WATER

François Bogaerts Belgium

waterfall

This photo was made in Iceland. In my eyes it is one of the most beautiful waterfalls in the country. The waterfall is called "Dynjandifoss"

Shantha Kumar Samba Laila India

WHAT A PROBLEM!

People climb onto buses and cars submerged in flood waters to save themselves during the monsoons in Mumbai, India. Water has always been known as the essence of life, however in the recent past, due to climate change, water or the lack if it has become

Yousef Bin Shakar Al Zaabi United Arab Emirates

Buchari Muslim Indonesia

octopus finder

a portrait of a child looking for an octopus around the coast of a fishing village in the Maluku islands, the lives of children here rely on the sea, they are used to doing everything themselves at such a young age

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Sourav Das India

Save Me

At one point, a few children were playing with their hands, and then suddenly the sky collapsed and the rain came down. There was no shelter in the place. At last their father ran to save them who was able to save them from the rain

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The water is the secret of the life

This picture was taken in a small village in east of Mongolia where there is a lake , this lake is a source of life of fresh water for the village people and I took this spontaneous image of a father and his son, when they was drinking water from this

Fahad Alenezi Kuwait

At the period when there is plenty of food the Arctic fox stores the food in several holes dug 10 cm under the ground to avoid the risk of starving to death when needed

Yose Mirza Indonesia

Sapa is a Vietnamese girl living in Phan Rang. She has 1 brown eye and 1 blue eye. According to the story her ancestor are mixing Chams and French.

Rashed AlSumaiti Alharmi United Arab Emirates

I spend a week in Alaskan wilderness looking to photograph the bears. I was lucky to see two bear cubs scavenge for food on a beach. I managed to capture them in a great moment where they were headed in opposite directions but in search of the same thing.

I spend a week in Alaskan wilderness looking to photograph the bears. I was lucky to see two bear cubs scavenge for food on a beach. I managed to capture them in a great moment where they were headed in opposite directions but in search of the same thing.

Talal Al Rabah Kuwait

Picture in the north of the earth in one of the Svalbard islands, during morning tour by zodiac this polar bear was walking on an iceberg and the sunlight touch him .from behind ,that create nice backlight

Picture in the north of the earth in one of the Svalbard islands, during morning tour by zodiac this polar bear was walking on an iceberg and the sunlight touch him .from behind ,that create nice backlight

Anna Niemiec Poland

I took a photo in Szczecin (Poland). Old plane trees look the most beautiful in autumn. An old man, old trees, season are a reflection on passing time.

Sujan Sarkar India

The children are the symbol of Unity and Unity can make a positive change. Here the children in their playful mood are delivering this message to the whole world. They have the power to eradicate many of the curses of this world. The curses of poverty, il

The children are the symbol of Unity and Unity can make a positive change. Here the children in their playful mood are delivering this message to the whole world. They have the power to eradicate many of the curses of this world. The curses of poverty, il

Christian Vizl Mexico

Silent Kingdom

“Every since I was a kid, as far back as I can remember, I was attracted to the sea. I dreamt about what lay beneath the waves, and how would it look if suddenly all the water vanished, leaving in stasis all the animals and living creatures. In this way, I could walk inside the ocean and see them all, suspended for a moment in time and space. I have devoted my life to exploring and contemplate the amazing beauty of the ocean and it has been an incredible journey that has brought me a deep feeling of connection with nature, but sadly during my lifetime I have witness the ever-increasing devastation that we humans are creating in this planet. Today the world’s Ocean is in grave danger. Overfishing, pollution, plastics, radiation, climate change, acidification and other human pressures threaten the fundamental nature of the ocean and it´s animals are being pushed to near extinction. The time to act and reverse our negative impact is now, before it´s too late risking loosing everything. The majority of humans see marine animals merely as tons of food, but I see them as so much more than that. They don´t have a voice that we can understand, so the higher purpose of my images is to be a voice of the ocean and for the ocean, hoping that people can get a glimpse of who they really are, beautiful sentient individuals, with feelings and different personalities, with complex behaviors and interesting lives that science is only starting to understand. I believe Photography is capable of real service to humanity, promoting empathy and initiating change, so my main purpose as a photographer is to create poetic images showing the incredible beauty of these animals knowing they carry the power of changing our perception and spark the love and empathy that we all have inside. If we want to have a future in this planet, we need to understand that our lives are interconnected to all living animals, and our own well being is directly linked to the well being of these animals. As Dr. Sylvia Earl stated, “No blue no green, if the oceans die, we die”

Zhoufan Cui China

Rafting people on Yalu River

The yalu river, now the border between China and north Korea, has had a history of placing wooden rafts for thousands of years.Every year between spring and fall, north Korean loggers cut logs in the changbai mountains and release them along the yalu river. The raft travels down the river to zhongjiangjun, north Korea.With the development of modern transportation industry, it will gradually fade out of the stage of history and become a valuable world intangible cultural heritage.

ATHOULLAH Indonesia

The Predator's Fins

Shark has been known as a wild predator as seen in 1975 Steven Spielberg’s Jaws. The thriller shows how wild this snout-headed animal is. Shark represents a killing machine in the top of marine food chain. But, not nowadays, since the 90s, the population of this superordo selachimorpa creature has decreasing especially the black-fin shark (carcharhinus melanopterus). Based on research, hundreds of millions of sharks are killed every year; most is for its fin. Even though shark relies on its fin to travel across the ocean around the world. What makes it worse is that the slowed-productivity and maturity is not directly proportional with the rate of exploitation of this cold-blooded mammal. A bowl of Shark Fin Soup costs about 900,000 rupiah, which is a prestige and special menu in luxury restaurant. It has been said that it can cure diseases although in fact, it contains methyl mercury that is dangerous to be consumed. Indonesia was ranked first in the list of shark’s exporter internationally. Conservation efforts in the form of regulation are less clear in this country. Lack of awareness of understanding the role of sharks is a major threat to marine life. The decreasing shark populations, increasingly threatening marine life. Marine food chain in chaotic, uncontrolled and damaging ecosystems, which will obviously give negative consequences in the future. “Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink that they may live.”, Socrates, (470-399 SM)

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Karrar Nasser Iraq

October Revolution

Peaceful protests are regarded as human rights around the world and are guaranteed by the Iraqi constitution, but the Iraqi government has reacted harshly to the young Iraqis who emerged in Tahrir Square in Baghdad in October 2019 to demand their rights

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Fausto Podavini Italy

IN THE MIDDLE OF BLACK CHRISTIANITY

“In the Middle of Black Christianity” is a photographic project made in few years in the Tigray Region, located in the northern part of Ethiopia. This is an anthropological work that wants to give back its identity to a country that, in the last years, it’s been subject to investments both from Europeans and Chinese that are making important and irreversible changes. This is an in-depth analysis of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church; a unique autochthon religion of central Africa. Even though in the past years Ethiopia has been subject to many social-political dispute with European countries, like the invasion by Mussolini from 1936 until 1941, and with the adjoining countries of Somalia and Eritrea, Ethiopia has always been able to preserve its own history and religious institutions. The Ethiopian Orthodox Church became the spiritual guidance of the population. Ethiopia is one of the countries in the world with the most Cristian persecutions and, even if until a few years ago the only religion recognized by the state was the Cristian of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, nowadays the main religion are two; the Cristian and the Islamic one. The growing presence of Somali and Eritrean made Islam to diffuse quickly all over the country (around 40%), preserving though the Tigray Region as home of the Tawehado Church and where the Christian identity is still intense. This identity started many centuries ago, thanks to the meeting between the Queen of Saba and King Salomon, which brought to life the only autochthon African Cristian religion. Since 1959 the Tewahedo Church became autocephalous, dividing itself from the Copt Orthodox Church. Ethiopia represents the only case of “African” autochthon Christianity, not imported from Europe. Based on ancient tradition of direct apostolic derivation, it became a mix between the ancient Christian tradition of the East and the African reality. The Tewahedo Church is based on the Old Testament and on the Moses’ Tablets contained in the Ark of the Covenant built by Moses himself during his journey through the desert to reach the Promised Land. It’s said that Moses’ Tablets are preserved in the Church of Our Mary Lady of Zion in Axum, the religious center for the believers. The daily life of the believers is based on liturgical times. Believers pray with immense devotion everywhere, inside and outside of the churches. The prayers are so felt that it feels like a huge antique devotion, like if time is suspended. The rituality of the religious festivities is melted in the daily activities. This is the extend in which religion is present in the daily life of the believers. Young and older, men and women, they all show their own belief by preserving, generation after generation, an identity that looks like truly resisting and not changing for any reason.

APRATIM PAL India

IN WINTER, WHEN THE FLOW OF WATER IS VERY LOW, DUE TO “PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS” A MOSS LIKE STRUCTURE IS FORMED AND CAUSES WATER POLLUTION. IT REFERS TO THE BLEND OF SUCH SUBSTANCE IN WATER THAT INVALIDATES WATER FOR THE USE BY HUMANS, FLORA AND FAUNA. TH

IN WINTER, WHEN THE FLOW OF WATER IS VERY LOW, DUE TO “PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS” A MOSS LIKE STRUCTURE IS FORMED AND CAUSES WATER POLLUTION. IT REFERS TO THE BLEND OF SUCH SUBSTANCE IN WATER THAT INVALIDATES WATER FOR THE USE BY HUMANS, FLORA AND FAUNA. TH

Budi Gunawan Indonesia

A crimson sunbird hovering and drink to the flower, this is conceptual photo, I took this picture around 50cm from the bird, I used artificial light, and reflektorfor fill in,