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Somalia: One Mother’s Unspeakable Loss

John Moore—Getty Images

The US government estimates that some 30,000 children have died in southern Somalia in the last 90 days from the famine and drought crisis. Returning, nearly two decades after covering Somalia's last famine in the early '90s, photographer John Moore writes on the current tragedy affecting a stricken country.

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Rodrigo Abd—AP
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Rodrigo Abd and Guatemala’s Indigenous Beauty Queens

Associated Press photographer Rodrigo Abd recently traveled to Coban, Guatemala to document the women competing to become this year’s National Indigenous Queen of Guatemala.

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Fredrik von Erichsen—Newscom
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Trading Faces: A Weeklong White-Knuckle Ride on the World’s Stock Markets

They became the unofficial faces of economic panic in 2008, traders looking angry, traders looking lost, traders looking sad and now as the world markets collapse they’re back.

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REUTERS—Andreas Franke—Florida Keys News Bureau
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Undersea Exhibition: Andreas Franke’s Photo Exhibiton, 90 Feet Below Sea Level

Austrian photographer Andreas Franke created and installed a dozen digitally composited images for an exhibition 90 feet below the surface of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary off Key West, Florida.

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Martin Meissner—AP
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Animal Magic: Survival Instincts

LightBox presents a selection of recent news images that reveal the endless wonders of the animal kingdom.

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Johannes Eisele—AFP/Getty Images
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Animal Magic: Captivating Creatures

LightBox presents a selection of recent news images that reveal the endless wonder of the animal kingdom.

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Warren Baverstock—Zuma Press
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Underwater Giants: The Magnificent Manta Rays of the Maldives

Amazing underwater pictures by British photographer Warren Baverstock, who spent nine days on the Maldives to capture these beautiful creatures.

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Nancy Chan—Six Flags Discovery Kingdom/Reuters
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Animal Magic

Whether cute and cuddly, wild or exotic, animals hold a fascination in all humans. In the first of an occasional series, LightBox presents a broad selection of recent news images that reveal the endless wonder of the animal kingdom.

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NASA/Reuters
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Unprecedented Image of Space Shuttle Released

The International Space Station is seen with the docked space shuttle Endeavour in this photo provided by NASA. Taken on May 23, 2011, and released June 7, 2011, the photo by Expedition 27 crew member Paolo Nespoli from the Soyuz […]

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Claudio Santana—AFP/Getty Images
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Chile’s Puyehue Volcano

After laying dormant for nearly half a century, the Puyehue volcano in southern Chile erupted on Saturday, shooting a column of ash and gas six miles into the sky and prompting the evacuation of more than 3,500 residents. Here’s some of the best images photographers captured in the past 24 hours.

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