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Our own photo editors take a closer look at the latest news photos you might not have seen.

Saturday, May 28, 2011 | 0

Flood Patterns

Lightbox noticed a number of beautiful images taken from the air of the flooding in Mississippi. We asked photographer Robert King about how he came to make aerials over Mississippi’s flooded lands.

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Iceland’s Grimsvotn Volcano Erupts

Sunday, May 22, 2011 | 0

Iceland’s most active volcano erupted Saturday — just over a year after another eruption on the North Atlantic island shut down European air traffic for days. The powerful volcanic eruption sent a plume of ash, smoke and steam 12 miles into the air.

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By Any Means Necessary: Armed Israeli Policeman Dons Veil, Goes Undercover as Palestinian Woman

Tuesday, May 17, 2011 | 0

Reuters photographer Baz Ratner photographs an Israeli policeman dressed as a Palestinian woman during Nakba protests.

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The Violent Cattle Keepers of Southern Sudan’s Pastoralist Tribes

Tuesday, May 17, 2011 | 0

Pete Muller’s dark and powerful portraits of the Dinka Rek sub-tribe of southern Sudan, where Cattle raiding takes place with alarming regularity and costs hundreds, of lives each year.

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Color In the Midst of Protest

Friday, May 13, 2011 | 0

We’re used to protest movements that come in colors—the yellow of people power in the Philippines, Ukraine’s orange, the green of Iran’s brutalized democrats. We’re less accustomed to seeing protests quashed with color.

Saiful Huq Omi—Magnum Foundation Emergency Fund

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The Magnum Foundation Emergency Fund: Supporting Photographers Beyond the Media Map

Wednesday, April 27, 2011 | 0

“The world is pretty bloody complicated right now and if we don’t see more, we know that much less.” Magnum Foundation President and photographer Susan Meiselas on the Emergency Fund and its mission to enable photographers to document underreported issues

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Photographs of a 4-year-old Survivor of Japan’s Tsunami

Tuesday, April 19, 2011 | 0

Many family photographs have been found in the rubble and ruins of the earthquake and tsunami. Photographer Toru Hanai explains how these precious keepsakes are being restored and returned to their owners.