Won 1st place in the Architecture & Design category (Professional Competition) at the Sony World Photography Awards — one of the world’s most prestigious photography contests.
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The World’s Largest Militaries, by Four Different Measures 🪖
visualcapitalist.com/worlds-…
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Cities worldwide are restoring urban forests.
As dangerous heatwaves & rising temperatures become more common, these green spaces can help reduce temperatures by 2 to 8°C.
Toronto’s story is just one example of what #GenerationRestoration can achieve: unep.org/news-and-stories/st…
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Indian officials once avoided building roads near the Chinese border, fearing it would give an invading army an easier route south. They now consider that a mistake economist.com/asia/2026/10/2…
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s government signs a 10-year labor agreement with Bangladesh.
Bangladesh is seeking to send 100,000 workers to Japan annually.
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The Japan-Bangladesh summit joint statement references no labor agreement or quotas. A 10-year employment MoC was signed by officials October 17 (copies exchanged during the visit) with none specified; 100,000 figures refer to separate aspirational multi-year targets.
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Nepal’s negotiators hailed the $21.6 million grant from the UN’s Loss & Damage Fund for the Trisuli Valley disaster, but it was approved reluctantly, represents only 0.4% of the cost of recovery and reconstruction, and there are strings attached.
Details: nepalitimes.com/not-the-best…
People dressed as a Catrinas take part in the Paseo de las Catrinas Festival, a parade marking the upcoming Day of the Dead celebrations, in the historic center of Guatemala City
📸 Johan Ordonez
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Photographing big cats isn’t easy. An image of a tiger can take months of planning, and National Geographic photographer Steve Winter knows that better than most. Drawing on decades of experience with jaguars, tigers, lions, and other big cats, he shares some techniques. 🔗 on.natgeo.com/s3Qqlw
Photographing big cats isn’t easy. An image of a tiger can take months of planning, and National Geographic photographer Steve Winter knows that better than most. Drawing on decades of experience with jaguars, tigers, lions, and other big cats, he shares some techniques. 🔗 on.natgeo.com/s3Qqlw
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The ocean gives us food, oxygen, livelihoods, and climate regulation.
But it’s under threat from overfishing, climate change, pollution, and habitat loss.
When our ocean is in crisis, so are we.
Protecting it means protecting life itself.
Learn more: unep.org/explore-topics/ocea…
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Meta fined $25bn for 'lies' over user data privacy bbc.in/3UJHmBT
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Europe’s centrist rulers have fallen dangerously short—and are now paying the price bit.ly/4k45hWY
𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 🌊
Thanks to @RoyalCWSociety
#commonwealth #photography #climatechange
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Heavy floodwaters swept away a bridge over the Trishuli River in Nepal on Wednesday after a glacier avalanche triggered flash floods in the region. At least 160 people were killed, and more than 400 people were listed as missing, including 33 Americans, authorities said.
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We've been getting a lot of questions lately about how the Internet Archive digitizes books.
The short answer: page by page, by hand.
You may remember our viral 2021 video of Eliza Zhang scanning a book. That's still how we do it.
Meet Eliza, and learn how we scan books: blog.archive.org/2021/02/09/…
































