The Week in Pictures: Jan. 6, 2017
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In Nepal, a Monthly Exile for Women
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In Nepal, a Monthly Exile for Women
Poulomi Basu, a documentary photographer and journalist, has trekked through western Nepal’s dense wilderness to find women exiled to makeshift huts during their menstrual cycles.Read more »
A Love Story and Twins for a Combat Veteran Amputee
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A Love Story and Twins for a Combat Veteran Amputee
After losing three limbs in Afghanistan, a Marine Corps veteran and his wife went through the process of in vitro fertilization treatments to have children. Read more »
The Devotion of an Old-Fashioned Doctor in Romania
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The Devotion of an Old-Fashioned Doctor in Romania
Ioana Moldovan photographed the daily life of a family doctor, who sees medicine as more of a “calling than a career,” in rural southwestern Romania.Read more »
Photographing Climate Change Refugees, by Drone and on Foot
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Photographing Climate Change Refugees, by Drone and on Foot
Josh Haner, a staff photographer and senior editor for photo technology at The New York Times, discusses new ways to visualize climate change.Read more »
Through the Centuries, New York From Above
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Through the Centuries, New York From Above
A new book chronicles New York City’s ever-expanding skyward reach, with towers that rise like symbols of “aspiration and faith,” as E.B. White once wrote. Read more »
Choosing The New York Times Pictures of the Year
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Choosing the New York Times Pictures of the Year
How do you go through 180,000 images to find a handful that sum up the year? Jeffrey Henson Scales tells us how.Read more »
Joy and Devotion in a German Convent
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Joy and Devotion in a German Convent
Fabian Fiechter was welcomed by the small group of elderly nuns he worked with in a German hospital, where he started photographing their way of life.Read more »
The Heartbeat of Our Being, in Black and White
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The Heartbeat of Our Being, in Black and White
Whether depicting the spectacle of people barreling forward in a snowstorm or the faces of his subjects, mostly black but also white, Adger Cowans’ lyrical images portray life as resonant with feeling.Read more »
Deadly Remnants of Asbestos in Italy
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Deadly Remnants of Asbestos in Italy
Though banned by the end of the 20th century, people exposed to asbestos in the 1970’s and 1980’s continue to be cut down by cancer and other illnesses related to the once-common material.Read more »
The Week in Pictures: Dec. 16, 2016
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The Week in Pictures: Dec. 16, 2016
Photos by The New York Times and by photographers from around the world. Read more »
