion, the longest running photography conference in America. All this is accompanied by stellar reviews and insight into important new photographic books and cutting edge technology advances.

We are excited to share great news for DOUBLEtruck Magazine fans and our future. STAN SHOLIK, a major commercial studio photographer, world renown for his micro work and author of numerous photography books as well as countless amazing reviews for DOUBLEtruck Magazine, is assuming the role of MANAGING EDITOR ! Thank you Stan for your help and vision.

These times have been trying to say the least, we need all the help and love we can get. The year began with a bang, major politico drama, with the third impeachment in USA history of Donald Trump. Like Johnson and Clinton before him, he was acquitted and not removed from office. Meanwhile as we settled in to heal, in China a bigger drama was unfolding. Our world would never be the same!

A hero, Dr. LI WENLIANG (born October 12, 1986), noticed a threatening coronavirus in Wuhan, China and shared his concerns with seven colleagues on a online bulletin board.The good young doctor kept fighting to save the growing tsunami of victims. Until he too came down with the deadly virus COVID-19 on February 7, 2020.

I dedicate this issue to this valiant young man, who warned us and without a doubt saved scores of lives. Despite knowing the extreme danger, he worked tirelessly to help those he could. A true HERO! Doctor Li and his fellow practitioners, nurses, orderlies and medical staff globally are our ANGELS in this battle versus the devil virus and the unknown.

As we marshal in a new era at DT, we are going to up our game on the web and increase our mobile presence, so keep an eye out for new ways to experience and appreciate great visualists and the work they have dedicated their lives to bring us.

They have always been FIRST RESPONDERS and on the Front Line of Truth!

Thank you for your time and support.

Scott Mc Kiernan, Editor-in-Chief Scott@DOUBLEtruckMagazine.com

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ONE FOR ALL, ALL FOR ONE

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February 2, 2020 - Zouping, Binzhou Township, Shandong Province, China - Overwhelmed with emotion, nurses hug. Hands and hugs as nurses comfort each other. They are part of a eight nurse and doctors team, taking care of patients who have new coronavirus COVID-19 pneumonia, in the isolation ward in Zouping People’s Republic Hospital with a empty bed behind them.

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Dr.Wenliang and Microscopist Elizabeth Fischer BLOWING IN THE WIND: WE REMEMBER: DR. LI WENLIANG! Who is Doctor LI WENLIANG? Whistleblower, courageous young hero, and gone too soon.

This Chinese doctor working at Wuhan Central Hospital, and gave the first warning about the deadly coronavirus outbreak. Warning fellow medics on December 30, 2019, the police told him to stop “making false comments”. Dr Li, an ophthalmologist, posted his story on Weibo (China’s Twitter) from a hospital bed a month after sending out his initial warning.

Originally the 34 year old had noticed seven cases of a virus that he thought looked like SARS - the virus that led to a global epidemic in 2003. He warned fellow doctors in a chat group to wear protective clothing to avoid infection. Four days later he was summoned to the Public Security Bureau where he was told to sign a letter admitting “making false comments” that had “severely disturbed the social order”. Police said seven others were being investigated for “spreading rumors”. They later apologized to Dr Li. On January10th he started coughing heavily The next day he had a fever and two days later was in a hospital bed that he never left alive. On January 30th Dr. Li was diagnosed with the coronavirus.He died on February 7, 2020.

China’s health authorities say: Coronavirus is killing 60-plus year olds or people who suffered from other medical conditions. Dr Li’s medical history is not known.

The virus causes severe acute respiratory infection and symptoms usually start with a fever, followed by a dry cough. Most people infected are likely to fully recover - just as they would from a flu. Dr Wenliang would want you to wash your hands, and be extra health conscious, Until the epidemic is controlled, social distance too and wear a mask in public groups!

Scott Mc Kiernan, Editor-in-Chief Chinese-Australian political cartoonist Badiucao in Barcelona supporting Free Catalonia movement. Asked why he does his protest street art, Badiucao proclaimed ‘Being an activist is just a side-effect of being an artist’.

Badiucao is one of the most outspoken critics of the Chinese government’s restrictions on freedom of expression. The former Shanghai-based law student switched careers to become a visual artist and political cartoonist, eventually emigrating to Australia ten years ago to protect himself and his family. His work is censored in China, and increasingly so in Hong Kong and Australia.

Badiucao came to Prague in spring of 2020, to take part in One World, Central Europe’s largest human rights film festival, which ended up disrupted by the Czech Republic’s declaration of special measures due to COVID-19.

Badiucao commented on Dr. Li and COVID, ‘Some people said COVID-19 Wuhan pandemic was perhaps China’s ‘Chernobyl moment’.

We will see. Meanwhile he has created and produced street art throughout Prague as a homage.

Let’s not forget his statement: WHO IS DR. LI WENLIANG? Photo by Libor Sojka/CTK via ZUMA

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March 28, 2020 - Prague, Czech Republic - WHO IS DR. LI WENLIANG poster on a building in Prague by Badiucao, the Chinese political cartoonist, artist and rights activist exiled in Australia. Regarded as one of China’s most prolific and well-known political cartoonists, Badiucao told Global Voices why he came to Prague: ‘’I came here to be part of two human rights film festivals, in Geneva and Prague. Geneva got cancelled, and the one in Prague was initially going on. This city means a lot to people in China for those who love freedom and democracy. Václav Havel is an inspiration, so I romanticized it. But I discovered he has been forgotten for a long time, this is a huge shock. But this was being naive, in fact history repeats itself when people forget. I want my art to be a form of recording against the official record of history, to avoid repeating mistakes.’’

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), is one of the 27 institutes and centers that make up the National Institutes of Health, an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. Its Rocky Mountain Laboratories (RML) is where they made these images. These beautifully colored images of the virus that causes COVID-19 are appearing everywhere. These images are “colorized� from black-and-white images much like a negative from the old days of film cameras, meaning they are digitally enhanced on a computer. At NIAID, capturing and enhancing these images takes a close collaboration of science and art, giving us these images of the invisible enemy.

The Electron Microscopy (EM) Unit provides state-of-the-art technologies to support the ultrastructural imaging needs of NIAID scientists both in the Bethesda, Maryland, area and at the Rocky Mountain Laboratories in Hamilton, Montana.The result is an ultimate blowup of between 30,000 and 90,000 times their actual size.

DOUBLEtruck Magazine would like to applaud those scientists helping tell the novel coronavirus story. One such person is ELIZABETH FISCHER, M.A. , Chief of the RML Microscopy Unit.

Thank you Elizabeth and your team for helping us visualize the unseen. DT

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rom India to Africa, tea fields to technology, women are the resilient hard-working backbones of their communities. These images showcase the inspirational stories of remarkable women at laboring work in developing countries whose perseverance is often overlooked.

Many of these women live in post-conflict or hard-to-reach areas, yet illuminate their shared determination to create better futures for their families through their creativity, ingenuity, and drive. These women from Africa, Asia and Latin America share stories of how they have risen above their circumstances to empower themselves through their tenacity and resiliency. This project also celebrates the individuals and grassroots organizations that are committed to finding creative solutions to the challenges that these women face through all aspects of work in their global communities.

These are more than images of women just toiling in the fields in rural areas. On average, women make up just over 40 percent of the global agricultural labor force, yet own less than 20 percent of the land. Many have joined co-ops to learn the skills of building their business from kitchen garden to profitable business. Micro loans and mobile money are taking women to another level. By starting their own businesses women are opening bank accounts and taking control of their own money. In many of these war torn countries, especially the Congo where a women is raped each minute of every day, nearly every woman has suffered some unspeakable atrocity.The numeracy, literacy, and job-training programs offered to these women gives them usable work skills. This offers them not only a sense of financial stability but equally as important it gives them a sense of self worth through like-minded community. Ask any of them why they do these jobs and it’s for the education and betterment of their children.Women in these countries are always somehow going to be the ones to figure it out for their families.

By creating awareness of the struggles and successes of these women we can not only help better their circumstances but learn and be inspired by their determination and strength. Empowering women not only benefits their immediate family, it benefits their whole village, their nation, our world. DT

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Matagalpa, Nicaragua - GUADALUPE is a coffee farmer in Matagalpa, Nicaragua.

Coffee is one of the world’s most highly-traded commodities, and since it came to Nicaragua in the mid-1800s, it has played a significant role in the country’s economy and environment. Due to their strained economic conditions, women are more likely to be hired to work on the country’s 40,000 coffee plantations, as they are willing to accept lower wages than men. In Nicaragua, women undertake 70 percent of the work in the industry yet own just 23 percent of the land, facilities, and products.

Dhaka, Bangladesh - Thousands of women like SUJO migrate from rural villages to work in the 5,000 garment factories in the city of Dhakha. Since the collapse of the Rana Plaza factory in 2013, managers have been under pressure to create safer conditions for their workers, including fire safety and healthcare. This factory supplies clothing chains like H&M, Zara and Marks & Spencer. Sujo works as a sewing machine operator. She is recently married and her husband also works here.

Granada, Nicaragua - ANGELA is a trash-picker in Granada, Nicaragua. Women who are widowed or abandoned by their husbands and fathers are left with little recourse to care for their families in Nicaragua.These single women and young girls sort through one of the largest garbage dumps in Central America, searching for recycling that will bring them a dollar a day as a means to support their families.

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1. September 30, 2012 - Morogoro, Tanzania - HELENA MARODA, Agricultural Co-op farmer. In Tanzania women like Helena have joined co-ops to learn the skills of building their business from kitchen garden to profitable business. Helena works in a Tanzanian cornfield that serves as a demonstration plot to teach others how to grow corn more successfully. Eight other women collectively work the roughly eight acres of land. Increasing women’s access to land, livestock, education, financial services, technology and rural employment will boost their productivity and generate gains in terms of agricultural production, food security and social welfare. Closing the gender gap in agricultural inputs alone could lift 100-150 million people out of hunger.

2. April 24, 2014 - Paynesville, Monrovia, Liberia - Gbongar is a Plastic Goods Vendor. GBONGAR KAMARA received a loan from a microfinance program, run by an NGO called BRAC, which allowed her to start selling plastic goods in the Red Hill market in Monrovia, Liberia.

Women here meet in weekly groups to repay their loans, and if one cannot pay back her loan that week, the other women will chip in and help her. Gbongar is proud that her business is doing well.

3. April 25, 2014 - Gbarnga, Liberia - PATIENCE receives her threemonth Depo-Provera contraceptive shot from THERESA GLOLI, a trained midwife and nurse in Liberia.Theresa manages a family planning health clinic that she sets up in the middle of the market in Gbarnga every Friday, knowing that it’s the busiest day of the week for women to shop. In The Moment of Lift, Melinda Gates writes, ‘When women are able to time and space their pregnancies, they’re more likely to advance their education, earn an income, raise healthy children, and have the time and money to give each child the food, care, and education to thrive. In fact, no country in the last fifty years has emerged from poverty without expanding access to contraceptives. Contraceptives are the greatest life-saving, poverty-ending, women-empowering innovation ever created.”

4. April 30, 2014 - Mafinda, Sierra Leone - Agricultural farmers working in a field in Mafinda, Sierra Leone. This swampland is managed by a group of women in Mafinda. Each woman has her own plot of land, but they have learned the power of working together. Each one receives training, seeds, and fertilizers from the international NGO BRAC, and together they grow corn, peppers and tomatoes to sell in the market.

In developing countries, 43 percent of agricultural workers are women, but they often lack rights to the land; have limited access to water, fertilizer, seeds, credit, and training; and spend more time on unpaid work than rural men or urban men and women do. It is estimated that if women farmers had access to the same resources as men, there could be 150 million fewer hungry people in the world.

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ATU KAMARA is a fruit vendor and makes money village of Port Loko. Seventy percent of women in one dollar a day. Women like Kadatu earn very unstable seasonal trades.

Osatsu, Toba City, Mie Prefecture, Japan - HISAE is an ‘Ama’ (Sea Women) free-diver in Osatsu. It is considered that the Japanese practice of ‘ama’ traditional free-diving has been passed down through female generations for about 2000 years. These women collect seaweed, conch, lobster, abalone and shellfish. They became more in demand with the discovery of the cultured pearl in 1893, giving them the name ‘ama’ pearl divers. In the early morning hours these women, who until recently wore only a loincloth, apply oil and warm themselves by the fire in the warming hut to prepare for a day of diving in frigid waters.The men drive the boats and help haul the catch, but the women are considered to be better divers due to the distribution of their fat and their ability to hold their breath. Most of the women remaining in this job are now well into their 70s and are thought to live longer due to their diving training and disciplines. Hisae Okano, shown here, is 75, and as third-generation divers, these women are probably the last.The younger women in the village don’t want to pursue this profession and have moved to the cities to find more modern occupations.

Yangon, Myanmar - DAW NYUNT NYUNT YEE runs a guitar-building shop in Yangon, thanks to a loan she received for supplies. The air is thick and smells of chemicals as the heavy varnish, paint, and glue are heated over a fire in a room with no ventilation. The room is crowded with about sixteen workers, who can make about 200 guitars a week.The dealer pays about 5 a piece. Nyunt makes just enough support her eight year-old child, a student.

Lamahi, Dang District, Nepal - KAMALA CHAUDHARY, 22, is a female motorcycle mechanic. The Nepal Youth Foundation (NYF) has helped to eradicate the centuries-old practice known as Kamlari, in which Tharu girls are sold into servitude or bonded labor. The foundation gave piglets to families so they could sell them instead of their daughters‚ telling statement as to what a girl is worth in this country. Kamala, worked as a Kamlari for six years and was freed 11 years ago. After automobile training school, got a 0% NYF loan, opened her own automobile mechanics shop.

S. Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo - Women during a cooking class learn how to make Belgian waffles. One woman is raped every minute in the DRC. These atrocious attacks are an ongoing ‘weapon of war’ committed by rebels and even local police and militants. The numeracy, literacy, and job training programs offered by the non-governmental organization (NGO) Women for Women gives these women usable work skills. When asked how they can possibly effuse so much joy after enduring such atrocities, they reply, ‘Its the work‚ it brings us a sense of purpose, community, belonging, and safety.’

Taungoo, Bago District, Myanmar - DAW KHIN NILAR HTUN makes plastic rope in Taungoo Myanmar. She makes about 70 bunches a day, each bunch with ten ropes. Her husband helps by selling rope and clay pots in the market. Nilar works about 7.5 hours a day but has to hire some help as she also cooks, cleans, and takes care of their five children, ages 4 to 24. She received a loan from BRAC and was able to open a small restaurant. She and her husband make about 5 a day.

WOMAN AT WORK Facts and Figures on FEMALE Economic Empowerment Benefits of economic empowerment from the United Nations

• When more women work, economies grow. Women’s economic empowerment boosts productivity, increases economic diversification and income equality in addition to other positive development outcomes. For example, increasing the female employment rates in Organization for Economic Organization and Development (OECD) countries to match that of Sweden, could boost GDP by over USD 6 trillion, recognizing, however, that. growth does not automatically lead to a reduction in gender-based inequality. Conversely, it is estimated that gender gaps cost the economy some 15 percent of GDP. • Increasing women’s and girls’ educational attainment contributes to women’s economic empowerment and more inclusive economic growth. Education, up skilling and re-skilling over the life course - especially to keep pace with rapid technological and digital transformations affecting jobs - are critical for women’s and girls’ health and well-being, as well as their income-generation opportunities and participation in the formal labor market. Increased educational attainment accounts for about 50 per cent of the economic growth in OECD countries over the past 50 years. But, for the majority of women, significant gains in education have not translated into better labor market outcomes.

• Women’s economic equality is good for business. Companies greatly benefit from increasing employment and leadership opportunities for women, which is shown to increase organizational effectiveness and growth. It is estimated that companies with three or more women in senior management functions score higher in all dimensions of organizational performance.

Woman at Work Worldwide • Women are less likely to be entrepreneurs and face more disadvantages starting businesses: In 40 percent of economies, women’s early stage entrepreneurial activity is half or less than half of that of men’s.

• Women are constrained from achieving the highest leadership positions: only 5 percent of Fortune 500 CEOs are women.

• Almost a third of women’s employment globally is in agriculture, including forestry and fishing, but this may exclude self-employed and unpaid family workers. Yet, differences across countries and regions are striking.The share of women workers in agriculture is only 9.5 percent in upper-middle-income countries and 2.6 percent in high-income countries, while agriculture remains the most important employment sector for women in low-income and lower-middle-income countries. DT

Bardiya, Dang District, Nepal - The Nepal Youth Foundation has helped to eradicate the centuries-old Kamlari practice where Tharu girls are sold into servitude or bonded labor. These girls are now free, getting educated and working in jobs that give them financial independence and self respect. NIRMALA, an ex-Kamlari, now runs a small farm with pigs, gathering fodder for her animals here in the Dang District of Nepal.

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SOARS THRU THE AIR WITH GREATEST OF EASE

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January 1, 2020, - Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany - Austrian top ski jumper JAN HOERL, 21, flying high during the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup 2020, Four Hills Tournament, large hill.

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HAPPY NEW YEAR BABY JESUS

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January 1, 2020 - Vatican City (Holy See) - POPE FRANCIS kisses knee of baby Jesus statue as he celebrates mass in the Solemnity of Most Holy Mary in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on New Year’s Day.

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FIRE STORM

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January 1, 2020 - Lauingen, Bavaria, Germany - Warehouse burns down to the ground and causes several million of damage. Firefighters try to extinguish the out of control fire, which is burning down a factory hall of a manufacturer of synthetic fabrics, films and bags. The fire had started on New Year’s Eve.

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LIght SHOW

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January 1, 2020, Rajpura, Punjab, India: Locals spin burning steel wool with slings performing light painting during the New Year Eve celebrations in Rajpura town.

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FLOCK OF SEAGULLS

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January 1, 2020 - Mumbai, India - A man (unseen) feeds seagulls along the Arabian Sea in Mumbai.

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GOD BLESS TRUMP

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January 3, 2020 - Miami, Florida, USA - Attendees of the ‘Evangelicals For Trump’ rally pray and sing along to religious songs before President Trump takes the stage. President Trump held a rally at the El Rey Jesus megachurch in south Miami to shore up support among his evangelical base in the key swing state of Florida.

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ROCKET MEN WIN!

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January 5, 2020 - Beverly Hills, California, USA - BERNIE TAUPIN kisses his main man superstar ELTON JOHN, as they celebrate in the press room of the 77th Annual Golden Globes Awards at Bev Music genuises Elton and Bernie, won the honor, for the best original song in a 2019 feature film for ‘I’m Gonna Love Me Again’ from the classic rock biopic hit ‘Rocketman.’

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THE PUPPET MASTER IS DEAD!

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January 6, 2020 - Tehran, Iran - Man overcome with emotion, at funeral of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani, 62. ‘This is the equivalent of Iran killing the U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff or t taking credit for it.’ proclaimed Roman Schweizer, Aerospace and Defense director, Cowen Washington Research Group. Iran’s Quds Force 20+ years leader, foreign operations wing of the elite para operated in the shadows. He was celebrated as Iran’s face of growing Middle East influence and Islamic Republic’s mastermind of a vast network of proxies stretching from Iraq and Lebanon to Syria

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HERO SALUTE

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January 6, 2020 - Tehran, Iran - Funeral goers walking over the sidewalk painted with an American flag. Large processions of Iranians attending the funeral ceremony of slain Iranian Revolutionary Gua (IRGC) Lieutenant General and Commander of the Quds Force Q. Soleimani and of other victims in Tehran. Soleimani was killed in a targeted US airstrike on January 3rd in Baghdad. The procession time Iran honored a single man with a multi-city ceremony. Not even Ayatollah Khomeini, who founded the Islamic Republic, received such a processional with his death in 1989.

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THEY LOVE ME

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January 7, 2020 - New York, New York, USA - Democrat Senator of Massachusetts ELIZABETH ANN WARREN, 70, raises her hands to sky with American flag behind her, while holding a microphon during a campaign event at Kings Theater in Brooklyn in New York City.

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END OF THE RAINBOW

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January 9, 2020 - Perris, California, USA - Drivers head west on San Jacinto Avenue in Perris while a rainbow forms during a late afternoon storm which moved through the area.

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FAMILY AFFAIR

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January 9, 2020 - London, England, United Kingdom - Madame Tussauds London moves its figures of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex from its Royal Family set to elsewhere in the attraction, in the wake of the announcement that they will take a step back as ‘’senior members’’ of the royal family, dividing their time between the England and Canada.

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TRUTH POINTER:

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January 13, 2020 - Guatemala City, Guatemala - Demonstrators perform ‘A Rapist In Your Way’ to protest against governments handling of the trial for the death of 41 girls burned in a State home i Trial revealed a pattern of physical, psychological and sexual abuse allegations at the facility stretching back for years. 19 girls died in the fire at the Virgen de la Asuncion youth shelter that day, and a 21 later succumbed to their injuries in hospital. 7 survivors were flown to 2 hospitals in the US, the Shriners Hospital for Children in Boston and Texas. One girl has since died, bringing the death to

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MIKEY IS IN THE HOUSE

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January 15, 2020 - New York, New York, USA - Democratic Presidential candidate MICHAEL BLOOMBERG attends the launch of the ‘Women for Mike’ Movement held at the Sheraton New York H

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EAR OF THE BEHOLDER

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January 18, 2020 - Indianola, Iowa, USA - Former Vice President JOE BIDEN takes selfies with students after speaking during a campaign event at Simpson College Saturday. About 250 people came to Simpson College to listen to Vice President talk about his reasons for running for President. Iowa hosts the first event of the presidential election cycle. The Iowa Caucuses are in two weeks on February 3rd.

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I GOT IT!!!

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January 18, 2020 - Manchester, England, United Kingdom - Crystal Palace goalkeeper VICENTE GUAITA stretches but can’t reach a shot by SERGIO AGUERO of Manchester City during Premier League action at Etihad Stadium.

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EYE CANDY

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January 18, 2020 - Milan, Italy - Woman opens here coat and exposes a bloody image of a animal getting killed to make fur coats to woman wearing a fur coat.

Part of a vegan protest against people wearing fur parade and reject the use of lamb by Dolce and Gabbana in Corso Venezia during Milan Fashion week 2020.

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UPSIDE DOWN PLAY

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January 19, 2020 - Santa Clara, CA, USA - San Francisco 49ers free safety JIMMIE WARD (20) and San Francisco 49ers defensive back EMMANUEL MOSELEY (41) upend Green Bay Packers wide receiver ALLEN LAZARD (13) in the second quarter during the NFC Championship game at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara.

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LAWYER OF THE MONTH

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January 19, 2020 - Hollywood, California, USA - Marriage Story’s LAURA DERN took home the statuette for best female actor in a supporting role at the 2020 SAG Awards. She shows it off to media gathered in the Press Room during the 26th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, held at The Shrine Expo Hall.

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OUR NEXT PRESIDENT?

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January 21, 2020 - Muscatine, Iowa, USA - Democratic Presidential Candidate PETE PAUL MONTGOMERY BUTTIGIEG, 38, and former Mayor of South Bend, Indiana listens to supporters’ questions in Muscatine at River’s Edge Event Loft.

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PAPA! PAPA! PAPA!

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January 28, 2020 - Milan, Italy - A father hugs his family after getting off plane from China. Wuhan coronavirus emergency passengers from China arrive at Malpensa airport wearing protection mask against the coronavirus. They were previously checked by paramedical staff.

INCOMING

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January 28, 2020 - Milan, Italy - Health-masked people arrive at Malpensa airport with airplanes from China. Passengers wear masks after checks performed by the task force that monitors the spread of coronavirus.

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LET’S GIVE THANKS

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January 24, 2020 - Wuhan, Hubei Province, China - PENG ZHIYONG (L), head of the department of critical care medicine of Zhongnan Hospital, and his patient HUANG SHULI, who is on the mend, bid Chinese Lunar New Year greetings to each other in the ICU (intensive care unit) of Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University in Wuhan. By Thursday midnight, Hubei Province in central China reported 549 cumulative confirmed cases of the new coronavirus pneumonia, with 495 in Wuhan, the provincial capital.

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TRIPPING THE LITE FANTASTIC

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January 24, 2020 - Monte Carlo, Monaco - THIERRY NEUVILLE and NICOLAS GILSOUL of Belgium, Hyundai, in action during the Rallye de Monte Carlo.

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IMPEACHMENT TRAIN

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January 25, 2020 - Washington, District of Columbia, USA - An aide pushes evidence in the Capitol Rotunda while following House impeachment managers to the Senate floor before the continuation of the impeachment trial of U.S. President Trump.

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MAN IN THE MIDDLE OF A HORNET’S NEST

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January 28, 2020 - Washington, District of Columbia, USA - Sen. LINDSEY GRAHAM, R-S.C., talks with reporters in the senate subway before the continuation of the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump on Tuesday.

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SAY IT AIN’T SO

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January 28, 2020 - Los Angeles, California, USA - MONICA ROJAS, Los Angeles, cries as she mourns Kobe Bryant outside of the Staples Center Tuesday.

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RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE

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January 28, 2020 - Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip - Palestinian demonstrators burn tires during a protest against US President Trump’s Century Deal ‘expected peace plan’ in Khan Yunis.

Trump has launched his ‘ultimate deal’ for Middle East peace, saying his detailed 80-page plan would be a ‘realistic two-state solution’ that had already been agreed to by Israel.

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VICTIMS, SO MANY VICTIMS

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January 30, 2020 - Milan - Installation to advertise the new Netflix TV series Luna Nera against violence against women in Piazza XXV Aprile.

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CURVE 11:

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February 1, 2020 - Thuringia, Oberhof, Germany - ANDREY STANDER and SEMEN MIKOV from Kazakhstan crash on the track at the Luge World Cup doubles in Oberhof, next to sign “Kurve 11’’ which is German for Curve 11.

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DANCING FOOL

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February 2, 2020-Miami Gardens, Florida, USA-Kansas City Chiefs Wide Receiver DEMARCUS ROBINSON (11) jumps on the confetti as he celebrates winning the NFL Super Bowl LIV game against the San Francisco 49ers at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, FL.

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BOBBSEY TWINS

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February 2, 2020 - Miami Gardens, Florida, USA - JENNIFER LOPEZ and SHAKIRA perform at the Pepsi Super Bowl LIV Halftime Show at Hard Rock Stadium. The stars described it as a significant moment for the U.S. to have two Latina artists headline the mega event at this time in the country’s history.

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FRONTLINE: THE HEROES

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February 2, 2020 - Zouping, Binzhou Township, Shandong Province, China - Overwhelmed with emotion, nurses hug as comfort for each other. They are part of a eight nurse and doctors team, taking care of patients who have new coronavirus COVID-19 pneumonia, in the isolation ward in Zouping People’s Republic Hostipal with a empty bed behind them.

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RIVER DANCE TOURS ITALY

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February 3, 2020 - Genoa, Italy - DRIES MERTENS of Napoli leaps as he celebrates with teammates after defeating UC Sampdoria in their Serie A match at Stadio Luigi Ferraris in Genoa, Italy. Napoli won 4:2.

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NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE!

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February 4, 2020,-Washington, District of Columbia, USA - U.S. Republican Vice President MIKE PENCE claps in approval as Speaker of the House NANCY PELOSI (D-CA), center, tears up her cop the Union Address by President Trump in defiance. President DONALD J. TRUMP, right, finishes his speech to the full Congress.

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ELEPHANT WATER DANCE

February 4, 2020 - Chonburi, Thailand - A young female elephant swims in a glass tank at Khao Kheow Zoo, east of Bangkok. The zoo got flack in the past from animals rights activists about this act.

Attaporn Sriheran. “The zoo then designed another pool for the elephants to swim and at the same time allows children and visitors to learn about their behavior as well.� According ot George Fre abandon, climb about on the older group members and splash back into the water. They are also untiring divers. When watching the animals in the water, the elephant keepers are always relieved to

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“The show is considered exercise for the elephants. Normally they go into pools to play with water anyway,” said zoo director ei, when asked: Do Elephants like to swim? ‘’Particularly young elephants love swimming and diving. They “fight” the waves in wild o spot the small elephant’s trunk peeping out of the water again to take another breath.

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YOU TAKE MY HEART AWAY

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February 6, 2020 - Seoul, South Korea - Hand to her heart while twirling, Canadian KRISTEN MOORE-TOWERS, 27, flies through the air above MICHAEL MARINARO, 28, of Canada.

Together they are two-time Canadian national champions. They are competing during the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships 2020, Pairs Short Program, at Mokdong Indoor Ice Rink in Seoul.

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THUMBS UP. I DID IT!

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February 6, 2020 - Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan - International Space Station (ISS) Expedition 61 crew member, American NASA astronaut CHRISTINA HAMMOCK KOCH, 41, smiles from ear to ear after the landing of the space capsule of the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft carrying the ISS Expedition 61 crew members in a steppe, 147 km south-west of the city of Zhezqazghan. Koch returned to Earth after logging 328 days in space, the longest spaceflight in history by a woman, as a member of Expeditions 59-60-61 on the International Space Station.

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TOLD YOU SO!

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February 6, 2020 - Washington, District of Columbia, USA - United States of America President DONALD J. TRUMP holds a newspaper with the headline reading ‘ACQUITTED’ as he arrives at the 68th Annual National Prayer Breakfast at the Washington Hilton. The Senate acquitted President Trump on both articles of impeachment against him Wednesday afternoon.

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TOPSY-TURVY

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February 9, 2020 - Dover, England, United Kingdom - A lorry blown over on the A20 near Dover, Kent, as Storm Ciara hits the United Kingdom.

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HEAD OVER HEELS

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February 9, 2020 - Seoul, South Korea - Canadian KRISTEN MOORE-TOWERS, 27, upside down as MICHAEL MARINARO, 28, of Canada holds her ankle. Together they are two-time Canadian national champions. They are ompeting during the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships 2020, Exhibition Gala at Mokdong Indoor Ice Rink in Seoul.

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BIRDS AND THE BEES

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February 11, 2020, Elkton, Oregon, USA: A pair of insects appear to mate while clinging to a small wildflower growing in a pasture on a warm afternoon near Elkton in western Oregon.

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THE SKIES THE LIMIT!

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February 12, 2020 - New York, New York, USA - Traders work on the floor at the closing bell of the New York Stock Exchange. The Dow Industrial Average rose to all-time highs on Wednesday.

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BLONDE INVASION

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February 13, 2020 - Sydney, Australia - Australia, after scoring a goal to tie up the match, celebrates during the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament 2020 Qualifiers match between Australia and China in Sydney. The teams played to a 1:1 draw.

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LOVE IS BLIND

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February 13, 2020 - Beirut, Lebanon - A woman kisses and hugs a red teddy bear and selects it as a gift for Valentine’s Day at a market in Beirut.

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EYES HAVE IT

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February 15, 2020 - Venice, Italy - Despite lower than usual attendance because of COVID-19 fear, this year’s Venice carnival got off to a flying start. Streets were filled with colorful costumes and masks during Carnival in Venice. The centuries-old Venice Carnival, rooted in Christian festivities ahead of the fasting period of Lent, attracts crowds of foreign and Italian tourists to its masked balls and theatrical performances. It is now one of the most famous carnival celebrations in the world, with around three million visitors coming to the city each spring to watch or join in the festivities.

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I WILL BE PRESIDENT AND PUT ALL ON 17

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February 15, 2020 - Las Vegas, Nevada, USA - Democratic Presidential candidate JOE BIDEN, 77, pointing and shaking his fist as he speaks, during the Kick Off to Caucus Gala in Las Vegas at Tropicana Casino.

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FOOTLOOSE

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February 17, 2020 - Tripoli, Libya - A soldier of the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) takes cover from Libyan National Army (LNA) snipers on a frontline in Tripoli.

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FLYING CAR CHAMPIONSHIP

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February 17, 2020 - Daytona Beach, Florida, USA - Ryan Newman flying after being in the lead coming into the final turn with Ryan Blaney, when Blaney’s bumper caught the back of his Ford and sen His car flipped, rolled, was hit on the driver’s side by another car, and finally skidded across the finish line engulfed in flames. Meanwhile Daytona 500 winner Denny Hamlin is close behind. Hamlin w and third overall, beating Ryan Blaney in an overtime photo finish marred by the terrifying crash that sent Ryan Newman to the hospital on Monday.

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BIG OPENING

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February 18, 2020 - London, England, United Kingdom - Scottish actress, singer, songwriter, TALLIA STORM, 21, makes quite an entrance with a big slit dress as she arrives on the red carpet to the 40th Brit Awards at The O2 Arena, London.

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THE PRESIDENT’S MAN

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February 20, 2020 - Washington, District of Columbia, USA - American political consultant ROGER JASON STONE, 67, leaves the E. Barrett Prettyman Courthouse in Washington after being sentenced Thursday to 40 months in prison after being convicted of lying to Congress, witness tampering and obstruction of justice. In November 2019, subsequent to the Mueller Report and Special Counsel investigation, he was convicted on seven counts, including witness tampering and lying to investigators. Stone is President Trump’s friend and political adviser.

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GIRL OF THE YEAR

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February 2020 - Hamburg, Germany - The Swedish schoolchild global climate activist GRETA TINTIN ELEONORA EMMAN THUNBERG, 17, (center) takes part in a ‘’Fridays for Future’’ demonstr activist who has gained international recognition for promoting the view that humanity is facing an existential crisis arising from climate change holds up a sign in Swedish saying: SKOLSTREJK FOR K in English: SCHOOL STRIKE FOR CLIMATE. Two days before the Hamburg state elections on 23 February, thousands of people are again demonstrating for a different climate policy.

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ONE IF BY LAND, TWO IF BY SEA, THREE IF BY AIR

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February 22, 2020 - Tripoli, Libya - A fighter of the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) keeps an eye out, with his binoculars, the Libyan National Army (LNA) positions in Al-Nahr frontline in Tripoli. LNA has been leading a military campaign since April 2019 in and around Tripoli, attempting to take over the city and topple the UN-backed Government of National Accord under Fayez al-Sarraj.

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ZOMBIE RUGBY

February 25, 2020 - Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England - Players take part in the annual Royal Shrovetide Football Match, played since the 12th century. A sprawling, chaotic wrestling match masqueradi (unless either side manages to score in the first three-and-a-half hours). The only rules are: no driving the ball in a car, no hiding the ball in a bag, and no murders. Ball is slightly larger than a regulatio practice, it looks like a zombie horde trying to play rugby, also known as ‘’hugball’’. One theory suggests the macabre notion that the ‘ball’ was originally a severed head tossed into the waiting crowd

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ing as a soccer game. The goals are around three miles apart, and play continues until someone scores on soccer ball and filled with cork to help it stay afloat. Hundreds of people join in on each team. In d following an execution.

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WATER-WORLD

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February 27, 2020 - St. Petersburg, Russia - A polar bear shakes off water at Leningrad Zoo. February 27 is International Polar Bear Day.

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SIG ALERT

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February 28, 2020 - Berlin Germany - LAURA KENNY, 27, of Great Britain lies on the track after crashing out of the Women’s omnium during day 3 of the UCI Cycling Track World Championships at The Velodrom, Berlin.

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UN, DEUX, TROIS, QUARTRE:

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February 29, 2020 - Shanghai, China - Dancers of a local ballet troupe demonstrate movements during an open course on live stream in Shanghai. Due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, the art group has canceled its on-site open course and moved it online.

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DJ COVID

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March 2, 2020 - Lhokseumawe, Aceh, Indonesia - A man wears a medical mask while listening to music on his mobile phone at Merdeka street area in Lhokseumawe.

The Indonesian government confirmed its first cases of the coronavirus.

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KINDERGARTEN FASHION

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March 5, 2020 - Depok, West Java Province, Indonesia - Masked children at Kindergarten Shibiyan at Cinere, Depok West Java are informed about coronavirus pandemic by washing hands and temperature checkup and socialization about the virus. Indonesia confirms there are two cases of coronavirus so far, as the virus spreads around the planet.

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BAZAAR BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL IN AISLE 3

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March 6, 2020 - Tehran, Iran - Firefighter teams with protective suits disinfect the Tajrish Bazaar as a precaution to the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Tehran. Iranian officials cancelled Friday prayer for the second week due to concerns over the spread of coronavirus and COVID-19. According to the last report by the Ministry of Health, there are 4,747 COVID-19 cases in Iran. 147 people have died so far. A Health Ministry spokesman warned that authorities could use unspecified ‘force’ to halt travel between major cities.

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COVID-19 BUGMAN

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March 6, 2020 - Daegu, South Korea - An exhausted quarantine worker carrying a disinfectant keg on his shoulders takes a brief break after disinfecting ambulances in hard coronavirus-hit Daegu, 300 kilometers southeast of Seoul.

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IT’S A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR A PANDEMIC

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March 12, 2020 - Oakland, California, USA - Coronavirus Decontamination crew member in full hazmat gear walks along the Port of Oakland returning to the Grand Princess Cruise Ship at sunset.

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F*CK THE VIRUS

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March 14, 2020 - Berlin, Germany - A new coronavirus fashion from Look 54 Berlin, T-shirt with the imprint ‘’Fuck the Virus’’ on sale at their shop Look 54 Berlin. Their slogan: ëNot to Italy, not to t not to any party or concert - what a load of crap :-( It’s time to kick coronas a**! So wash your hands, keep your distance and: FUCK THE VIRUS.

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NATIONAL EMERGENCY: SHORTAGE OF TOILET PAPER

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March 14, 2020 - Los Angeles, California, USA - Local residents wait in lines outside a Costco supermarket in Los Angeles. U.S. President Trump on Friday declared a national emergency to open up 50 billion U.S. dollars in federal aid to help combat the spread of COVID-19 across the country.

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ANY QUESTIONS?

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March 14, 2020 - Washington, District of Columbia, USA - U.S. President DONALD JOHN TRUMP, joined by Vice President MIKE PENCE and members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force from the press at a coronavirus update briefing in the Briefing Room of the White House.

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WILL THAT BE CASH OR CREDIT?

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March 16, 2020 - Milan, Italy - A true frontline hero, a pharmacy worker holds medicine for pickup, through a hole in the door entrance during the Coronavirus COVID-19 emergency.

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ROCKET-MEN WE PICTURES ARE WIN GATHERED HERE...

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THE BIG EMPTY

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March 16, 2020 - New York, NY, USA - Tables and chairs sit empty at a cafe in Times Square following the announcement of COVID-19 lockdown in New York.

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THE BIG EMPTY, RUSH HOUR

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March 17, 2020 - Manhattan, New York, USA - A near-empty Grand Central station at rush hour in New York City during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

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THE SHOW MUST GO ON

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March 17, 2020 - New York, New York USA - The NAKED COWBOY wearing a face mask while performing in Times Square on St. Patrick’s Day during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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THE BIG EMPTY, DOWN-UNDER

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March 17, 2020: Melbourne, Australia: A frustrated man, lowers his head on the empty shelf, after just trying to buy some toilet paper in an Australian supermarket after panic buying due to the COVID-19 Coronavirus made the shelves barren.

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LOO CURRENCY

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March 17, 2020 - London, England - A man sits in a doorway in London’s West End holding a sign offering to sell loo roll for one Pound each to passersby amid a worldwide pandemic due to the Coronavirus. The growing numbers of COVID-19 cases in the UK have caused people to panic by resulting in shops running out of toilet paper.

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SO CLOSE, BUT SO FAR AWAY

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March 17, 2020 - The Hague, Province of South Holland, The Netherlands - A confirmed COVID-19 coronavirus patient wearing a mask with COVID-19 in red written on it. She is staring out the w quarantined. The forty year old lady who doesn’t want to be named has been tested and confirmed positive to the virus after returning to the Netherlands from her trip in Italy two weeks before. S the local health authority in order to quarantine herself to prevent her from spreading the virus.

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APOCALYPSE NOW

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March 18, 2020 - New York NY, USA - The Times Square news ticker says “coronavirus as 147 more die� above a mom and her son who tightly hold hands as they navigate Times Square. Wearing face masks and feeling ill at ease, the tourist family walks across the street. The eerie empty NYC streets reflect the new coronavirus reality during the pandemic.

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LONELY AT THE TOP

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March 18, 2020 - Washington, District of Columbia, USA - United States President DONALD J. TRUMP looks grim as he delivers remarks on the coronavirus pandemic alongside members of the Co rus Task Force in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House. Trump ordered the border with Canada partly closed on Wednesday. Hospital ships, field treatment centers and medical supplie used to contribute to the coronavirus pandemic response according to the Defense Department.

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LANDING ON THE MOON

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March 18, 2020 - Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative, People’s Republic of China - A couple arrives from abroad at the Hong Kong International Airport in full hazmat suits and wearing masks and glasses. All arrivals are subject to quarantine inspection due to the outbreak of novel coronavirus pneumonia.

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PROM PICTURE TIME

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March 18, 2020 - Sacramento, California, USA - RILEY FLYNN, 16, of Rocklin was posing for her parents in her elegant red prom dress when her dog BARLEY decided to join in. Flynn, a junior at Rocklin High School, joins many high schoolers who are disappointed to miss the life experience at the prom as all events have been canceled due to the coronavirus for the remainder of the school year.

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THE LINE TO NOWHERE

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March 19, 2020 - London, England - An elderly woman puts her hand to her face in frustration. Customers queue up in super long lines with their items in a Lidl supermarket as panic buying sets in due to the threat of the coronavirus pandemic spreading globally.

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It will blow over

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March 22, 2020 - Washington, District of Columbia, USA - US 45th President DONALD J TRUMP, 73, in profile, looks aside as he reacts after delivering remarks on the pandemic in the press briefing room of the White House. Efforts to contain the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic have caused travel disruptions, sporting event cancellations, runs on cleaning supplies and food, and other inconveniences.

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HAPPY HOUR

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March 23, 2020 - Berlin, Germany - On the window of a restaurant it says ‘’#staythefuckhome’’. A man sits on a bench in front of the ‘’Spreegold’’ in the district Prenzlauer Berg and drinks beer. To slow down the spread of the coronavirus, the federal government has severely restricted public life because of the pandemic.

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HOLD YOUR HORSES

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March 23, 2020 - Washington, DC, USA - United States Senate Majority Leader ADDISON MITCH MCDONNELL, 78, (Republican of Kentucky) speaks to members of the media following a cloture the second day in a row, stopped his Coronavirus Stimulus Package. Cloture, closure or, informally, a guillotine, is a motion or process in parliamentary procedure aimed at bringing debate to a quick the French National Assembly, from which the name is taken. ClÙture is French for “the act of terminating something’’. Democrats were trying to force their agenda items onto the bill.

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IHOME SCHOOLING

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March 23, 2020 - Rotterdam, Netherlands - A nine-year-old girl receives digital lessons from the primary school at home in Rotterdam. The student receives home education with an Apple iPad. Many schools are putting together a homework package or using digital teaching methods now that education has been closed for several weeks due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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DID YOU REMEMBER THE COPPER-TONE?

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March 23, 2020 - Palm Beach, Florida, USA - The Midtown Beach is deserted in Palm Beach do to coronavirus. All beaches in Florida have been closed to help curb the spread of the pandemic.

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TAKES A VILLAGE

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March 24, 2020 - San Pietro Bridge, Italy - Using six trucks, military and medical personnel of the Army together with the Carabinieri transport coffins from a depot in Ponte San Pietro during the coronavirus emergency.

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ALWAYS FORWARD

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March 24, 2020 - Los Angeles, California, USA - MARTA JANDRES, 54, concerned and wearing a face mask, is reflected in the rear view mirror while she waits in the vehicle lined outside the Crenshaw Christian Center for COVID-19 testing in South Los Angeles. California Governor Newsom issued a statewide stay-at-home order for residents to venture outside only for essential jobs, errands and some exercise due to coronavirus concerns.

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THE COVID GAMES

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March 24, 2020 - Tokyo, Japan - The Olympic Rings in front of the National Stadium in Tokyo. Today, according the International Olympic Committee website and based on recommendations from WHO (World Health Organization), the IOC President Bach and the Prime Minister of Japan Abe have concluded that the Summer Games of the XXXII Olympiad in Tokyo must be rescheduled to date beyond 2020 but not later than summer 2021 in order to safeguard the health of the athletes,and everybody involved in the Olympic Games and the international community.

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HOT TIMES

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March 25, 2020 - Bangkok, Thailand - Passengers walk past a thermo scan during the Coronavirus COVID-19 crisis at Bus Terminal in Bangkok. The government will declare an emergency and introduce new measures to combat the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) on Thursday, 26 March 2020, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said.

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SPECIAL DELIVERY WITH LOVE

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March 25, 2020 - Rancho Santa Margarita, California, USA - Trabuco Mesa Elementary kindergarten student PENELOPE PARKER, 5, exchanges a proper social distancing air hug with her teacher STACIE ANNE WILLIAMS after Williams surprised the student at her home with a gift of a sea shell and a poem. Since the school is closed due to the coronavirus, Williams decided to visit each of her 27 students at their home and deliver the poem and sea shell to each student and Lifesavers candy to the moms.

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LORDS OF COVID TOWN

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March 25, 2020 - Reseda, California, USA - Skaters hang out at the North Hollywood Skate Park on Wednesday during the coronavirus outbreak despite orders to stay at home.

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LOVE KNOWS NO PANDEMIC

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March 28, 2020 - Dhaka, Bangladesh - A transgender couple kisses during the coronavirus outbreak in Dhaka. The third-gender population is socially excluded. Locally they are called ‘Hijra’ and typically encounter socio-cultural deprivation from the mainstream society. As they are not entitled to any fixed income, the coronavirus epidemic has locked them down n their home and put them in a financial hazard as most of the people from their community have been facing a shortage of food and daily needs.

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THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE

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March 30, 2020 - Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea - A researcher develops drugs against the COVID-19 disease at a laboratory in Seongnam of Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. South Korea reported 78 more cases of COVID-19 compared to 24 hours ago as of midnight Monday local time, raising the total number of infections to 9,661.

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ROSE GARDEN TEA PARTY

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March 30, 2020 - Washington, District of Columbia, USA - Media members observe social distancing as U.S. President DONALD J. TRUMP speaks during the Coronavirus Task Force press briefing on the coronavirus and COVID-19 pandemic in the Rose Garden at the White House.

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HERE COMES THE CALVARY

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March 30, 2020 - New York, New York, USA - The USNS Comfort on the Hudson River near the Statue of Liberty as it arrives in New York on Monday morning.

The U.S. Navy hospital ship was sent to help fight the new coronavirus pandemic, and has the capacity to serve 1000 patients.

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EYES HAVE IT

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March 31, 2020 - Sylhet, Bangladesh - Elderly man awaits. Poor people are waiting in a queue to receive groceries as a relief when nationwide lockdown in the wake of coronavirus pandemic in Sylhet, Bangladesh.

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HANDS HAVE IT

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March 31, 2020 - Dhaka, Bangladesh - People rushing cars to get financial aid during the nationwide lockdown imposed as a measure to prevent the spread of COVID-19. A nationwide lockdown is going on all over the country to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus in the wake of five deaths and at least 51 infections.

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n an era of hybrid cars, electronics, and even food, Nikon introduces the D780, seemingly a hybrid of the D750 DSLR and the Z 6 mirrorless models.

Does it live up to our hopes of it being the best all-around Nikon camera of the modern era? Read on.

The Nikon D750, first introduced in 2014, has remained Nikons most popular DSLR for advanced amateurs and many professionals (including myself) since its introduction.

Yet after six years and the introduction of the Z 6 mirrorless Nikon, its shortcomings, though few, are becoming apparent. This is particularly true with respect to the increasing popularity of high-resolution video, but the D750’s operating speed and ease of use have fallen behind other Nikon models and those of Nikon’s competitors.

With the introduction of the D780, Nikon has addressed these shortcomings, but has created others in the process. This is most apparent by comparing the new camera with the D750 and the Z 6.

Moving to the D780 from another Nikon camera should be a comfortable ergonomic experience for most users, but less so for long-time users of the D750.

These photographers will find some controls relocated and other missing entirely. However, the new layout is easily manageable. My greatest adjustment was the relocation of the AE-L/AF-L button to a position above the Multi-selector dial, approximately where the D750’s Info button formerly resided. The former position of the AE-L/AF-L button is now occupied by a new AF-ON button, who default operation is to focus in autofocus mode.

(As usual, most button can be programmed for other functions.)

Beside the new AF-ON button is the relocated Live view selector. The D750 position for this button is now occupied an Info button. The information available is very similar to that of the Z-series cameras, including the touchscreen selection ability of the Z’s. The display it calls up is far better organized than that of the D750 Info button, and It too is now highly programmable.

The top panel in the D780 includes an ISO-selector button, another welcome addition from the Z’s. But there are two functions missing from the D780 that will impact some photographers.

The first is the lack of a built-in pop-up flash. While this may not be an issue for professionals, enthusiasts may balk at having to invest in and learn to operate an on-camera flash.

Of greater impact to professionals is the inability to attach a vertical (battery) grip to the base of the D780.

With the seemingly enormous shooting capacity of the D780 EN-EL-15b battery (Nikon specs 2,260 captures per charge, almost twice that of the D750), I’m actually wondering if I will even need to charge the battery before I return the kit to Nikon. I grant there is no need for two batteries, but the lack of a convenient, comfortable way to control the camera in a vertical position will be missed by many professionals, myself included. This could have been minimized by including a focus-selector joystick on the back such as found on the Z’s, but the D780 unfortunately lacks this also.

The greatest and most important changes to the D780 are found inside. Although the 24.5-megapixel count is virtually identical to that of the D750, the sensor is not. It is upgraded to what seems like the sensor found in the Z 6, incorporating all of the latest sensor technology, including an ISO range extended to ISO 51,200, and expandable to 204,800 (for the police, CIA, and spies everywhere). As with the Z 6, I found image quality more than acceptable to 12,800 when processed in Nikon ND-X software before falling to a level that I would not feel comfortable delivering to a client. Even at low ISO speeds, there

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is a noticeable improvement in image sharpness using the D780 vs the D750.

Included with the new sensor is Nikons most advanced EXPEED 6 image processor as found in the Z 6 and Z 7.

The speed increase eliminates my greatest complaint about the D750—the delay between raw file capture and viewing the preview on the LCD. While it is not as instantaneous as with the Z 6, it is greatly improved over the D750.

For video shooters, the new sensor and processor deliver the best video capabilities of any Nikon DSLR, rivaling those of the Z 6. Full frame 4K UHD video is possible at 30 fps with full-pixel readout. A variety of other frame rates and resolutions is also available, including full HD at 120p for ultra-smooth video and slow-motion capture.

While sports photographers may not make the D780 their primary camera, shooting speed is increased from the 6.5 fps of the D750 to 7 fps. This is extended to 12 fps capturing 12-bit raw files using the silent electronic shutter in Live View. The ability to shoot silently drew me to the Z 6 for the classical music concerts I shoot. It’s exciting to see this in the D780 with its tremendous battery life and the ability to mount Nikkors without an FTZ adapter. Silent mode is also perfect for weddings, quiet events, and street photography, although the D780 with a 24-70 is hardly as unobtrusive as the Z 6 with its 24-70 S lens.

Speaking of silent mode and Live View, portrait and fashion photographers should welcome the 273 focus points covering 90% of the LCD and providing face and human eye detection. This includes the on-sensor phase detection focusing lifted from the Z series cameras. The D780 live view AF system can focus down to –4EV (a full EV lower

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than the viewfinder AF system) or –6EV in the slower ‘low light AF’ mode accessible through a custom setting.

The rear LCD itself is a major advance over at of the D750. It is now touch sensitive with twice the resolution of that in the D750. But like most Nikons, articulation is limited to up and down when held horizontally. The touchscreen provides the ability to access and select options from menus, and to zoom captures and swipe between then in playback.

In Live View mode you can tap the screen to select a focus point and capture an image as you can with the Z cameras.

The D780 provides two memory card slots.

These support SD, SDHC, and SDHX cards and both USH-I and UHS-II types. I purchased a Lexar 2000X UHS-II to test against my Lexar 400X UHS-I from the D750 and the speed gain is noticeable. The faster cards are recommended to make full use of the enhanced video capabilities of the D780. The Lexar UHS-II included a card reader that I discovered was nearly twice as fast in moving images to my computer hard drive that my existing card reader.

There are other updates and goodies found in the D780. Time lapse capture is improved by allowing you to store raw files into a separate folder for later processing while generating a preview movie in-camera. Focus stacking from the D850 is available, allowing the D780 to stack up to 300 captures for later processing. Shutter speeds now extend to 1/8000 second and down to 900 seconds (when the appropriate Custom Setting is activated). Special effects are available and you can preview them in Live View.

In six of the ten, the D780 captures a raw file along with the special effect. Both Bluetooth and Wi-Fi are available through Nikon’s SnapBridge or third-party applications to allow you to wirelessly control or transfer images to smart devices or your computer.

CHNOL I’m sure there are other features in the D780 that I have yet to discover. The manual included with the camera is pretty much useless for anything but basic operating information. Fortunately, the D780 Reference Manual is a free download from nikonusa.com and is an essential tool to get the most from the camera.

Is the D780 right for you? For me, the hybrid qualities of the D780 may relegate my Z 6 to backup camera status for much of my work, although for general shooting the Z 6 with its growing array of lenses is great. Interestingly, I found the D780 with 24-120mm lens to be the same size and weight as the Z 6, FTZ adapter, and the identical lens.

Other features on the cameras will determine which is primary and which is backup when 24-megapixel captures are sufficient.

The D780 represents a major step forward in Nikon’s DSLR line and its hybrid nature is likely to appeal to both professionals and enthusiasts, as will its price of $2297 for the body alone.

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Park Jongwoo: DMZ

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f there were ever a phrase that is the antithesis of its meaning, the “demilitarized zone” on the Korean peninsula would be the prime example. This is made abundantly clear in a new book by Jongwoo Park, “Park Jongwoo: DMZ”, published by Steidl in Germany.

Jongwoo Park is a Korean native, born in Seoul in 1958.

From 1983 to 1995, he worked for The Korea Times, The New York Times, and The Los Angeles Times as a photojournalist. Since working on his own, he has photographed

With each side scrambling to seize and fortify high points along the Military Demarcation Line, the original DMZ became a 4-kilometer dead zone along its entire 248-kilometer length.

Prior to the photographic documentation by Mr. Park, there had never been a photographic record of the DMZ, neither military nor civilian. This is an area of the planet that the world has never seen until the publication of this book. Approached by a South Korean newspaper in Sep-

vanishing cultures of minority tribes all over the world. His documentary work on the Himalayan ranges is a long-term project that has continued for more than two decades.

The DMZ was established in 1953 at the conclusion of the Korean Armistice Agreement. In its original concept, the DMZ was created as a 4-kilometer buffer between North and South, to be patrolled by a limited number of local police from both sides. This never came to pass. Instead, military personnel were designated as “local police”, and fortifications were built on both sides. At that point, the DMZ became the most militarized area in the world.

tember 2009 to commemorate the sixtieth anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean conflict, the assignment was to create a photographic record of the DMZ. For an assignment so simple to state, the requirements to complete it were immensely complicated. As Mr. Park writes, “To start with, every time I wanted to enter the DMZ I had to obtain permission from the authorities, namely the Military Armistice Commission of the UN Command, the Ministry of National Defence, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, South Korea’s Army Headquarters, and all the local army divisions; each visit was planned months in continued on 238

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advance and covered every minute and detail; even in times Most images are presented as bleed double page of inclement weather, there were to be no changes what- spreads. Commentary is brief. Captions are non-existent. soever to the pre-arranged schedule.” The project eventu- Printing quality is outstanding as one would expect from ally occupied three years of the photographer’s life.

Steidl. As a result, readers are required to form their own narrative and ultimately their reaction Mr. Park chose not to bring his perto the collection as a whole. sonal feelings to the documentation of the DMZ, which stands as evidence of “Park Jongwoo: DMZ” is an incredthe national divide between the Koreible documentation of an incredible an people. Instead, he focused solely on area of the planet. In a region with the creating an objective record of the area. highest concentration of landmines in the world, endangered species thrive The images range through the arin isolation from mankind. Mr. Park has eas of photojournalistic documentation succeeded brilliantly in capturing the to landscape, wildlife, and architectural juxtaposition of natural and manmade photography. Lush landscape photos are forces in the region. This is a book that followed by images of denuded zones you will find yourself draw back to bordered by fences topped with contime after time, drawn not only by the certina wire. Wildlife photos worthy of strength of the imagery, but finally in an publication in National Geographic folattempt to come to grips with the amlow images of South Korean soldiers’ biguities presented so powerfully. DT training in full battle gear. Throughout the book there is a visible tension present between widely divergent natural forces, mirroring the tension between the two Koreas.

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Fotofusion 2020 Silver Edition February 10-15, 2020 West Palm Beach, FL Palm Beach Photographic Centre’s 25th Annual Festival of Photography and Digital Imaging

5 Days

66 Presenters

300+ Students

15 Computer Labs 18 FOTOshoots 18 Workshops

19 Community Events 31 Seminars

CAROL GUZY, four-time Pulitzer Prize winner, wins another major honor at the 25th FOTOfusion at the Palm Beach Photographic Centre.The 2020 FOTOmentor Award, honoring lifetime achievement is presented by FATIMA NEJAME, co-founder of the Centre. Guzy’s four Pulitzer Prize awards are the most of all winning photographers.

Guzy also had a retrospective Museum exhibition, feted and opened by West Palm Beach Mayor Keith James. Carol defined her life mission best: “It’s our responsibility to be the light for those in the shadow of despair.”

ECO Sanctuary

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January 24, 2020 - South Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia - Plastic bottle crates were used to build a place to pray for visitors and employees in Banten.

MARCH 2020 • Issue #59 Scott Mc Kiernan Presents Month of the World in a Movie Edited by James K. Colton

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Li warned hisforces colleagues in December 2019 about a possible outroad, during clashes between security and anti-government demonstrators. break of an illness that resembled severe acute respiratory syndrome, later acknowledged as COVID-19.

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