From the agencies
Showcasing some of the world's best photojournalists and presenting their work in galleries, rather than the usual, one-off spot news format
A Gaza mass wedding and a Durbar horse procession: celebrating the agency photographers of 2025
The Guardian’s picture editors highlight the work of photojournalists working for news agencies worldwide whose images have made an impact and contributed to our journalism during 2025
Socotra, an island apart from mainland Yemen’s turmoil – in pictures
Carl Court documents the life of Socotra inhabitants as they deal with the impacts of climate change in relative peace from Yemen’s hostilities
On the trail of the guano miners – in pictures
Guano, a fertiliser derived from seabird excrement, enriched Peru in the 19th century and was shipped to rich countries. On Santa Island, north of Lima, workers still mine it in the toughest of conditions
Photographs by Ernesto Benavides/AFP/Getty Images
High spirits at San Francisco’s lowrider parade – in pictures
Revellers watch the cars hop and bounce and spread their pro-immigration message
A journey to belonging: asylum seekers reflect on 10 years in Europe – in pictures
A decade after receiving asylum, finding work and learning a new language, four asylum seekers feel torn
Kenya celebrates International Cowboy Day – in pictures
Hundreds have attended what has been billed as the first International Cowboy Day celebration in Africa
Trump cuts leave hurricane-hit North Carolina town’s rebuilding plans adrift – in pictures
After Hurricane Helene’s flood waters slammed into Lake Lure’s century-old dam last September, the resort town was spurred on to seek federal funding for an ambitious rebuilding plan. While the initial response from the Federal Emergency Management Agency seemed encouraging when Joe Biden was president, Donald Trump’s plans to shrink or even abolish Fema – and push some of the costs of disaster response on to states – have injected uncertainty into the North Carolina town’s recovery
On Ireland’s peat bogs: climate action clashes with tradition – in pictures
Bord na Móna, which was once a peat extraction company, has now committed to one of the largest peatland restoration projects ever undertaken. But many households still continue to cut turf, relying on it for heating
Aiming a blow at narcos in Colombia – in pictures
With cocaine production at an all-time high, Colombia’s government is testing a pacific approach to its narcotics problem: paying farmers to uproot crops of coca, the drug’s main ingredient
Making weaves: the resurgence in Harris tweed production – in pictures
The industry is providing skills and opportunities for Hebridean islanders and an antidote to fast-fashion excess. The photographer Andy Buchanan traces the threads of this once dwindling craft
The last-ditch race to save the Orinoco crocodile – in pictures
For decades, the men and women of the Venezuelan Crocodile Specialist Group have been raising younglings of the critically endangered species in a race against time to avoid its extinction
Refugee girls in Kenya find strength in taekwondo – in pictures
Taekwondo lessons are part of life for refugee girls in the Kalobeyei settlement and the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya. The martial arts lessons offer a safe space from often chaotic circumstances
Spain’s wild horses in peril – in pictures
By grazing between trees and removing potential wildfire fuel, wild horses help protect Galicia’s delicate ecosystems, but Europe’s largest herd has declined to just 10,000
Sewage in England’s rivers and seas – in pictures
Photographer Dylan Martinez spent years travelling around Britain to capture the story of the country’s broken sewage system
Coal pollution chokes Ulaanbataar – in pictures
The toxic smog that settles over the Mongolian capital every winter has been a suffocating problem for well over a decade that successive governments have failed to dispel
Greenland election: Arctic island prepares to vote amid Trump interest – in pictures
After Trump’s vow to take over Greenland, which is part of the kingdom of Denmark, pro-independence voices are growing louder. Ukrainian photographer Evgeny Maloletka visited the strategically important Arctic island to check the mood before elections on Tuesday
Mass burials and market looting in eastern DRC – in pictures
M23 rebels have made gains in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, seizing the cities of Goma and Bukavu, stoking fears of a regional conflagration
Project helps Spain’s flood survivors restore family photos – in pictures
In the days after flash floods killed more than 200 people in Valencia last year, volunteers and students sifted through the wreckage for photos belonging to families who had survived the disaster to see what could be saved
Czech long sled dog race – in pictures
Around 700 dogs and more than 100 mushers are sledding through the Eagle Mountain range near the Czech border with Poland. Mushers from ten different countries are taking part in the four-day stage dog sled race, which is in its 27th year. The race includes overnight bivouacs or camps, the supplies and equipment for which must be brought by the participants themselves.
New Banksy museum opens in Madrid – in pictures
A museum dedicated to the British urban artist Banksy has opened in Madrid, Spain, featuring 170 life-sized reproductions of his works
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